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Enhanced Course Lists for Student Success

A robust, integrated solution for creating, maintaining and sharing interactive course resource lists, Leganto optimizes the use of library collections, reduces the administrative burden on faculty, and makes higher education a lot more affordable.

Leganto

Making course resource lists a two-way street

Leganto’s structured course resource lists are interactive and provide easy access to all materials in an environment familiar to both students and faculty.


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  • Instructors can engage students by enriching resource lists with tags, notes and due dates
  • Students can share feedback and suggest additional content for any resource list
  • Barriers such as broken links and paywalls are eliminated
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Quality course materials are a click away

With Leganto, incorporating high-quality low- or no-cost materials in course resource lists is easy, fast and secure, providing flexibility in course content and helping keep down costs.

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  • Multiple open access and OER collections (e.g., Open SUNY, OpenStax, Open Textbook
    Library) are fully discoverable
  • Searches are easily filtered for OER and open access resources
  • Leganto automatically suggests relevant OER material
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Engage students and staff - wherever they are

An intuitive, cloud-based user interface, available on any device, is seamlessly integrated into the learning management system.

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  • A rich set of APIs enable remote interaction with institutional and third-party systems,
    mobile apps, citation tools, and more
  • Librarians manage course materials and administer Leganto with integrated Alma workflows
  • Easily scaled up to support as many courses as needed
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Schools and students save money with Leganto

Leganto maximizes the value and use of library collections and collaborations, reducing the cost of course materials and increasing student affordability.

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  • Librarians can promote selected resources
  • Leganto automatically embeds direct links to free library-owned items
  • Leganto drives the use of pay-per-use models and open educational resources
  • Students can easily access valuable librarian expertise and services
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Actionable insights to improve course materials

Powerful analytics reveal true student engagement with course resources, giving instructors, librarians and administrators insight into what is working, what is missing, and what is needed.

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  • Leganto monitors in real time how course resources are used
  • Analytics indicate which resources are being used as expected and which are not
  • Custom reports show the library’s institutional value, budgetary needs and constraints
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Reducing the administrative burden

Leganto is a one-stop shop, with automated management and provisioning workflows that increase productivity, save time and enhance the library’s role.

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  • Faculty can easily add resources directly from any source, edit the list, and roll it over to the
    following term
  • Automated Alma-based workflows make it easy to scale up for additional courses
  • Integrated copyright clearance with automated licensing ensures compliance
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Leganto

Making course resource lists a two-way street

Leganto’s structured course resource lists are interactive and provide easy access to all materials in an environment familiar to both students and faculty.


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  • Instructors can engage students by enriching resource lists with tags, notes and due dates
  • Students can share feedback and suggest additional content for any resource list
  • Barriers such as broken links and paywalls are eliminated
Read Less

Quality course materials are a click away

With Leganto, incorporating high-quality low- or no-cost materials in course resource lists is easy, fast and secure, providing flexibility in course content and helping keep down costs.

Expand >

 

  • Multiple open access and OER collections (e.g., Open SUNY, OpenStax, Open Textbook
    Library) are fully discoverable
  • Searches are easily filtered for OER and open access resources
  • Leganto automatically suggests relevant OER material
Read Less

Engage students and staff - wherever they are

An intuitive, cloud-based user interface, available on any device, is seamlessly integrated into the learning management system.
Expand >

 

  • A rich set of APIs enable remote interaction with institutional and third-party systems,
    mobile apps, citation tools, and more
  • Librarians manage course materials and administer Leganto with integrated Alma workflows
  • Easily scaled up to support as many courses as needed
Read Less

Schools and students save money with Leganto

Leganto maximizes the value and use of library collections and collaborations, reducing the cost of course materials and increasing student affordability.
Expand >

 

  • Librarians can promote selected resources
  • Leganto automatically embeds direct links to free library-owned items
  • Leganto drives the use of pay-per-use models and open educational resources
  • Students can easily access valuable librarian expertise and services
Read Less

Actionable insights to improve course materials

Powerful analytics reveal true student engagement with course resources, giving instructors, librarians and administrators insight into what is working, what is missing, and what is needed.

