1. 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

2. 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, MyiLibrary, MIT Press, Oxford Scholarship Online etc  UoP 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)

3. E-book Use Across 2013

4. Typical University E-book Purchase Models  Subscription model  Bundle from e-book aggregator e.g. Ebrary, Ebsco  All e-books are multi-user  Outright purchase model  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

5. E-book Survey Participants  Spring 2009 survey  903 Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) & 208 Technology students  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

6. Frequency of e-book use 2014 (%)

7. Female 18-23 year olds

8. Preferred book format (%) Comparison of survey results since 2009

9. Preferred book format by course & gender Percentages for male HSS students 2014

10. Preferred book format by course & gender Percentages for female HSS students 2014

11. Students who only use the e-version of books & journals Percentages in 2014

12. Device used to access e-books (%)

13. Normal way of finding e-books Percentages for 2014

14. Student Views – HSS They’re great because you can access them from home Politics Yr 2 So useful especially if it’s a book everyone on the course needs and there are not enough hard copies Languages Yr 4 Can highlight and add notes, can save to your computer. Most of my course books are available English Language Yr 1 Don’t understand the online book queuing system? Why do you need to wait for an online book? Criminology Yr 1 Easy to use and search. Very convenient! History Yr 1

15. Student Views – HSS E-books are easier to flick through to find the right chapters relevant to assignment Languages Yr 2 The word search is very useful and often saves time reading irrelevant pages Sociology Yr 3 Copy and paste saves a lot of time when using quotes in any essay Languages Yr 2 You don’t have to pay fines!! Languages Yr 4 Brilliant, life saver! Extremely useful and easy to use English Literature Yr 3

16. E-book Section Requests at UoP

17. Why is use so high at Portsmouth?  Sheer number of e-books available (& on library catalogue)  Promotion of e-books by lecturers  e.g. 45% of students in Education in 2012 first found out about e-books from their lecturers  Deliberate inclusion as key weekly reading on reading lists  Demonstration of e-books by librarians  Hands-on workshops a part of study skills units  Significant number of distance learners

18. 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

19. Top 10 UoP e-books in 2013-14  35,453Management and Organisational Behaviour  30,549Exploring Strategy  29,779Sage Dictionary of Criminology  28,517Corporate Financial Management  25,292Essentials of Economics  17,536Introducing Functional Grammar  17,068Research Methods for Business Students  14,299Translation Studies Reader  11,637Introducing Translation Studies  11,506Exploring Corporate Strategy

20. The final word… Easy to use and easier to find relevant information for my essays and never out on loan when really needed – can always go back when I need it English Lit L4