Welcome to the July issue of our e-books for FE newsletter.
New titles for September 2020
The list of new titles for September 2020 was distributed to this email list on 18 June. There are 83 titles in the list: 58 brand new titles, and 25 renewals of titles that were due to expire on 31 August. Of the 83, 75 are three-year subscriptions, and 8 are one-year subscriptions. Many thanks to the members of the focus group who contributed their time and expertise to this process.
The Excel file of new titles is available for download: e-books for FE collection 11
Webinars
Many thanks to all of you who attended our ‘Maintaining the momentum’ webinar on 24 June. The recording of the webinar is now available at the following link:
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/training/e-books-for-fe-online-clinic#recordings
Here are the links shared during the webinar:
- Increasing engagement with digital resources: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/index.php/guides/increasing-engagement-with-digital-resources/
- E-books for FE online clinic resources: E-books for FE clinic
- Wakelet for the 27 May webinar
- Wakelet for the 24 June webinar
- E-books for FE support site: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/
- Vocational learning resource support site: https://vocationalresources.support.jisc.ac.uk/
- Jisc’s Coronavirus help and support: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/coronavirus
- Jisc subject specialists’ digital practice blog: https://inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/
- Shaping the digital future of FE and skills (digital pedagogy) event, 1 July: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/shaping-the-digital-future-of-further-education-and-skills-digital-pedagogy-01-jul-2020
- Social media for marketing library and information services event (CILIP MMIT), 8 July: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1377176&group=201307
New e-books support staff member
On 8th June, Andrew Jackson joined Jisc as FE & Skills Service Co-ordinator (e-books). Andrew started his career as IT Librarian (and latterly Library & Learning Services Manager) at the Glasgow College of Building & Printing (now City of Glasgow College). Some of you may even remember him from way back when! He went on to specialise in library management system implementation projects: managing the creation and administration of a single-database LMS and online catalogue for all NHS Scotland libraries in 2008; delivering staff training for the Alma implementation across the University of Cambridge libraries in 2017; and project managing the implementation of Alma at the University of Leeds in 2019. In between projects he took time off to do a PhD in Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. He is very pleased to be back in the FE & Skills family, and is looking forward to supporting you and your library services in these challenging times.
Top 20 users
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20. If you have tips to share on how you promote e-books for FE to teaching practitioners and learners, we would love to feature you and showcase your work. Get in touch if you would like to be featured at content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 1210 |
| 2 | King Edward Vl College, Stourbridge | 942 |
| 3 | Nottingham College | 816 |
| 4 | Colchester Sixth Form College | 767 |
| 5 | Varndean College | 746 |
| 6 | Summit Learning Trust | 726 |
| 7 | Uxbridge College | 697 |
| 8 | Farnborough Sixth Form College | 692 |
| 9 | Long Road Sixth Form College | 691 |
| 10 | Peter Symonds College | 588 |
| 11 | South Thames College | 511 |
| 12 | Chesterfield College | 432 |
| 13 | Sandwell College | 426 |
| 14 | The Manchester College | 387 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Colleges Group | 372 |
| 16 | Gower College Swansea | 362 |
| 17 | Richard Huish College | 361 |
| 18 | Neath Port Talbot College | 344 |
| 19 | Holy Cross College | 341 |
| 20 | New City College London | 331 |
Mergers: If your organisation has recently merged with another, ProQuest may not have the most current merger information and your merger may not be reflected in the usage data. Please check with ProQuest and request that they update your account to reflect the merger. Their e-book support contact address is: ebooksupport@proquest.com
Top 20 titles
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 2640 |
| 2 | Cache Level 3 Child Care and Education : Early Years Educator | 1801 |
| 3 | CACHE, Level 3 – Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 1024 |
| 4 | US Government and Politics for a-Level Fifth Edition | 766 |
| 5 | CACHE Level 3 Technical Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care EBook | 723 |
| 6 | BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care: Student Book 1 | 720 |
| 7 | OCR a Level Mathematics Year 2 | 690 |
| 8 | BTEC National Applied Psychology Student Book | 523 |
| 9 | Edexcel GCE Geography Y2 A Level Student Book | 521 |
| 10 | AQA A-Level Business 2 : Third Edition | 508 |
| 11 | BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care: Student Book 2 | 484 |
| 12 | BTEC Level 3 Nationals 2016 Applied Science Student Book 2 | 479 |
| 13 | OCR Psychology for a Level Book 1 | 472 |
| 14 | AQA A-level Biology 1 : For A-level Year 1 and AS | 457 |
| 15 | OCR a Level Law Book 2 | 438 |
| 16 | AQA A-Level Law for Year 2 | 437 |
| 17 | CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator : for the Work-Based Learner | 418 |
| 18 | AQA A-Level Geography : For A-level and AS – Fourth Edition | 385 |
| 19 | Law : The Basics | 291 |
| 20 | The Cold War 1941-95 Third Edition | 288 |
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