Bookshelf

Document Last Update: August 3, 2021

Product: BookShelf

Name
Product Name

BookShelf
Description
Vendors description of the product
Vital Source Bookshelf is an easy-to-use app built to help students with their reading, studying, and learning experience. This product offers tools to help them learn more efficiently. With Bookshelf, they can read, highlight and annotate, as if you were doing it on paper.
Purpose
Requester intended use of the product. What will the tool accomplish? What benefits to the university, students, others?
Vital Source Bookshelf is an ebook platform that allows you to access course materials whenever and wherever you choose--laptop, desktop, or mobile device. You can download texts directly or access them via your browser.
ASE Product Report Card
Product Report Card URL
 
Installation Type
Only one will apply
  • Approved - Campus
  • Approved - Online
  • Approved - Campus & Online
  • Semi Approved - Individual only 
Approved-campus

Tool Information

Communication Path
Communication paths for product changes and emergencies,…
  • When do the owner, stakeholders, employees and students need to be notified?
  • Path for back end issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Path for Interface issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Emergencies (major, minor)

Involved in determining this - Corey Moore, Ben Wilson, Dane Bohman, Dean Allen

 

The process for incident/maintenance communication for I-Learn products and the roles of portfolio managers and system owners is highlighted in the IT Incident Management and IT Change Management documents which are linked here.  

Product Owner
The person who can make the ultimate decisions for the product - funding, road map, vision, governance and retirement.
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.
    • Linda Munns 

      munnsl@byui.edu 

      (208) 496-3420 (Landline) 

      University Store 
Stakeholders
A person or group of people who have an interest in the product and its success. Can influence product decisions. Are impacted (directly or indirectly) by the product. e.g. requester, department, developer, ASE, portfolio manager, product manager
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.

Stakeholders:

 

Platform Services Director  

ASE List

  • Dane Bohman - bohmand@byui.edu / 208-496-7217 
  • Ben Wilson - wilsonbe@byui.edu / 208-496-1550 
  • Amber Gneiting - gneitinga@byui.edu / 208-496-7015

Director, Software Engineering 

Portfolio Management  

Academics Product Manager 

  • Dean Allen - allende@byui.edu/(208) 496-7211
Audience
Who will use the product? (campus, online, pathway, Ensign, employees - more specific like - nursing students, specific department or course(s))
 
Campus and online

Purchasing

  • Purchaser and requester information - name, email, phone
  • Licensing (description of the license agreement - site license, per user, per computer, ...)
  • How is the license renewed?
  • Next renewal date?
  • When should this product be reviewed again for purpose and outcome? Usually, this happens every 3-5 years.
  • BYUI Purchasing Agent  - name, email, phone
  • BYUI Purchasing Agent

Name: Eric Cameron 

Email: camerone@byui.edu

Phone extension: (208) 496 - 2325

  • Who is the contract contact? (Purchasing Department) 

    Name: Becki Lyn Skidmore  

    Email: skidmorebe@byui.edu 

    Phone extension: (208) 496-2350 

  • What is the technology use cap of this product? 

    We have a pricing agreement set with them which means we order how many accounts we need and they sell to us to set price. 

Other
  • Product documentation (URL)
  • Support and/or training documentation (URL)
  • ASE - maintenance needs and yearly maintenance estimate
  • Any custom code developed? (where can it be found)
  • Is this ADA compliant (URL to their official vendor statement)
  • Other
 
Data
  • Give description of all data and how it interacts with the university systems.
  • List all university systems used.
  • Installation instructions - URL or direction how to find the instructions.
  • Who is responsible for installation - please include email, phone, job title.

Push Destination 

  • Canvas 

Pull Source 

  • CX 

Full name 

Course ID 

User login ID 

Primary email 

Vendor Information

Product Name Bookshelf
Product URL https://www.vitalsource.com/ 
Company Name Vital Source

Vendor Account/Sales Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.

John O’Donnell  John.O’Donnell@vitalsource.com

Vendor Support Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.

 

 

Details

Article ID: 9065
Created
Tue 8/3/21 3:03 PM