United Kingdom

The COVID19 pandemic accelerated the move of many aspects of library provision online across the UK (and elsewhere). Libraries already offered a high proportion of resources in digital formats and both took advantage of free access to ebooks, as well as investing in increased digital content through a variety of packages and solutions. Many individual libraries explored large scale eTextbook provision (with the support of Jisc and SCONUL who sought feedback on the acceptability of publisher and aggregator models). In this session I will reflect on large scale etextbook provision (based on my experience at two institutions which have run this type of scheme) with consideration to questions of: 
- student and academic staff perspectives and the use of analytics 
- relevance of textbook for all subjects and alternatives 
- changing models of pricing and provision 
- emerging issues and potential future directions

UKSG Annual Conference 2021

Learning from eTextbooks: looking back and thinking forwards

procurement

etextbooks

textbooks

analytics

The UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition 2021 will be held online for the first time. The event is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which attracts a large number of delegates each year from around the world - librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries. The conference combines high-quality plenary presentations, lightning talks and breakout sessions with virtual social events and a major online trade exhibition.



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Showcasing industry-leading analytics tools from VitalSource to demonstrate the impact of eTextbooks on Learning Outcomes in Higher Education

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Learning from eTextbooks: looking back and thinking forwards

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