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
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, Myi. Library, MIT Press, Oxford Scholarship Online etc Uo. P 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)
E-book Use Across 2013
Typical University E-book Purchase Models Subscription model Outright purchase model Bundle from e-book aggregator e. g. Ebrary, Ebsco All e-books are multi-user 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) & Technology students 208 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
Frequency of e-book use 2014 (%)
Frequency of e-book use 2014 (%) Female 18 -23 year olds
Preferred book format (%) Comparison of survey results since 2009
Preferred book format by course & gender Percentages for male HSS students 2014
Preferred book format by course & gender Percentages for female HSS students 2014
Students who only use the e-version of books & journals Percentages in 2014
Device used to access e-books (%)
Normal way of finding e-books Percentages for 2014
Student Views – HSS se ecau tb grea s them e hey’r acces T n ou ca ome y h from Yr 2 cs Easy to use and search. Politi Very convenient! History Yr 1 Can highlight and add notes, can save to your computer. Most of my course books are available English Language Yr 1 So useful especially if it’s a book everyone on the course needs and there are not enough hard copies Languages Yr 4 Don’t understand the online book queuing system? Why do you need to wait for an online book? Criminology Yr 1
Student Views – HSS E-books are easier to flick through to find the right chapters relevant to assignment Languages Yr 2 ste opy and pa C of aves a lot s using time when say es in any es quot r 2 Languages Y Brilliant, life saver! Extremely useful and easy to use English Literature Yr 3 The word search is very useful and often saves time reading irrelevant pages Sociology Yr 3 You don’t have to pay fines!! Languages Yr 4
E-book Section Requests at Uo. P
Why is use so high at Portsmouth? Sheer number of e-books available (& on library catalogue) Promotion of e-books by lecturers Deliberate inclusion as key weekly reading on reading lists Demonstration of e-books by librarians e. g. 45% of students in Education in 2012 first found out about e-books from their lecturers 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 Uo. P e-books in 2013 -14 35, 453 Management and Organisational Behaviour 30, 549 Exploring Strategy 29, 779 28, 517 25, 292 17, 536 17, 068 14, 299 11, 637 11, 506 Sage Dictionary of Criminology Corporate Financial Management Essentials of Economics Introducing Functional Grammar Research Methods for Business Students Translation Studies Reader Introducing Translation Studies Exploring Corporate Strategy
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