Canterbury Christ Church University is partnering with Technology from Sage to implement Talis Aspire as their new resource list management solution at the institution. With this implementation of structured reading lists, Canterbury Christ Church is committed to connecting students more easily to library resources and building on academic skills.
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 seamlessly integrates with all library technology ecosystems, offering a holistic view of course material needs and keeping the library at the heart of teaching and learning.
Theresa Thurston, Assistant Director: Resources and Digital Discovery, Library and Learning Resources at Canterbury Christ Church University, was impressed by the capabilities of Talis Aspire, and how it aligned with their library strategy and commitment to enhance student outcomes:
“Talis Aspire is a key addition to our library infrastructure and it will help deliver the vision of our library strategy “our next chapter“. It provides many of the benefits that are integral to our library service: innovation, collaboration and is student-centered. It facilitates the collaboration between academics and the library in the development and resourcing of reading lists and will ensure that the library has a full picture of the resources needed for teaching. It will also greatly enhance the student experience by directly connecting students to the resources they need for their studies.
“Our collection strategy aims for a dynamic and responsive collection that fits the needs of our students and researchers. Talis Aspire provides us with the tools needed to deliver this by providing a platform that connects academics, library teams and students and fully supports the entire reading list process.”
The library team at Canterbury Christ Church University were excited by the benefits of Talis Aspire. Members of staff had positive experiences using Talis Aspire at previous institutions, as the reading list management system of choice. The library team saw Talis Aspire as a proven product with well-established workflows but adaptable enough to fit the library’s specific needs.
“[Talis Aspire] will greatly improve both the student and staff experience. Our old reading list process was piecemeal and convoluted with many pain points for academics, students and library staff. Students often struggled to find and access material, academics had multiple routes for requesting library resources and library staff often had insufficient information to make purchasing decisions resulting in email tennis with academics to confirm missing information.
Talis Aspire streamlines these processes simplifying the process of creating, resourcing and accessing reading lists. Building lists is straightforward for academics, library staff have all the information needed to make purchasing decisions and students are linked directly to the structured content they need for their studies. Once fully rolled out we will have, for the first time, an overview of resource requirements across the University enabling us to analyze the teaching collection to ensure that it is fit for purpose and value for money.”
The library team at Canterbury Christ Church found the onboarding experience for Talis Aspire to be incredibly positive and straightforward:
“The onboarding process was incredibly smooth and the team from Technology for Sage were excellent throughout the whole process guiding us through all stages of the implementation. The communication was excellent and solution-focused. The training from David was brilliant and the advice we were given really helped us to develop our workflows and processes.”
This partnership marks a significant step in Canterbury Christ Church’s commitment to help delivering the vision of their library strategy and improving the student experience.
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Sign up for Librarian Futures Part IV February 24, 2025Technology from Sage are working on the upcoming fourth Librarian Futures report. This new report will focus on how academic libraries can be frontiers in the use of AI in Higher Education; including how libraries are responding to AI, and how AI might increase research productivity.
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Technology from Sage’s Librarian Futures series of reports explore librarian-patron relationships in the digital age, and the ever-changing role of the academic library. The topics of the reports range from the knowledge gap between students and librarians, and the librarian skills landscape.
Technology from Sage is a curated suite of innovative library technologies that amplify the value of your library to improve every stage of the academic workflow – from managing reading lists to discovering online resources and reference management.
Each month we select a Library of the Month to honor libraries who have been using our library technologies in interesting and innovative ways, from creating well-curated reading lists with Talis Aspire to encouraging uptake of the Lean Library browser extension amongst their students. We’re also appreciating the intensive work of librarians in curating these technologies and improving learning outcomes for their students.
The winning library will be awarded a prize to share amongst their team or a donation to a charity of their choice as a way for us to say thank you.
UNT Health Science Center (UNTHSC) at Fort Worth is an academic medical center specializing in patient-centered education, research and health care. The Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library supports the education, research, patient care, and community service missions at UNTHSC by meeting the information needs of students, faculty, staff, and the local health sciences community. The library provides expert instruction in the use of information resources, and access to professionally trained librarians for research and patient care related literature search assistance.
We’ve awarded them our Library of the Month Award for February, as UNTHSC are committed to improving student and researcher outcomes and ensuring that they have direct access to course materials. UNTHSC are fantastic advocates of Talis Aspire and have seen positive results from using course resource management software, including savings of over $125k annually for one class alone.
We asked Elizabeth Speer, Associate Director of Digital Scholarship, Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library at UNTHSC to tell us more about the university library and what winning Library of the Month meant to them:
“One of the goals of the library has been to partner with other campus departments to broaden our reach as it pertains to the use of library materials in the classroom. Having the right tools at our disposal meant that not only could we provide access to our materials in a manner that complied with our subscriptions but also allowed us the opportunity to educate our faculty on copyright and their rights as authors. But, best of all we were able to save our students hundreds of thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs and further supported student success by providing direct access to library resources at the point of instruction by working with our instructional designers and faculty in the selection of educational materials.
Being Technology from Sage’s Library of the Month recognizes our work in connecting and educating our faculty in copyright, fair use, and relevant library resources while supporting the financial and educational needs of our students. We are grateful for our partnership with Technology from Sage that has enabled us to improve our services and increase student engagement and cost saving across campus.”
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Talis Aspire Achieves Top Technical Ranking in APUC Framework February 14, 2025London, 14th February 2025 – Talis Aspire, the trusted resource list management system used by over 100 institutions, has ranked first in the technical assessment of the Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) framework for Resource and Reading List Systems.
APUC, the procurement center of expertise for all of Scotland’s universities and colleges, evaluates solutions based on multiple technical and commercial criteria, to maximise the value of Scotland’s investment in further and higher education. Through regional purchasing consortia, the APUC framework is also available to universities and colleges across the UK.
Talis Aspire emerged as the top performer in the technical evaluation, scoring 60 points out of a possible 70 — the highest among all competitors.
Talis Aspire distinguished itself by placing first in the following key areas for academic libraries:
Talis Aspire also earned joint first place in:
“All of us at Technology from Sage are delighted that Talis Aspire has received the highest technical score in the APUC framework. This achievement reflects the dedication of our team in developing a product that truly supports our customers. Their feedback drives us to continuously improve Talis Aspire, and we have exciting plans for the next 18 months.”
Scott Gibbens, Head of Product for Talis Aspire, Technology from Sage
By securing the highest technical ranking, Talis Aspire reinforces its position as a trusted, future-ready resource list management system. This recognition underscores Technology from Sage’s commitment to enhancing student success and optimising services which amplify the value of the academic library.
Talis Aspire is 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.
Technology from Sage is a curated suite of innovative library technologies that amplify the value of your library to improve every stage of the academic workflow – from managing reading lists to discovering online resources and reference management.
