Welcome to the November 2022 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. All the leaves are brown and the nights are fair drawing in.
Staff changes at Jisc
After six years in the FE and Skills Content team, with overall product ownership of e-books for FE, Pete Collins is moving on to a new job and a new challenge within Jisc. If you have participated in the e-books purchasing Focus Group then you will know Pete from the annual half-day discussion sessions (or full day, in the years before Teams and remote working). Behind the scenes, Pete has managed the various e-books-related contracts and overseen the ongoing strategy of the service. There will be continuity, however, as Andrew Jackson will be taking on these responsibilities in addition to service support. We wish Pete all the best in his new role, and raise a glass to his years of commitment to the FE and Skills sector!
Quarterly stats
The usage statistics for the first quarter of 2022-2023 are now available in an Excel file at this link: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Top-200-users-Q1-Aug-Oct-2022.xlsx
Here is a snapshot of the Q1 numbers: the top 20 users by number of user sessions.
Top 20 users in Q1 2022-2023 (August-September-October 2022)
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 7859 |
| 2 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 6453 |
| 3 | New City College London | 6332 |
| 4 | Hereford Sixth Form | 6290 |
| 5 | Varndean College | 5534 |
| 6 | The Trafford College Group | 5364 |
| 7 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 4994 |
| 8 | South Thames College | 4668 |
| 9 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 4449 |
| 10 | West Herts College | 4315 |
| 11 | Havant and South Downs College | 3383 |
| 12 | South Eastern Regional College | 2986 |
| 13 | The WKCIC Group | 2678 |
| 14 | Newcastle and Staffordshire College Group | 2585 |
| 15 | Richard Huish College | 2475 |
| 16 | HCUC (Harrow College & Uxbridge College) | 2445 |
| 17 | University of the Highlands and Islands | 2276 |
| 18 | Cardiff and Vale College | 2259 |
| 19 | Northampton College | 2228 |
| 20 | West Nottinghamshire College | 2153 |
Top 20 users in October 2022
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 4725 |
| 2 | Hereford Sixth Form | 3185 |
| 3 | New City College London | 3106 |
| 4 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 2917 |
| 5 | The Trafford College Group | 2793 |
| 6 | South Thames College | 2769 |
| 7 | Varndean College | 2611 |
| 8 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 2408 |
| 9 | West Herts College | 2058 |
| 10 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 2028 |
| 11 | South Eastern Regional College | 2008 |
| 12 | Newcastle and Staffordshire College Group | 1868 |
| 13 | Havant and South Downs College | 1585 |
| 14 | HCUC (Harrow College & Uxbridge College) | 1505 |
| 15 | The WKCIC Group | 1345 |
| 16 | Cardiff and Vale College | 1293 |
| 17 | Northampton College | 1243 |
| 18 | South West College | 1209 |
| 19 | Walsall College | 1185 |
| 20 | Luton Sixth Form College | 1153 |
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 October 2022
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 9542 |
| 2 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 5182 |
| 3 | AQA A-Level Business | 4839 |
| 4 | CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education: Early Years Educator | 4558 |
| 5 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 3480 |
| 6 | AQA A Level Biology (Year 1 and Year 2) | 3139 |
| 7 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 3014 |
| 8 | CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 3011 |
| 9 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 2762 |
| 10 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 2621 |
| 11 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 2577 |
| 12 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 2186 |
| 13 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 1922 |
| 14 | OCR A Level Law (2nd edition) | 1700 |
| 15 | BTEC Nationals Information Technology Student Book | 1674 |
| 16 | BTEC National Computing Student Book | 1656 |
| 17 | Edexcel GCE Geography AS Level Student Book | 1625 |
| 18 | CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 1565 |
| 19 | Pearson Edexcel A Level Business | 1564 |
| 20 | AQA A Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 1526 |
Support queries
Email: content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
Website: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/