Expand >

 

  • Leganto monitors in real time how course resources are used
  • Analytics indicate which resources are being used as expected and which are not
  • Custom reports show the library’s institutional value, budgetary needs and constraints
Read Less

Reducing the administrative burden

Leganto is a one-stop shop, with automated management and provisioning workflows that increase productivity, save time and enhance the library’s role.
Expand >

 

  • Faculty can easily add resources directly from any source, edit the list, and roll it over to the
    following term
  • Automated Alma-based workflows make it easy to scale up for additional courses
  • Integrated copyright clearance with automated licensing ensures compliance
Read Less

Our customer stories

    "Having an open solution is important because it allows us to connect all of our systems to other systems across campus."

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    Eduardo Prieto
    University of Miami

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    "When we migrated to Alma in 2018, one of our goals was to have one system to manage everything."

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    Jamen McGranahan
    Vanderbilt University

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    "In the last three years, we’ve seen growth of 40% of faculty members using Leganto."

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    The Library Team
    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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    "The adoption of Ex Libris Leganto... has led to significant improvements in workflows and streamlined access to the university library resources."

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    Silvia Trevenzoli
    University of Verona

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    "[Leganto] puts us in a position to be at the very forefront of course creation"

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    Erin Beach
    Northeastern University

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    “…we needed an enterprise system to support our course materials with a consistent process … Leganto had exactly what we needed.”

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    Director of Library Enterprise Systems
    Research University

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    “Leganto is extremely versatile, and extremely easy to use.”

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    Ben Hogben
    Ithaca College

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    “As soon as we implemented Leganto, we began using it to manage informed purchases of materials for teaching, with our integrated, cross-team workflow seamlessly handling requests.”

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    Angela Laurins, Library Learning Services Manager
    The University of Edinburgh

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    “After the curation is over, the output lives on.…The lists and resources are used after the fact in all kinds of ways, so the students leave a lasting legacy.”

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    Catherine Stephen
    University of Surrey

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    "During the first term with Leganto, almost 47,000 students were accessing reading lists in nearly 1,000 courses."

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    University of Sydney

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    “Find out why an academic library at a specialist college transformed its services and operations through Alma, Primo and Leganto."

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    Laura Pilsel
    Harper Adams University

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    Supporting the Imperial College Library Mission with Ex Libris Higher-Ed Cloud Solutions

    Katherine Rose, Katharine Thompson, James Garry
    Imperial College, London

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    The Leganto-Rialto workflow: The key to streamlining the purchase of course materials

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    Angela Laurins and Elize Rowan
    The University of Edinburgh

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    Promoting Student Affordability with Leganto

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    Kelly Ann Sam
    Reserves Coordinator, California State University San Marcos

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    The Leganto Solution as a Facilitator in Cross Team Collaboration

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    Sarah Bateup & Moraig Vuurman
    Faculty Librarian, Technology Enhanced Learning Designer, Bond University

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    Streamlining Student Access to Course Resources

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    Linnaeus University

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    Efficiently delivering course resources and managing copyright licensing

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    Margaret Ann Trotter
    Vanderbilt University

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    Increasing OER use and lowering student costs

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    Rosemary Arneson
    University of Mary Washington

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    Partnering with academics and educational developers

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    Alison Neil
    University of New South Wales

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    Demonstrating and Deepening the Library's Value with Ex Libris Higher-Ed Solutions

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    Helen Woolfries
    Kingston University London

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    A Faculty Perspective of Leganto – Making Course Resource Lists Easy

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    Sara Branch
    Formerly an Associate Professor of Psychology

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    Greater control over copyright and improved service to faculty

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    Susan Lafferty
    Australian Catholic University

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    Supporting teaching strategy and improving learning affordability

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    Pascal Calarco, University Librarian
    University of Windsor

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    Leganto at the University of Edinburgh: Improving Library Productivity and Student Experience

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    Angela Laurins & Sarah Ames
    University of Edinburgh

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    “Because of the streamlined back-office processes, we're able to reinvest staff time in more front-facing, student-focused activities.”

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    Richard Milne
    Robert Gordon University

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    An Instructor's Perspective of Leganto: Improving Teaching & Learning Effectiveness

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    Dr. Siobhan MacAndrew
    Psychology lecturer, Abertay University

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    Moving to a Modern Course-Resource List Solution

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    University of York

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    “We have a vision for how the library can help the university, and Leganto has facilitated our ability to provide that help.”

