Seneca Libraries Launches New Resource List Management Tool for Faculty | Academic Newsletter | Seneca Polytechnic

by Adele Georgievski, Therese Tisseverasinghe, and Hailey Wyman, Seneca Libraries

in the December 2020 issue

Are you looking for online course content such as academic articles, ebooks, and streaming videos for the winter 2021 semester?

Seneca Libraries is excited to present Leganto, an innovative resources management system, intuitively designed for faculty to effortlessly generate, update, share, and reuse course content. Leganto offers a flexible way to keep all your course materials organized, accessible, and shareable to your students right from their course page.

Why use Leganto?

• Backend support: Receive one-on-one backend support from Seneca Libraries staff not only with using Leganto but also with identifying available resources for your course.
• Textbook alternatives: It can help you replace expensive course textbooks by leveraging the library’s digital collection.
• Copyright clearance: It mitigates copyright infringement risks by locating appropriately-licensed materials.
• Easy access: You can access and edit your resource lists from anywhere, anytime.

The fall 2020 pilot went live in mid-September with five courses, made up of 23 sections. A wide variety of faculty participated, including faculty from the Schools of Early Childhood Education, English and Liberal Studies, Hospitality and Tourism, Nursing, and Public Safety.

For an overview of the Leganto system, check out our Leganto for Faculty guide.

If you are a faculty interested in getting started with Leganto for a course in the winter semester, please contact your liaison librarian or let us know by sending an email to librarians@senecacollege.ca.

Intro to Leganto video

Seneca Libraries is facilitating an online workshop in January 2021 on Leganto. Join us for a demonstration of Leganto and learn how faculty can use this tool to easily organize and share a variety of course resources in Learn@Seneca. The workshop takes place on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Register now in MyPD.

View the December 2020 issue of the Academic Newsletter.