Welcome to the August 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter, another statistics-only edition for what remains of the summer. Top 20 users in July 2025 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 331 2 Hills […]
Welcome to the July 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter – the short summer edition with usage statistics only. Top 20 users in June 2025 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 2,509 2 Hills […]
Welcome to the June 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. It’s the end of another academic year! Bring on the holidays. New e-book purchases and renewals We are aiming to confirm this year’s purchase list of new titles, plus renewals, by Wednesday 11 or Thursday 12 June. This list will also confirm the […]
Welcome to the May 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Research Assistant feedback Member feedback about the Research Assistant AI feature in Ebook Central has highlighted the following points: Most of if not all Hodder titles have RA available No Taylor & Francis titles have RA available as yet Pearson titles are a […]
Welcome to the April 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Research Assistant live on 3rd April A reminder that ProQuest’s Research Assistant will go live in Ebook Central on Thursday 3rd April. We would welcome any feedback from students and/or teaching staff, so that we can pass this on to ProQuest to inform […]
Welcome to the March 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Research Assistant in Ebook Central The Research Assistant opt-out option is now available in your institutional LibCentral platform. In the top toolbar, click on Settings, choose System, and scroll down the page. Un-check the box if you do not want Research Assistant to […]
Welcome to the February 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Research Assistant coming to Ebook Central There is a new feature coming to Ebook Central in late March: called Research Assistant, it is a generative AI-powered option which provides A key takeaway of a chapter or chapter section, typically a short paragraph or […]
Ebook Central how-to videos The following short how-to videos are available on YouTube, covering Ebook Central functionality: Overview of Ebook Central and searching tips (3 mins) How to use the interactive elements of e-books, e.g. highlighting, bookmarks, adding free-text notes (3 mins) How to use the Bookshelf features, e.g. creating folders of chosen titles for […]
Digital learning and dynamic spaces: How e-books are transforming the student experience at Itchen College In this member story, Adrian Waters from Itchen College describes how e-book promotion and development of the library space has led to increased utilization of digital resources and improved learner experience: read the full story here (954 words).
Welcome to the January 2025 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Happy new year! Top 20 users in December 2024 Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20. Rank Organisation User sessions 1 New City College London 3,199 2 Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College 2,620 3 Hills […]