Welcome to the January issue of our e-books for FE newsletter.  We hope you had a peaceful holiday and wish you a happy new year. This month’s newsletter contains the winner of December’s National Book Token, as well as the usual features and latest updates.

National Book Token Competition

December winner

We are excited to announce the winner of December’s festive themed £30 National Book Token. Congratulations to Northern Regional College, who tweeted us their incredible e-books for FE Christmas tree and wreath. We loved their attempts to inspire sustainability whilst promoting literacy in the library.

Win a £30 National Book Token this January

The new year is a time for making changes, so this month’s theme is about changing attitudes towards e-books. We know that teachers and learners can sometimes be reluctant to embrace the benefits of using e-books, so we would love to know how you overcame this barrier and changed attitudes towards e-books. To win January’s £30 National Book Token, all you need to do is Tweet us with how you have changed attitudes towards e-books in your organisation. You have until Friday 31st January to enter, and we will select one winner at random. We will announce the winner will in our February newsletter.

New monthly webinar clinic

We are excited to share that from January 2020  we will be hosting a new monthly webinar clinic. Each webinar begin with a short tutorial based on recent common queries. The live online session will then give you the opportunity to ask questions and have them answered by a member of the e-books for FE team. . The first webinar will take place on Wednesday 29^th January at 2pm-2.45pm. The first webinar will cover how to run usage reports on LibCentral followed by time for Q&A. Register for the January webinar.

If you have any suggestions for topics that you would like us to cover in the webinars, we would love to hear from you at content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk

Promotional bookmarks now available

We now have promotional bookmarks available for you to promote the e-book version of any print book that you stock in your library. The bookmarks are available to download as a PDF or a Word document so that you can add your college logo. Download the bookmarks on the support site.

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	Varndean College	1444
2	York College	1210
3	South & City College Birmingham	1091
4	The Cheadle and Marple College Network	1084
5	Middlesbrough College	1020
6	South Eastern Regional College	978
7	Uxbridge College	969
8	Leyton Sixth Form College	902
9	West Nottinghamshire College	883
10	Neath Port Talbot College	839
11	Cardiff and Vale College	837
12	Chesterfield College	804
13	Capital City College Group – WKCIC Group	762
14	Farnborough Sixth Form College	743
15	Suffolk One	722
16	North West Regional College	713
17	Blackpool Sixth Form College	708
18	Stockton Riverside College	707
19	South Thames College	706
20	Northern Regional College	690

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

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