I'm super-late to the party... the University of Arizona Libraries made a PHP application that gets "embedded" in the campus LMS and is a tab by default. Librarians can customize resources for courses and whole departments. And instructors of record can customize their own sections. Happy to talk more.

Mike

Mike Hagedon | Team Lead for Software & Web Development (Dev) | Technology Strategy & Services | University of Arizona Libraries

-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kyle Breneman
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 5:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for libraries present in their campus' LMS

Thank you to all who responded!  It's neat to hear of all the different configurations.  Seems like most of you are focusing on recommending content within the LMS, linking to course/subject related guide instead of working to create a library portal that brings several library services into the LMS.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Kate Deibel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The UW Libraries does a similar thing. We have a service called the 
> Guide Linking App that connects library guides our librarians make for 
> subjects or specific courses. The linking app maps a guide's URL to 
> either a curriculum code (for subject guides) or a course number (for 
> course guides). A REST API is then available for various campus services to use.
>
> In our Canvas course pages, the REST API provides JSON that is used to 
> fill in a page on how to use library resources for research. The 
> content of the page depends if there's a course guide for that course. 
> If not, a subject guide is provided. If there is no subject guide 
> (usually due to a new curriculum code having been introduced), a 
> default guide for that campus is listed.
>
> The API is also used by a service called MyUW, which is a portal to 
> various UW resources. On a student's schedule page, each course gets a 
> library link to the most appropriate guide.
>
> All of this is managed through a Django app. Each university service 
> is responsible for caching the data as to not overload it.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Kate Deibel, PhD | Web Applications Specialist Information Technology 
> Services & Digital Strategies University of Washington Libraries
> --
>
> "When Thor shows up, it's always deus ex machina."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
> Gary Thompson
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 8:38 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Looking for libraries present in their campus' 
> LMS
>
> UCLA uses Moodle, branded as the Common Coollaboration & Learning 
> Environment (CCLE). Eight years ago, Library IT tried to develop a 
> Moodle block for courses, but that didn't work out -- we didn't have 
> time to become effective Moodle developers.
>
> After that failure, we took an approach of cooperating with the campus 
> CCLE development team, providing resources and letting them expose 
> course-specific resources in the Moodle user interface.
>
> Library currently has three ways to support the CCLE:
>
>  1. A link to library-managed electronic reserves for each course.
>  2. A referral link between a course and the best LibGuide. The link
>     simply send the registrar's course ID to our Drupal site, which then
>     resolves and redirects to the most specific guide according to these
>     priorities:
>       * A course-specific guide if one exists.
>       * Else if the department can be identified, a subject/department
>         guide.
>       * Otherwise a generic guide about conducting research.
>  3. A web service exposes data about streaming audio and video, mostly
>     for music reserves. The CCLE shows the titles and composers for the
>     tracks that have been assigned to the course, along with a link to
>     the library's streaming server. The CCLE uses JWPlayer to stream the
>     resource within the Moodle course.
>
> So after a false start, we focus on what we know (resources, data, web
> services) and collaborate with the CCLE team so they can integrate the 
> resources in the most effective way.
>
> Gary
>
>
> On 1/23/2017 5:38 AM, Kyle Breneman wrote:
> > Does your library have some kind of presence within your campus'
> > learning management system (LMS)?  If so, what does that presence 
> > look
> like?
> >
> > Here at the University of Baltimore, we use Sakai and all users have 
> > access to a tab, within Sakai, for the library.  The tab leads to a 
> > page that is like an alternate portal to library services; very 
> > stripped down from what you would get on our website, and in need of
> rethinking.
> >
> > Kyle
>