Engage or Comply

Engage or Comply? How we used our Resource List Framework and Talis reporting to work with academics to improve the student experience?

The University of Roehampton approved a reading list strategy in July 2015. Library Services and academic colleagues agreed further shared guidelines in a Resource List Framework (RLF) in 2016 to help embed the strategy. One of its key principles is to use resource lists consistently across the University to provide a clear guide to support students with their learning through directing reading, organised as clear week-to-week or topic guides for students.

The RLF is now embedded in the Universities NSS/TEF action plan. Library Services were asked to review and prepare statistics that indicated compliance with the RLF, and for Library Services to re-engage with academic colleagues to implement the framework consistently across modular-led programmes.

This presentation outlines the approach Library Services at the University of Roehampton have taken to support academic colleagues in implementing the university NSS/TEF action plan and the RLF.  We will outline how we used TalisAspire reports and other data sources to create a pilot audit tool to help academic departments and our academic engagement librarians to identify module reading lists that may present cause for concern. This has enabled us and academic colleagues to get a broad understanding of how resource lists comply with the framework and to engage with academic colleagues to improve the student experience.

We are now developing this tool to create more rounded measures and will outline a roadmap for further suggested developments.