EBooks for FE surgery

A service adapting to a rapidly changing landscape

Challenges

»Individual cohorts and colleges have different behaviours

»Varying ability and backgrounds»Learners have a lot of support needs »Delivery of library services to HE learners in an FE

setting can be complex

»Digital literacy - often little IT support»Area reviews - government to bring “greater

efficiency” to the sector

Priorities: affordable content

»Online resources are expensive and Learning Resource Managers have to justify the cost

»Colleges do not have the staffing resource nor the budget to support digital content to gain value

»Any negotiated pricing has to be realistic and sustainable

»Alternative business/licensing models need to be explored

»The current Jisc banding model is too simplistic

Priorities: relevant content

»Tag resources to curriculum and examining boards »Current »Mobile friendly»Supports online teaching»GCSE English and Maths»Communication and promotion of the Jisc offering

How is Jisc supporting FE and Skills?

»Provides access to a collection of curriculum focused ebooks free at the point of use

»Offers subscription agreements e.g. Primal pictures and Brickwork and free resources e.g. Vogue archive

»Maintains, supplements and refreshes collections»Collaborates with FE and Skills colleagues regarding

title selection to focus on supporting the curriculum

How is Jisc supporting FE and Skills?

»Offers functionality through the ProQuest ebrary platform

»Enables learners to access content at any time, from any location

»Saves users time and money

Areas Jisc could do better…

»Communication and promotion of the Jisc offering»More learning software and resources»Training material and publicity»Ideas to promote for e.g. ebooks for FE service»Instructional videos to embed into Vle’s»Workshops, students and staff need to understand the

value of resources

»Involve Learning resource centre staff

jisc.ac.uk

Questions?

Ebooks for FE service

Catherine JohnFE and Skills licensing managercatherine.john@jisc.ac.uk

03/05/2023

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