Welcome to the November 2023 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. We have seen an increase in e-books usage this term – there was a jump of 18% this September compared to last, and 8% in October compared to last. Hopefully this uptake is being experienced at service-level, and the new titles we purchased in the summer are proving popular.
Quarterly statistics, Aug-Oct 2023
The full statistics for Q1 (Aug-Oct 2023) will be circulated to the e-books for FE JiscMail list in the coming days, but in summary below is the table of top 20 User Sessions by organisation for those three months.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 11504 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 10161 |
| 3 | New City College London | 7488 |
| 4 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 6547 |
| 5 | Varndean College | 6060 |
| 6 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 5481 |
| 7 | The Trafford College Group | 5351 |
| 8 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | 4531 |
| 9 | West Herts College | 4292 |
| 10 | Richard Huish College | 4276 |
| 11 | South Thames College | 4129 |
| 12 | Exeter College | 3717 |
| 13 | Hereford Sixth Form | 3478 |
| 14 | HCUC (Harlow and Uxbridge College) | 3435 |
| 15 | Godalming College | 3405 |
| 16 | The WKCIC Group | 2952 |
| 17 | Peter Symonds College | 2908 |
| 18 | East Kent College Group | 2799 |
| 19 | Chichester College Group | 2628 |
| 20 | Walsall College | 2591 |
Top 20 users in October 2023
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 5148 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 4996 |
| 3 | New City College London | 4285 |
| 4 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 3241 |
| 5 | Varndean College | 2805 |
| 6 | The Trafford College Group | 2771 |
| 7 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 2474 |
| 8 | West Herts College | 2259 |
| 9 | Godalming College | 2156 |
| 10 | Richard Huish College | 1930 |
| 11 | South Thames College | 1921 |
| 12 | HCUC (Harrow and Uxbridge College) | 1805 |
| 13 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | 1785 |
| 14 | East Kent College Group | 1559 |
| 15 | LTE Group | 1516 |
| 16 | Exeter College | 1513 |
| 17 | Peter Symonds College | 1405 |
| 18 | Activate Learning | 1394 |
| 19 | The WKCIC Group | 1388 |
| 20 | Hereford Sixth Form | 1385 |
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 2023
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 10272 |
| 2 | AQA A-Level Business | 4783 |
| 3 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 4741 |
| 4 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 3815 |
| 5 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 3775 |
| 6 | OCR A Level Law (2nd edition) | 3765 |
| 7 | AQA A Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 3206 |
| 8 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 3085 |
| 9 | CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator) | 2994 |
| 10 | CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 2895 |
| 11 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 2849 |
| 12 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 2736 |
| 13 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 2367 |
| 14 | Pearson Edexcel A Level Economics (5th edition) | 2149 |
| 15 | AQA Psychology for A Level Year 1 and AS Student Book (2nd edition) | 1952 |
| 16 | Pearson Edexcel A Level UK Government and Politics (6th edition) | 1897 |
| 17 | Pearson Edexcel A Level Business | 1862 |
| 18 | BTEC Nationals Information Technology Student Book | 1799 |
| 19 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology (revised edition) | 1688 |
| 20 | AQA A Level Biology (Year 1 and Year 2) | 1674 |
Support queries
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