Location
Chancellors Room, Hughes Parry H
November 26th 2013 10am- 4.15pm
http://www.jibs.ac.uk/workshops/ebooks/programme.htm
Event details
Was designed to bring together colleagues in FE and HE, together with suppliers and other interested parties, to discuss just where ebooks are taking us in the 21st century institution. Half the day was devoted to strands focused on FE or HE matters, which will allowed participants to share concerns and issues and network with colleagues from your sector. For me the day provided a really useful introduction to Patron Driven Acquisitions together with some excellent overview of the issues relating to purchase, delivery and promotion of eBooks.
Programme for the day:
Keynote Speaker: Caron Milloy, JISC Collections, will give an overview of the current marketplace, including the difficulties encountered within the FE sector: The ebooks marketplace: try and then try again! http://www.slideshare.net/JIBSUK/caren-milloy-28993755 Caron's presentation provided a concise overview of the history of eBooks over the last 10 years and predictions for the future. It included research and projects.
Jill Taylor Roe, University of Newcastle: Trying to keep the customer satisfied – the role of PDA. http://www.slideshare.net/JIBSUK/jill-taylor-roe Jill presented on Newcastle's experience of implementing PDA. Including the rationale for introduction (student
Elaine Mulholland, St. Mary's University College, Belfast: “The Impact and Perceptions of e-books on Academic Staff in Further Education Colleges in Northern Ireland.”
Elaine gave an overview of how she promoted eBook use in Further Education.
Ken Chad: Ebook ‘consumption’ the challenges issues and opportunities. Outputs from the Jisc ‘Challenges of ebooks’ project http://www.slideshare.net/kenchad/ebook-consumption-jibs-nov213 Ken presented a range of infographics on eBook usage together with the outputs of the JISC project. He stated that the eBook landscape was challenging because of models and formats and that HE and FE may still not be be a position to exploit their full potential.
Elizabeth McHugh: Purchasing challenges in HE http://www.slideshare.net/JIBSUK/elizabeth-mchugh Elizabeth's presentation stated that the main considerations were location, platform, user models and downloading. On top of this there are decisions with respect to whether to rent or buy and access.
Phil Gee: 'The Plymouth eBook Project' http://www.slideshare.net/JIBSUK/phil-gee This project used School funds for purchasing core texts for level 1 students in psychology. The model has attracted students to the University and is now being extended to other courses.
