What is really beneficial is the way Talis Aspire integrates directly in our own library catalogue… It makes the content a lot more accessible to students.
Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham
Stepping up resource lists
Talis Aspire
An online resource list management system that fully integrates with your library systems to streamline course resourcing, copyright compliance and acquisitions. Talis Aspire connects faculty and students to library holdings directly within their course resource lists, keeping the library at the heart of teaching and learning.
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groups at your institution
libraries
Keeps libraries at the heart of learning
Streamlines course resourcing and acquisitions while providing access to library content from directly within the learning environment.
faculty
Helps faculty do their best teaching
Enables faculty to easily and efficiently collate, structure and annotate learning resources for best delivery of their courses.
students
Improves student outcomes
Helps students achieve their learning objectives with structured lists that streamline access to resources and build academic skills.
Key features
Create structured and annotated resource lists
Talis Aspire enables faculty to structure course lists with sections, paragraphs, annotations, and item importances. The result? Easy-to-read lists that students love. Furthermore, faculty can re-use, duplicate and copy resources quickly, all with accurate metadata, dramatically reducing the burden of course reading list admin.
Add resources from bookmarks, library holdings and OA repositories
Faculty can search for resources by title, author, or ISBN from directly within Talis Aspire. The platform searches against your library discovery service (whether EDS, Primo or WMS), Open Access repositories, and online resources – including items faculty bookmark using the Talis Aspire extension.
Get oversight and report on resources across the institution
The platform gives libraries full visibility over all lists and items on lists across the institution, alerting the library to changes on lists or when there’s a change to resourcing requirements.
Streamlined copyright compliance and acquisitions workflows
Talis Aspire integrates with all your library systems and third party copyright compliance checkers to streamline compliance and digitization requests. Furthermore, libraries can acquire from directly within Talis Aspire.
Easy-to-read course lists that build student skills
Students enjoy structured course lists that build academic reading skills. It takes the onus off students by connecting them with library holdings and OA options of the resources they need, helping students save time and money.
Why choose Talis Aspire?
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Deep integration with your other systems
Talis Aspire works with many Virtual Learning Environments or Learning Management Systems including Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas and Desire2Learn; and with Library Management Systems like OCLC’s WMS and Ebsco’s FOLIO, Ex-Libris’ Alma, Sirsi Dynix’s Symphony, and Koha.
02
Quality platform
Our platform boasts 99.99% up time and the very highest level of accessibility where possible (or an AA rating where it’s not).
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Unparalleled support from experts
Our Talis Support Team is staffed by many former library and training professionals, providing round-the-clock support from the moment you start working with us.
04
Vibrant user community
You can connect with and learn from our thriving global community of Talis Aspire users from 100+ institutions. Join the Discord conversation, attend our regular community webinars or attend our popular Insight events.
How it Works: Package
Talis Aspire
Libraries can get a single or multi-year subscription to Talis Aspire for their institution, with pricing based on your FTE and specific needs. This includes full implementation, training, support, and access to our community.
Advanced MIS
For those libraries looking to do more with data than the standard Talis Aspire analytics and reporting suite, we offer an Advanced MIS add-on module for access to rich, deep and timely data insights to deepen your understanding of academic and student engagement with library resources and services.
Data Migration & Other Support
Moving to a new reading list management system does not have to be a resource intensive task. For libraries looking to outsource this work, we provide a consulting service to support you data migration for reading list import and more.
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University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia identified that online reading lists and digitised content represented a big gap in Library service provision, they turned to Talis Aspire to digitise their offering.
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our word for it
Talis Aspire results in conversations with faculty at a much earlier stage and they see us as somewhere to come for more information on resources. They know us more now, because we talk to them so much more.
Content Delivery Librarian, University of Essex
Talis Aspire allows us to collaborate with professors in a way our other service could not provide. We’re able to better understand what articles/books they’re seeking because of the bookmarklet tool, rather than sometimes being left to wonder what item they’re truly wanting due to lack of information they’ve given and the constant emailing back/forth.
Course Materials Team, University of Alberta
At the University of Auckland, Talis Aspire is a key component of our collections strategy. We run daily reports to ensure that our purchases align directly with current teaching and learning at the university.
Kirsty Wilson, Manager, Collection Development and Access
University of Auckland
“For the University of Gloucestershire, Talis Aspire is much more than just reading list software. It brings together learning resources from a range of sources and embeds them into our Virtual Learning Environment.”
James Hodgkin, Associate Director and University Librarian of Library
University of Gloucestershire
Talis Aspire really breaks down barriers to access when it comes to finding things in the library and sourcing resources that students need in their course. It creates a stress-free environment for students to access their resources to support their learning.
Assistance Information Manager, University of Hertfordshire
I always know I am starting my research in a good place if I can use a list already curated by my tutor. This gives me confidence to start my assignment.
Student, University of Lincoln
I like the reading list because it allowed me to check off readings as I completed them and has enabled me to find articles easily and stay organized.
Rural Sociology Student, University of Alberta
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