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Rolling out E-books at Central College
One Year OnKirsteen 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
nLEARNING 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 www.scran.ac.uk.
©The Scotsman Publications Ltd. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk.
Without leaving your seat
• ©Victoria & Albert museum. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk.
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