Rolling out E-books at Central College One Year On Kirsteen Dowie Head of Learning Resources
Our E- books Dawson Books (from November 2008) Ebrary (JISC e-books for FE) from (August 2009)
E-books Usage Session 2009/10
Overall e-books usage comparison
How did we get started? Learning Resource Staff buy-in Time to review the resource over the summer Training session at JISC RSC
Joined up thinking – joined up learning resources
Roll out to teaching staff (1) Attend Head of Schools meeting Attend curricular school meetings at the start of the session to update them on new developments Attend curricular school meetings throughout the session
School of Business LEARNING CURVE LIAISON – Kirsteen Dowie School of Beauty Sport & Health LEARNING CURVE LIAISON – Fiona McLennan School of Hairdressing & Holistic Therapies n LEARNING CURVE LIAISON – Fiona McLennan School of IT & Digital Art LEARNING CURVE LIAISON – John McMillan School of Law & Social Sciences LEARNING CURVE LIAISON – Claire Roberts & John McMillan (Law) (Social Sciences) School of Languages & International Studies LEARNING CURVE LIAISON – Claire Roberts School of Commerce LEARNING CURVE LIAISON – Claire Roberts
Roll out to teaching staff (2) Learning Resources Newsletter and blog Workshops at 2 staff conferences this year
From Cathedral Street to Athens ©Robert Gordon University. Licensor ©The Scotsman Publications Ltd. Licensor
Without leaving your seat ©Victoria & Albert museum. Licensor
The importance of teaching staff buy- in...coffee and communication Image source Flickr – Cubist Coffee Cup by Oceanic
E-brary - what did we show them? How to search the database How to create an electronic bookshelf How to share an electronic bookshelf
Roll out to students General increased uptake of Athens password Applications easily accessible Presentations at desk and on plasma screens Increased workshops offered by Learning Resources Assistant
Workshops Increase in the number of workshops given by Learning Resources Assistant
Further Developments Further integration with VLE (Moodle) More workshops More podcasts
And finally... Communicate, communicate, communicate Get them on your catalogue Make and share the electronic bookshelves Take every opportunity to promote the value of the e-books collection
... and give feedback One Management Team reporting Share your statistics Newsletter
Online resource usage