Skip to content
News

The ​Library ​of ​Trinity ​College ​Dublin ​selects ​Talis ​Aspire ​to improve ​student ​experience ​with ​Blackboard ​integration

Natalie Naik
press release

Following a formal ​tendering ​process, ​the ​Library ​of ​Trinity ​College ​Dublin ​has ​selected Talis ​Aspire ​to ​manage ​and ​deliver ​its ​online ​reading ​lists ​service ​with ​integrated copyright ​management.

The ​Library of ​Trinity ​College ​Dublin ​aims ​to ​improve ​student ​experience ​with ​improved access ​to ​resources. ​They ​plan ​to ​integrate ​reading ​lists ​with ​their ​Virtual ​Learning Environment ​(VLE) ​Blackboard ​through ​the ​Talis ​Aspire ​Learning ​Tools ​Interoperability (LTI) ​tool. ​They ​will ​streamline ​library ​workflows ​through ​management ​of ​copyright ​and acquisitions.

Talis ​Aspire ​will ​also ​be ​integrated ​with ​Trinity ​College ​Dublin’s ​Library Management System Innovative Sierra and their Discovery Tool, Encore. ​This ​will ​provide ​a ​seamless way ​to ​add ​resources ​to ​reading ​lists, ​and ​provide ​direct ​links ​to ​these ​resources ​for their ​students, ​including ​real-time ​library ​holding ​information ​and ​single ​sign-on ​access where ​relevant.

“We ​welcome ​the ​Library ​of ​Trinity ​College ​Dublin ​to ​the ​Talis ​Aspire ​user ​community. They ​are ​our ​second ​university ​in ​Ireland, ​joining ​80 ​other ​customers ​in ​Europe. ​The Talis ​team ​is ​looking ​forward ​to ​supporting ​their ​commitment ​to ​improving ​student experience ​with ​online ​reading ​lists ​and ​copyright ​management ​with ​Talis ​Aspire.” ​said David ​Errington, ​CEO ​of ​Talis.

The ​Talis ​Services ​team ​and ​the ​Library ​of ​Trinity ​College ​Dublin ​project ​team ​will commence ​collaboration ​on ​the ​implementation ​in ​the ​coming ​weeks, ​with ​an ​aim ​to pilot ​with ​a ​group ​of ​their ​reading ​list ​‘champions’ ​this ​academic ​year, ​will ​a ​full ​rollout planned ​for ​the ​2018/19 ​academic ​year.

Trinity ​College ​Dublin ​is ​ranked ​Ireland’s ​No.1 ​University ​and ​sits ​within ​the ​top ​100 universities ​worldwide ​according ​to ​the ​QS ​World ​University ​Ranking ​2016. ​There ​are 17,000 ​undergraduate ​and ​postgraduate ​students ​across ​all ​the ​major ​disciplines ​in ​the arts ​and ​humanities, ​and ​in ​business, ​law, ​engineering, ​science, ​and ​health ​sciences.

More from the blog