Welcome to the January 2024 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter, and a brand new year. We hope the bumper seasonal offering of storms didn’t prevent you from travelling to friends and family.
ProQuest training session webinars
Recordings of the December training sessions given by ProQuest are now available on their e-books for FE page here: https://proquest.libguides.com/JISCFE/
The three available are Introduction to Ebook Central (the online e-book reader), Introduction to LibCentral (purchasing and admin), and Reports in LibCentral (including COUNTER reports). Please circulate to any staff that you think may be interested.
Top 20 users in December 2023
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | New City College London | 2735 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 2620 |
| 3 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 2390 |
| 4 | The Trafford College Group | 1673 |
| 5 | South Thames College | 1494 |
| 6 | Varndean College | 1470 |
| 7 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 1438 |
| 8 | LTE Group | 1420 |
| 9 | HCUC | 1358 |
| 10 | Solihull College and University Centre | 1192 |
| 11 | West Herts College | 1081 |
| 12 | Macclesfield College | 1080 |
| 13 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 1011 |
| 14 | Peter Symonds College | 945 |
| 15 | The WKCIC Group | 921 |
| 16 | Richard Huish College | 904 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough College | 851 |
| 18 | South West College | 834 |
| 19 | Hereford Sixth Form | 811 |
| 20 | Bedford College | 793 |
Mergers / closing accounts: 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. You may also need to close an e-book account after a merger. Please email customerservice@proquest.com and Cc Jacqueline.Stringer@Clarivate.com with the relevant details.
Top 20 titles in December 2023
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 7475 |
| 2 | CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 2440 |
| 3 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 2393 |
| 4 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 2308 |
| 5 | NCFE CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator) | 2087 |
| 6 | OCR A-Level Law (2nd edition) | 1812 |
| 7 | AQA A-Level Business | 1807 |
| 8 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 1720 |
| 9 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 1593 |
| 10 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 1531 |
| 11 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 1434 |
| 12 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 1396 |
| 13 | BTEC Nationals Information Technology Student Book | 1154 |
| 14 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology: Revised Edition | 1085 |
| 15 | Pearson Edexcel A Level Economics (5th edition) | 1075 |
| 16 | BTEC National Computing Student Book | 1009 |
| 17 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level UK Government and Politics (6th edition) | 1005 |
| 18 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Global Politics | 966 |
| 19 | BTEC Nationals Sport and Exercise Science Student Book | 947 |
| 20 | AQA A-Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 860 |