Course resource lists are the starting point for many students in discovering content for their learning. Talis Aspire is a leading resource list management system that connects faculty and students to library holdings from directly within their course resource lists to boost student outcomes, increase usage of library content and help faculty do their best teaching.
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on how institutions have put libraries at the heart of teaching and learning with Talis Aspire. Guided by invaluable customer feedback, we continued enhancing Talis Aspire’s features and functionality in 2024 to streamline librarian and faculty workflows – and secure better student outcomes.
Read on as we highlight the year’s key developments, new university partners, and share an exciting glimpse of what’s coming in 2025…
Talis Aspire remains a preferred resource list management system for institutions, facilitating the creation of over 1.65 million resource lists worldwide.
In 2024, institutions published nearly 340,000 resource lists, which were viewed by students nearly 40 million times, and generated over 50 million students clicks. This ultimately connected students to content from the library, Open Educational Repositories and online stores, saving students time and money to support their success.
Talis Aspire also supported the development of reading skills, with students setting over 1.2 million reading intentions against resources in 2024, to help differentiate between essential, extra and further reading.
In 2024, we welcomed several new institutions to the Talis Aspire community; In North America, Rollins College implemented Talis Aspire to make more strategic and informed decisions about textbook purchases. We also welcomed new institutions from the UK, including Glasgow School of Art who selected Talis Aspire for its excellent customer support and commitment to actively develop the platform.
Amongst many customer success stories this year, University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) stands out as a prime example of how Talis Aspire can inform acquisitions and make learning more affordable. UNTHSC used Talis Aspire to streamline workflows, provide better analytics and improve access to course materials. The library team can now estimate savings by calculating the cost of each item students used in course lists, for one class alone, the annual student savings exceeded $125,000. Read the full case study here.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam embedded Talis Aspire into its library strategy, using in conjunction with Lean Library, to increase the use of open educational resources, decrease possible copyright infringements of educational materials and reduce the library’s annual spending on academic content. Read the full case study here.
La Trobe University leveraged Talis Aspire Advanced MIS to gain crucial insight into student engagement with digital resources, inform procurement decisions and streamline the library’s overall workflow. This effort resulted in 75% of courses now having a reading list. The library has also successfully tracked the percentage of lists containing ‘all-digital’ prescribed items, currently at 85%. Read the full case study.
We continuously developed Talis Aspire this year to better support the needs of librarians. Below, we highlight a few of the key enhancements made in 2024.
We significantly enhanced the bookmarking process with a new release of the Talis Bookmarking extension and brought key improvements including improved metadata support.
Key improvements included:
Several updates were made to Talis Aspire to simplify and enhance librarian workflows:
British Library EHESS orders: A new solution to streamline British Library EHESS orders directly within Talis Aspire.
New item alerts: Item-specific alerts that highlight changes requiring attention.
Update directly from Reviews: The ability to request resource digitization, update an item’s importance level, and assign outcomes to multiple items at once—all directly from the Reviews section, saving time and eliminating the need for multiple open screens.
Librarians can now take control of platform configurations with new self-serve settings.
System administrators can independently edit account configurations, including language, branding, and item importance settings.
This year, we’ve introduced several key improvements to make the list creation process as seamless as possible:
You can read about even more improvements made to Talis Aspire this year in our blog below:
Exciting new features are planned for Talis Aspire in 2025. Stay tuned as we’ll announce these developments next year. In the meantime, here’s a taste what’s in store:
As always, we thank the institutions within the thriving Talis Aspire community for their continued loyalty and wish you all a happy New Year.
If your library does not yet use Talis Aspire and wants to know how it could benefit from a resource list management system or see how Talis Aspire compares to your current solution, request a demo today.
Smoothing course resourcing: Rollins College adopts Talis Aspire to improve textbook affordability December 10, 2024
Rollins College is partnering with Talis to implement Talis Aspire as their integrated resource list management solution at the institution. With this implementation, Rollins College hope to enhance the student experience by streamlining access to course materials, improve student research outcomes, and further their commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Talis Aspire is an online resource list management system which connects faculty and students to library holdings directly within their course resource lists. The system offers a holistic view of course material needs, with data on student numbers and item importance to inform acquisitions, aligning with Rollins’ goals of strengthening interdepartmental collaboration leading to more informed collection development. The library can better track and estimate course reserves spending, improving availability for students and combating student spend on course resources.
Derek Malone, Library Dean at Olin Library, Rollins College was impressed by the capabilities of Talis Aspire and how it aligned with the institution’s textbook affordability initiative:
“We are thrilled to bring Talis Aspire, a transformative tool that will revolutionize how we support teaching and learning, to Olin Library at Rollins College. With Talis Aspire, we look forward to enhancing our ability to make more thoughtful and strategic decisions around textbook purchases, ensuring that we align our investments with the resources our students and faculty need.
Additionally, this platform will provide a comprehensive view of Open Educational Resources (OER) already in use across campus, giving us a full perspective of our current status and opening the door for expanded adoption of these cost-saving and impactful materials. Talis Aspire will help us identify critical opportunities to supplement traditional textbook materials with library subscription content, ensuring students have seamless access to high-quality resources.
We are excited about Talis Aspire’s possibilities to advance affordability and accessibility in education while strengthening our commitment to student success. This is an essential step for Olin Library in building a more inclusive and resource-rich learning environment.”
This partnership marks an alignment with Rollins College’s strategic goals to make course resources more accessible and affordable for both the library and students. By putting the library at the heart of learning with Talis Aspire, Rollins is positioned to ensure that students have access to the course materials they need, as and when they need them.
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