Leganto 2025 Roadmap Highlights
Overview
The Leganto roadmap is a means to communicate the key priorities and developments with the Leganto community. The roadmap is based on feedback received from the Leganto community.
The Leganto roadmap gives a view of the development that can be expected. As priorities are developed by the community and information becomes available from the community voting, the roadmap will be updated to reflect updated development plans.
Roadmap Webinar
Leganto roadmap webinar recording: https://youtu.be/emhJNuqTw4U
Leganto roadmap webinar slides: Leganto 2025 Roadmap Highlights Presentation.pdf
Roadmap Themes
Our roadmap focuses around our key themes of providing additional value to libraries through efficient workflows and return on investment on library collections, increasing adoption among instructors through intuitive processes and added value, prioritizing student engagement, including access, affordability, and learning, and providing analytics support decision-making and the ability to demonstrate the library's impact.
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Library Value |
Drive Adoption |
Student Engagement |
Analytics |
H1 2025 Enhancements
Clipboard
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Copy and move items in bulk using a clipboard |
Expand on existing copy and move workflows by setting items aside on a clipboard for later use. Useful for:
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Library value: Make it easier to review and process lists in Leganto so the library can support instructors more efficiently. |
Link or relink item to library
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Link a citation to a specific resource within the library collection. |
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Library value: Work more efficiently when processing lists in Leganto. |
Bolk integration enhancements
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Additional enhancements to the integration with the Bolk copyright system used in Norway |
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Library value/Drive adoption: make it easier for library staff and instructors to create and manage copyright-compliant lists in Leganto. |
Import syllabus to create resource list (Part 1)
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Llibrary staff can upload a syllabus or other file containing references. Leganto will use AI to scan the file and generate a resource list. |
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Drive adoption/Library value: Make it easier to start using Leganto--create even lengthy resource lists in minutes, leveraging existing information about course materials. |
Citations by publication country dashboard
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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View citations by publication country |
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Analytics: measure and demostrate the diversity of resources used in reading lists |
H2 2025 Enhancements
Student exploration
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Open other formats and editions and recommendations for student use |
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Student engagement: Provide additional exploration and learning opportunities related to assigned course materials. |
DCS integration enhancements
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Support new data structure within the DCS, used in the UK |
The DCS is creating a new structure which will support linking one list to multiple courses, similar to the structure in Leganto. Leganto will integrate with the new API once it is available |
Library value: Streamline the integration between Leganto and the DCS, resulting in fewer errors due to mis-matched data across the two systems. |
Leganto data integrated into Rialto
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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View Leganto data within the Rialto marketplace. |
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Library value: streamline the purchasing processes so the library can provide access to course materials more efficiently. |
Rialto integration: newer edition available for purchase
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Indication in Leganto, based on data from Rialto, that a newer editon of a title is available for purchase. |
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Library value/Drive adoption: Ensure that instructors are aware of newer editions whicih they might choose to use in their courses. Ensure the library has an efficient means to purchase newer editions when requested. |
Import syllabus to create resource list (Part 2)
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Instructors can upload a syllabus or other file containing references. Leganto will use AI to scan the file and generate a resource list. |
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Drive adoption/Library value: Make it easier to start using Leganto--create even lengthy resource lists in minutes, leveraging existing information about course materials. |
OER recommendations
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Recommendatiosn for open educational resources (OER) that align with the course topics |
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Drive adoption/Library value:/Student engagement: Promote the usage of OER, help instructors find alternatives to textbooks, provide additional value to instructors within Leganto |
Integration with Alethea
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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For institutions who have both Leganto and Alethea, provide an integrated expereince across systems |
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Drive adoption/Student engagement: Joint solution provides access to resources, copyright compliance, and deeper engagement with course materials |
Workflow reports
| What’s New | Highlights | Impact |
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Out of the box reports to enable libraries to measure and report on processing workflows |
Additional measurements to track citation status changes Out of the box reports to measure library processing workflows to answer questions such as:
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Analytics: Gain visibility into library workflows, provide instructors with accurate expectations for turnaround times, and identify areas where futher efficiencies could be gained |