1. 1. E-books for Skills Hugh Look, Project manager, E-books for Skills, JISC CollectionsJISC Collections
2. 2. The E-books for Skills project Builds on JISC Collections highly successful E-books for FE project 3,000 titles30 million pages viewedDelivered to PCs (not dedicated readers)Paid for by central budget until at least August 2014Sponsored by BIS, run by JISC CollectionsAims to reach new types of learner and learning provider Any learning provider receiving SFA funding (also some other forms of public funding)Learners in the community (ACL)At work (WBL)OffendersJISC Collections
3. 3. New resources to license Starting with subset of E-books for FE catalogue 60 titlesSelected in consultation with FEsLicences allow very flexible usee.g. cut-and-paste extracts to VLEIdentify and license further titles in consultation with LPsMove beyond pure e-books Interactive resourcesVideosTestingDownside is cost to license: likely to be much higherSo fewer resources if we go this routeJISC Collections
4. 4. Table of contents in web readerJISC Collections
5. 5. Page viewed in web readerJISC Collections
6. 6. What the e-books can be used for JISC Collections usually takes a master licence Colleges, HEIs, schools, learning providers sign a sub-licence We negotiate widest range of uses and the smallest range of restrictions we can Special attention to using content in teachingJISC Collections
7. 7. .may for Educational Purposes only: allow Authorised Users to electronically save parts of the Licensed Materials;allow Authorised Users to print out copies of parts of the Licensed Materials;provide single printed or electronic copies of parts of the Licensed Materials at the request of individual Authorised Users;incorporate parts of the Licensed Materials for use by Authorised Users in printed and electronic course packs, study packs, resource lists and in any other material (including but not limited to multi-media works) to be used in the course of instruction and/or in virtual and managed environments (including but not limited to virtual learning environments, managed learning environments, virtual research environments and library environments) hosted on a Secure Network. Each item shall carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source, listing title and copyright owner. Course packs in non-electronic non-print perceptible form, such as Braille, may also be offered to Authorised Users;allow Authorised Users to incorporate parts of the Licensed Materials in printed or electronic form in assignments and portfolios, theses and in dissertations (the Academic Works), including reproductions of the Academic Works for personal use and library deposit, if such use conforms to the customary and usual practice of the Sub-Licensee. Reproductions in printed or electronic form of Academic Works may be provided to sponsors of such Academic Works. Each item shall carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source, listing title and copyright ownerJISC Collections
8. 8. Immediate objectives Get some demonstrators up and running Identify learning providers willing to jump through a few hoops to provide additional resources to their ACL/WBL leaners Especially to authenticate them Identify most relevant titles from the current offering Set up (and fund if necessary) small demonstratorIdentify areas of most interest to ACL/WBL learning providers and check our list against them E.g. for materials on functional skills Need to start negotiating with other publishersUp to 400K to spend on licensing new resourcesWork out authentication strategy Publishers require individual authentication for using e-booksThis is a complex problemNeeds learning providers to be able to give individual students credentialsRequires membership of UK Access Management FederationJISC Collections
9. 9. Whats in it for learning providers? The opportunity to work with JISC Collections and publishers to identify the best way to get e-books to ACL and WBL learners Find out how to overcome the challenges involved in doing so. Acquire vital knowledge of how to improve learning using e-books in WBL and ACL And the practical steps needed to do so. Access to free e-books and other licensed resources during and beyond the demonstrator A small budget for development or process reengineering Set-up of authentication infrastructure for future use with WBL and ACLJISC Collections
10. 10. Contact informationHugh Look Project Manager, E-books for Skillshttp://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/E-books-for-Skills-project/ hugh.look@jisc-collections.ac.ukJISC Collections