Using e-books to meet student needs: experiences from the last 10 years
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Using e-books to meet student needs: experiences from the last 10 years Anne Worden Faculty Librarian: Humanities and Social Sciences University of Portsmouth July 2014
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Using e-books to meet student needs: experiences from
the last 10 years
Anne WordenFaculty Librarian: Humanities and Social Sciences University of Portsmouth
July 2014
Portsmouth E-book Background
Trial of networked e-books began in 2004
Number of bought-in e-books has increased from 15,000 to around 476,000
Books from Credo Reference, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, MIT Press, Oxford Scholarship Online etc
UoP had the highest use of e-books across UK universities in 2011-12 with just over 6 million section requests
(SCONUL Strategic Planning Data 2011-12)
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Typical University E-book Purchase Models
Subscription model Bundle from e-book aggregator e.g. Ebrary, Ebsco All e-books are multi-user
Outright purchase model Licences vary from single user to 3 user to multi-user
to 325 or 360 usage credits Publishers sell subject packages
Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) All books are added to catalogue Purchase only triggered by use
E-book Survey Participants
Spring 2009 survey 903 Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) & 208
Technology students
Spring 2012 survey 1118 HSS & 101 Technology students
• Spring 2014 survey• 1185 HSS – Male 18-23=344, Female 18-23=711 • 499 Technology – Male 18-23=418, Female 18-23=81 • 115 Law & 47 Creative & Cultural Industries (CCI) students
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Student Views – HSS
They’re great because
you can access them
from home
Politics Yr 2
So useful especially if it’s a book everyone on the course needs and there are not enough hard copies
Languages Yr 4
Can highlight and add notes, can save to your computer. Most of my course books are available
English Language Yr 1
Don’t understand the online book queuing system? Why do you need to wait for an online book?
Criminology Yr 1
Easy to use and search. Very convenient!
History Yr 1
Student Views – HSS
E-books are easier to flick through to find the right chapters relevant to assignment
Languages Yr 2
The word search is very useful and often saves time reading irrelevant pages Sociology Yr 3
Copy and paste
saves a lot of
time when using
quotes in any essay
Languages Yr 2
You don’t have to pay fines!!
Languages Yr 4
Brilliant, life saver! Extremely useful and easy to use English Literature Yr
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Why is use so high at Portsmouth?
Sheer number of e-books available (& on library catalogue)
Promotion of e-books by lecturers e.g. 45% of students in Education in 2012 first found out
about e-books from their lecturers
Deliberate inclusion as key weekly reading on reading lists
Demonstration of e-books by librarians Hands-on workshops a part of study skills units
Significant number of distance learners
Why is use so high at Portsmouth?Driving usage higher
Systematic checking of reading lists for e-book matches then including the link in the online reading list
Buying new e-books for reading lists when we don’t already have an e-copy
Buying e-books which match weekly reservation requests Algerian War book bought just before Easter 2012
reached 3081 section requests in 21 days European Revolutions 1848 book bought just before
Christmas 2011 had 17099 section requests in January 2012
Top 10 UoP e-books in 2013-14
35,453 Management and Organisational Behaviour 30,549 Exploring Strategy 29,779 Sage Dictionary of Criminology 28,517 Corporate Financial Management 25,292 Essentials of Economics 17,536 Introducing Functional Grammar 17,068 Research Methods for Business Students 14,299 Translation Studies Reader 11,637 Introducing Translation Studies 11,506 Exploring Corporate Strategy
The final word…
Easy to use and easier to find relevant
information for my essays and never out
on loan when really needed – can always
go back when I need it English Lit L4
