Welcome to the October 2023 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. With the new term we have seen a bounce in e-book usage compared to September 2022: an increase of 18%.
To aid discovery and increase usage, a reminder that you should now have bibliographic records for the new e-book titles loaded into your library management system.
Secure access deadline: IMPORTANT
As communicated via this list in October 2022, and directly to colleges by Relationship Managers, there is now a mandate which requires colleges to access e-books for FE in a secure manner to ensure data privacy and cyber security, and to improve student experience. That October 2022 notice is still available here:
This deadline has been extended to 31 October (this month). If you are not using a UK Federation-approved access method by that date, with your Shibboleth or OpenAthens details passed on to ProQuest, you will lose access to e-books for FE. Please contact your Relationship Manager if you have any questions about this.
Top 20 users in September 2023
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 6343 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 5010 |
| 3 | New City College London | 3127 |
| 4 | Varndean College | 3063 |
| 5 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 3001 |
| 6 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 2993 |
| 7 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | 2734 |
| 8 | The Trafford College Group | 2462 |
| 9 | Richard Huish College | 2240 |
| 10 | Exeter College | 2186 |
| 11 | South Thames College | 2093 |
| 12 | Hereford Sixth Form | 1923 |
| 13 | West Herts College | 1864 |
| 14 | HCUC (Harrow & Uxbridge) | 1628 |
| 15 | The WKCIC Group | 1523 |
| 16 | Peter Symonds College | 1458 |
| 17 | University of the Highlands and Islands | 1333 |
| 18 | Harlow College | 1284 |
| 19 | Godalming College | 1208 |
| 20 | Walsall College | 1205 |
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 September 2023
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 6280 |
| 2 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 5366 |
| 3 | AQA A-Level Business | 4935 |
| 4 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 4505 |
| 5 | OCR A-level Law Second Edition | 4146 |
| 6 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 3710 |
| 7 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 2909 |
| 8 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 2900 |
| 9 | Pearson Edexcel A-level Economics (5th edition) | 2791 |
| 10 | CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 2431 |
| 11 | Pearson Edexcel A Level UK Government and Politics (6th edition) | 2314 |
| 12 | CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator) | 2309 |
| 13 | AQA A-level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 2274 |
| 14 | Pearson Edexcel A-level Business | 2172 |
| 15 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 1955 |
| 16 | BTEC National Computing Student Book | 1838 |
| 17 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 1676 |
| 18 | AQA A-level Biology (Year 1 and Year 2) | 1636 |
| 19 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology: Revised Edition | 1599 |
| 20 | AQA Psychology for A Level Year 1 and AS Student Book (2nd edition) | 1519 |