Welcome to the June issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Please find the content for the newsletter below and we will be updating this to the Jisc blog site shortly.
As we are now starting to slowly emerge from lockdown, our focus is still on how we can best support our FE members and help you tackle the imminent challenges the sector faces.
Webinars
Many thanks to all of you who attended our extra e-books webinar! We know some of you gave up your personal time to attend, which makes your attendance extra special for us. The recording of the webinar is now available from the following link:
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/training/e-books-for-fe-online-clinic#recordings
As per the request made in the webinar, we have also attached the transcripts of the chat boxes covering the questions raised.
We’ve had some lovely feedback from Mags at RTSFC, who emailed after the session:
“Just a note to say a huge thank you to you, Esther, Lis and Edward (and team) for today’s webinar. It was really useful … and so reassuring to hear from everyone and to share practice. Thanks too for all the links. Glad I took the time out of the half-term ‘break’ to attend!”
Here are the links shared during the webinar:
- CoLRiC’s Unlocking Libraries document: http://www.colric.org.uk/fileuploads/UnlockinglibrariesCoLRiCGuidanceforpostlockdownreopening.pdf
- VLR support site: https://vocationalresources.support.jisc.ac.uk/
- e-Books for FE support site: https://vocationalresources.support.jisc.ac.uk/
- Jisc Inspiring you page:https://www.jisc.ac.uk/further-education-and-skills/inspiring-you
- Jisc corona virus support: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/coronavirus
- Jisc blog post: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/supporting-libraries-and-learning-resource-centres-during-covid-19-lockdown-07-apr-2020
- Inspiring learning: https://inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/
- CILIP corona virus support: https://www.cilip.org.uk/news/493378/CILIP-Coronavirus-Information-Service.htm
- IFLA corona virus support: https://www.ifla.org/covid-19-and-libraries
- Public Library News: https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2020/05/a-slow-safe-move-towards-normality-whatever-that-means.html
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/libcrisis
- Australian Libraries: https://read.alia.org.au/australian-libraries-responding-covid-19-checklist-reopening-libraries
We will be delivering a further webinar on Wednesday 24th June, with the title “Maintaining the momentum: engagement with digital learning resources by staff and students”.
Further details about how to register for and access the webinar will be shared on the E-books for FE Jiscmail (https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=E-BOOKS-FOR-FE) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ebooksforfe)
Upcoming Ebook Central downtime
ProQuest will be performing maintenance on Ebook Central and LibCentral on Saturday 27th June from 5pm – 8pm.
You will not be able to access any of the e-book titles or usage reports during this time.
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 | Uxbridge College | 1307 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 1156 |
| 3 | South Thames Colleges Group | 897 |
| 4 | Long Road Sixth Form College | 887 |
| 5 | Ashton Sixth Form College | 867 |
| 6 | Stockton Riverside College | 824 |
| 7 | North Kent College | 729 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough College | 715 |
| 9 | Nottingham College | 701 |
| 10 | South Eastern Regional College | 694 |
| 11 | DN Colleges Group | 693 |
| 12 | Varndean College | 684 |
| 13 | Sandwell College | 661 |
| 14 | Colchester Sixth Form College | 642 |
| 15 | Walsall College | 602 |
| 16 | The Cheadle and Marple College Network | 581 |
| 17 | Peter Symonds College | 572 |
| 18 | Capital City College Group – WKCIC Group | 563 |
| 19 | Chesterfield College | 527 |
| 20 | Neath Port Talbot College | 509 |
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 3 Child Care and Education : Early Years Educator | 5375 |
| 2 | CACHE Level 3 Technical Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care EBook | 3451 |
| 3 | BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care: Student Book 1 | 2479 |
| 4 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 2385 |
| 5 | BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care: Student Book 2 | 1746 |
| 6 | BTEC Level 3 National Business, Book 1 | 791 |
| 7 | BTEC Level 3 National Construction and the Built Environment Student Book | 711 |
| 8 | BTEC Level 3 National Business Student Book 1 | 708 |
| 9 | BTEC National Applied Psychology Student Book | 708 |
| 10 | CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator : for the Work-Based Learner | 694 |
| 11 | BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science Student Book | 648 |
| 12 | CACHE, Level 3 – Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 629 |
| 13 | AQA A-level Biology 1 : For A-level Year 1 and AS | 616 |
| 14 | AQA A-level Psychology Book 1 : For A-level Year 1 and AS | 562 |
| 15 | OCR a Level Mathematics Year 2 | 547 |
| 16 | BTEC Level 3 Nationals 2016 Applied Science Student Book 2 | 486 |
| 17 | Law | 460 |
| 18 | AQA A-Level Business 2 : Third Edition | 438 |
| 19 | BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 | 431 |
| 20 | CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 361 |
Support queries
Email: content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
Website: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/
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