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    Greg Argo
    Associate Director for Access & Digital Services, University of St. Thomas

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    “Leganto makes library resources more visible and showcases the library for the entire institution.”

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    Asbjørn Risan
    BIBSYS Consortium

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    “Having Leganto is bringing the focus back to what the library really is, which is delivering resources and providing service.”

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    Jean McGuinness
    Library Services Team Leader, Abertay University

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    "With Leganto it's a Year-Long Dialogue with the Academics"

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    Sinéad McGhee
    Academic Librarian, Abertay University

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    Leganto at Washington State University: Impacting Learning Affordability

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    Blake Galbreath
    Core Services Librarian, Washington State University

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    Leganto at University of New South Wales: Creating a Community around Course Reading Lists

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    Cath Ellis
    Associate Dean of Education Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of New South Wales

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        All the Ex Libris consultants, trainers and experienced developers partner with with you to tailor your solutions.
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        Our revolutionary cloud services deliver exceptional reliability and the highest levels of security and data privacy across all institutional data, systems and processes.
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        FAQ

        List management refers to the process of managing reading lists or course reserves within academic libraries. Leganto is a system developed by Ex Libris, specifically designed for this purpose. Its functions include list creation, list organization, and collaboration, integration with library systems, accessibility and compliance, and analytics and data usage. 

         

        A list management system like Leganto, which is also an overall course resource management system, streamlines the process of providing access to relevant resources for academic courses, enhances collaboration, and ensures compliance with copyright and accessibility requirements.

        Leganto drives teaching excellence and student success. Instructors save time and effort, and help their students succeed in their courses by easily assembling course resources of all types into a structured, annotated resource list that is embedded in the list management system. Faculty can then monitor student engagement and decide to reuse and modify the list term over term.

        Instructors can engage students from within the course resource list and students access course materials through the list management system in a consistent way across all their courses. Leganto also provides library-generated links to on-campus assets and online resources, eliminating paywalls and broken links, and providing clear availability information about physical materials. This lowers costs and increases student affordability.

        Leganto promotes the library as a teaching and learning partner. It enables the library to work collaboratively with teaching staff to assemble and organize quality course materials at low- or no-cost for students. Using Leganto as a course resource management system, the library is automatically informed about teaching needs, has streamlined workflows for addressing these needs, and can measure and report the library contribution to teaching and learning.

        Yes. First of all, as a solution on the Ex Libris Higher Ed Platform, Leganto is tightly integrated with Alma, Primo and Rialto. Secondly, like all Ex Libris products, Leganto list management system offers a rich set of APIs for seamless integration with institutional and third-party systems. Leganto meets faculty and students where they are, by embedding relevant library resources and services directly into the learning management system.

        Leganto was initially developed with several customer partners and the Ex Libris team continues to work closely with customers as the product evolves. Collaboration takes place through established channels such as the PWG, NERS and Idea Exchange, as well as through focus group and ad hoc discussions. Input from the community is a key driver of Leganto development.

        Leganto lives on the Ex Libris Higher Ed Platform, where it enjoys all the data security and privacy measures of the Alma environment. For example, unique content is protected by the Amazon S3 cloud storage service, file integrity is continually verified, and any checksum discrepancies are automatically corrected. These safeguards are integral to Alma, relieving the library of all set-up and maintenance worries.

        Absolutely not! Leganto includes an easy-to-use, intuitive end-user interface for instructors and students, which is seamlessly embedded in their institution’s learning management system. Librarians manage course materials easily through the course resource management system, and administer Leganto through Alma, the system that they use every day.

        Certainly. Leganto allows faculty to easily incorporate OER into their course resource lists. The Ex Libris Central Discovery Index includes multiple open access and OER collections – such as Open SUNY, OpenStax, and Open Textbook Library – which are fully discoverable in Leganto. Leganto automatically scans these OER collections and suggests relevant resources for instructors to include in their course resource lists.

        Leganto as a course resource management system helps save money on course materials by offering streamlined access to resources available within the library’s collection or freely available as open access resources. 

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