Exploring the Electronic Course Reserves Management and Reading List Tool Leganto through the Lenses of Academic Librarians and Instructors

Reading resources are essential for teaching and learning. Today’s students and instructors are used to the Learning Management System (LMS) for teaching and learning. Within the general LMS trend, a variety of electronic course reserves tools have emerged. One particular tool is Leganto which has been increasingly widely deployed, particularly in the wake of COVID-19. This article adopts the Educause reporting model of teaching and learning technologies best practices of “7 things You Should Know About.” The article also presents the authors’ institutional case of adoption, implementation, and data analytics results at Purdue University.