Resources

Usage Statistics

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RESOURCES

Please download, share and adapt to suit your college:

>Presentation introducing the e-books for FE Project and some of the benefits of using e-books.

>Promotional Posters:

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>The most popular e-textbooks by subject area, as voted by colleges in the community consultation

>Incorporate your college or library branding into your e-books for FE site including your college logos. Please send your requirements to jisc-support@ebrary.com

>You can personalise the Infotoolsmenu to link students to online resources of your choice, for instance Oxford English Dictionary or Encyclopædia Britannica.

 >Alistair Mc Naught, Senior Advisor at the JISC TechDis advisory service has created a short video created specially to consider the accessibility benefits and barriers of the ebrary system. It considers the general benefits of e-books and then gives an overview of the accessibility strengths of the ebrary system and how to work around the limitations of the system to maximize benefits for learners.

Training resources provided by ebrary:

>Quick Start Training Video of the ebrary platform and functionality

>Powerpoint Demonstration of the ebrary platform and functionality

>Quick start guides PDF

>Online training sessions are available from ebrary, free of charge.

>Video exemplars which demonstrate how the collection can be used in Virtual Learning Environments to deliver courses, including English, Travel and Tourism and National Diploma in Sports Science.

e-books: a digital library for FE from Anna Vernon

on Vimeo.

To embed the exemplars in email or on your library website etc. please click on the video and choose from the options in the right hand side.

Support for the ebrary platform.

Training Videos
Introduction to Plug-in Reader: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/flash/UIplugind/UIplugind.html
New Features http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/flash/newtech/newtech.html

 

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