Newsletter issue 6: April 2019
April 2019
Welcome to the eighth edition of the e-books for FE newsletter. The team hope that you had a restful spring break and are reading for the final term. This edition of the newsletter brings you the latest news and updates to the e-books for FE service, as well as special features and this month’s top 20 users and e-book titles. This month we will also be sharing the top 200 users from February – April 2019.
As always, we value your feedback and suggestions – please email these to content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
Top 20 users – April 2019
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20, and a special congratulations to the top 5. The FE and skills team thank you for your promotion and use of e-books for FE. This month was incredibly close at the top with just 16 user sessions between the top two. Congratulations to Farnborough Sixth Form College, a new entry at #1!
If any top 20 organisations have some tips to share on how you promote e-books for FE to teaching practitioners and learners, we would love to feature you and showcase your work on promoting digital resources to your students. Please get in touch if you would like to be featured at content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
| # | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | Farnborough Sixth Form College | 1251 |
| 2 | Uxbridge College | 1235 |
| 3 | Suffolk One | 1224 |
| 4 | The Cheadle and Marple College Network | 1071 |
| 5 | Walsall College | 1048 |
| 6 | South & City College Birmingham | 1030 |
| 7 | Sandwell College | 995 |
| 8 | Neath Port Talbot College | 984 |
| 9 | Grwp Llandrillo Menai | 981 |
| 10 | Varndean College | 979 |
| 11 | Coleg Cambria | 967 |
| 12 | South Eastern Regional College | 941 |
| 13 | Capital City College Group – WKCIC Group | 936 |
| 14 | Thomas Rotherham College | 860 |
| 15 | Cardiff and Vale College | 850 |
| 16 | Tower Hamlets College | 734 |
| 17 | North West Regional College | 706 |
| 18 | Chesterfield College | 703 |
| 19 | Bolton Sixth Form College | 700 |
| 20 | Richard Huish College | 682 |
Mergers: 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. Please check with ProQuest and request that they update your account to reflect the merger. Their e-book support contact address is: ebooksupport@proquest.com
Top 20 titles – April 2019
| # | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care: Student Book 1 | 5477 |
| 2 | Cache Level 3 Child Care and Education | 5006 |
| 3 | BTEC Level 3 National Health and Social Care: Student Book 2 | 2736 |
| 4 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 2470 |
| 5 | BTEC Level 3 National Business, Book 1 | 2237 |
| 6 | BTEC Level 3 National Business Student Book 1 | 1996 |
| 7 | BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 | 1707 |
| 8 | BTEC Level 3 National Public Services Student Book 1 | 1479 |
| 9 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 2 : For the 2016 specifications | 1464 |
| 10 | BTEC Level 3 National Business Student Book 2 | 1314 |
| 11 | CACHE Level 2 Introduction to Early Years Education and Care | 1290 |
| 12 | BTEC Level 3 National Applied Science Student Book | 1109 |
| 13 | BTEC Level 3 National Public Services Student Book 2 | 1036 |
| 14 | BTEC First Business Student Book | 1005 |
| 15 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1 | 1004 |
| 16 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 963 |
| 17 | OCR Psychology for A Level Book 1 | 849 |
| 18 | AQA A-level Psychology Book 1 | 785 |
| 19 | Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour 7th Edition | 777 |
| 20 | BTEC Level 3 National Travel and Tourism Student Book 1 | 773 |
Page-turner of the month
Title: Edexcel AS/A Level Politics Revision Guide & Workbook
Author: Sarra Jenkins
ISBN: 9781292221564
This month, we are delighted that the brilliant Edexcel AS/A Level Politics Revision Guide & Workbook is this month’s Page-turner of the month. This brand new title has shown the biggest jump in usage, with a huge 506 uses. It even went straight into this month’s e-book chart at #28 – just missing out on the top 20! We are delighted that you are all enjoying this new addition to the collection.
Click here if you haven’t checked out out yet.
ProQuest training needs
Following the successful training webinars at the start of 2019, ProQuest have offered to run another series of webinars based on your training needs. Is there an aspect of Ebook Central that you would like more training on? Perhaps you would like additional support on navigating LibCentral? If you have any training requirements, do get in touch with us at content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk outlining your training needs. We will pass this on to ProQuest who will then arrange a new series of webinars.
Feature of the month
This month’s feature of the month focuses on the fantastic ProQuest LibGuide, which can be accessed here. This LibGuide features support on lesser known features such as how to create highlights, notes and bookmarks; information on how to fully utilise the Bookshelf function, and brilliant promotional materials for you to download and print. The site also contains links to tutorial support videos on YouTube and LibCentral training. We think it is a fantastic tool to help you make the most of Ebook Central, and is especially useful as an introduction for new colleagues.
Quarterly usage report February – April 2019
The third quarterly usage report of this academic year is now available. Please click here to view this quarter’s top 200 users.
Support queries
Telephone: 0161 413 7520
Email: content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
Website: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk
