Welcome to the August 2023 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. If you’re reading this it means you’re no longer on holiday – but time and tide wait for no librarian and a new term beckons! We look forward to communicating and collaborating with you all again in 2023-2024.
Quarterly statistics, May-July 2023
The full statistics for Q4 (May-July 2023) will be circulated to the e-books for FE JiscMail list, but in summary below is the table of top 20 User Sessions by organisation for those three months.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | New City College London | 6374 |
| 2 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 5166 |
| 3 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 4460 |
| 4 | The Trafford College Group | 4270 |
| 5 | South Thames College | 4177 |
| 6 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 3856 |
| 7 | West Herts College | 3774 |
| 8 | West Nottinghamshire College | 3390 |
| 9 | Varndean College | 3242 |
| 10 | HCUC (Harrow College & Uxbridge College) | 2570 |
| 11 | The WKCIC Group | 2488 |
| 12 | Hereford Sixth Form | 2324 |
| 13 | Walsall College | 2082 |
| 14 | North East Surrey College of Technology | 2039 |
| 15 | Birmingham Metropolitan College | 2031 |
| 16 | Middlesbrough College | 1979 |
| 17 | Activate Learning | 1886 |
| 18 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 1877 |
| 19 | Bedford College | 1858 |
| 20 | East Kent College Group | 1826 |
Top 20 users in July 2023
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 391 |
| 2 | South Thames College | 370 |
| 3 | New City College London | 358 |
| 4 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 350 |
| 5 | Hereford Sixth Form | 341 |
| 6 | Barton Peveril Sixth Form College | 302 |
| 7 | Birmingham Metropolitan College | 286 |
| 8 | West Herts College | 238 |
| 9 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 219 |
| 10 | Walsall College | 199 |
| 11 | Activate Learning | 196 |
| 12 | Tees Valley Collaborative Trust | 188 |
| 13 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 180 |
| 14 | Varndean College | 165 |
| 15 | East Kent College Group | 144 |
| 16 | Petroc | 131 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Colleges Group | 122 |
| 18 | The Trafford College Group | 122 |
| 19 | Cardiff and Vale College | 112 |
| 20 | University College Birmingham | 112 |
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 July 2023
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 499 |
| 2 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 491 |
| 3 | OCR A Level Law Second Edition | 370 |
| 4 | CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator) | 367 |
| 5 | CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator for the Work-Based Learner | 330 |
| 6 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 329 |
| 7 | NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 328 |
| 8 | AQA A Level Biology (Year 1 and Year 2) | 271 |
| 9 | AQA A-Level PE (Year 1 and Year 2) | 264 |
| 10 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 253 |
| 11 | AQA A-Level Business | 245 |
| 12 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 230 |
| 13 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 201 |
| 14 | AQA A-Level Geography Fifth Edition | 200 |
| 15 | BTEC National Computing Student Book | 195 |
| 16 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 164 |
| 17 | AQA A-Level Physics Student Guide: Practical Physics | 158 |
| 18 | BTEC Nationals Sport and Exercise Science Student Book | 141 |
| 19 | The City and Guilds Textbook: Site Carpentry and Architectural Joinery for the Level 2 Apprenticeship (6571), Level 2 Technical Certificate (7906) and Level 2 Diploma (6706) | 136 |
| 20 | OCR Psychology for A Level Book 1 | 131 |
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