You may have read about the Library signing up to the JISC National eBooks Observatory Project on this blog in November 2007. We would now like to hear from you about what you think of the ebooks available via this NeO Project. The links above direct you to a page where there is more information about the project and the survey itself. Your responses will guide the outcome of the project so do take part. There is a £200 worth of Amazon vouchers to be won.
Just to refresh your memory: in a nutshell the aim of this national project is to investigate the potential of electronic textbooks to the higher education community, and to gather data for publishers on possible business models. In collaboration with JISC and selected publishers, participating HE libraries are offering a selection of core texts free of charge to their members for the next two years. A total of 36 textbooks ranging from medicine to media studies, and engineering to business and management are now available to use. Students and staff may access this content with their Athens username and password via two different platforms. MyiLibrary hosts the content for engineering, media studies, and business and management. The Ovid platform hosts all the medical titles. The 36 texts available via the project may also be located via the Library Catalogue. In the near future, Library Staff will be contacting academics in departments to disseminate information about ebook provision at the Library, and providing demos to students. Contact the eResources Librarian for further information, comments and feedback via email.The eResources Librarian is available for further information via email.
