Welcome to the February 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Research Assistant coming to Ebook Central There is a new feature coming to Ebook Central in late March: called Research Assistant, it is a generative AI-powered option which provides A key takeaway of a chapter or chapter section, typically a short paragraph or […]
Ebook Central how-to videos The following short how-to videos are available on YouTube, covering Ebook Central functionality: Overview of Ebook Central and searching tips (3 mins) How to use the interactive elements of e-books, e.g. highlighting, bookmarks, adding free-text notes (3 mins) How to use the Bookshelf features, e.g. creating folders of chosen titles for […]
Digital learning and dynamic spaces: How e-books are transforming the student experience at Itchen College In this member story, Adrian Waters from Itchen College describes how e-book promotion and development of the library space has led to increased utilization of digital resources and improved learner experience: read the full story here (954 words).
Welcome to the January 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Happy new year! Top 20 users in December 2024 Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20. Rank Organisation User sessions 1 New City College London 3,199 2 Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College 2,620 3 Hills […]
Welcome to the December 2024 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Here’s a library-themed anagram quiz (with clues) to celebrate the end of term: colleague nation (dunno, search me!) ale pie quest (the golden instruction) alien plebs (don’t get stuck on this) medical weedy (different class) Ebook Central Research Assistant At the end of February […]
Welcome to the November 2024 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Ebook Central Bookshelf and reading lists When delivering e-book training sessions to curriculum staff, the functionality they’re most interested in is the ability to create and share reading lists via the Bookshelf. The Bookshelf feature in Ebook Central allows you to organize multiple […]
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. E-book introduction sessions for teaching staff CPD If teaching staff are having CPD sessions this academic year, remember that Andrew Jackson can be booked to give an online introduction to the e-book collection, an overview of Ebook Central, and useful functions like creating […]
Welcome to the September 2024 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter, and the start of a brand new term! New e-book titles The 68 new titles for this year are now available on Ebook Central, including some notable highlights: Chudley and Greeno’s Building Construction Handbook (13th ed.) Routledge ISBN: 9781032492889 Building Services Handbook (10th […]
Full details of the e-books for FE collection 2024-2025 are available: download the Excel file. The new titles for 2024 are those with collection number 15 in column J. Please circulate to teaching staff to highlight what may be of interest: subject terms are in column I, so this can be filtered or searched to […]
Welcome to the August 2024 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Q4 stats: May to July 2024 Below are the top twenty tables for the fourth quarter of this academic year. Top 20 users for Q4 Rank Organization User sessions 1 New City College London 6630 2 Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College […]