{"id":16986,"date":"2022-02-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=16986"},"modified":"2022-04-11T13:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T12:05:05","slug":"discover-more-and-eresources-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2022\/02\/07\/discover-more-and-eresources-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover More and eResources \u2013 what\u2019s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past two years Library and Learning Services have developed a new Collection Development Policy <\/a>and invested in resources to assist our digital-first approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This approach supported the pivot to online delivery in March 2020, where we aimed to provide as much online content as we possibly could. At the time we were supported by publishers and provided with some new and innovative ways of providing access to resources. Unfortunately, much of the publishers free access to eTextbooks and eResources was temporary, and removed when students returned to campus in the same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

eBook Engagement Figures 2019 – 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our data tells us that as students returned to site there continued to be high demand for online access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The number of eBooks accessed between 2019 and 2021 from September to November<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Meeting Demand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To meet demand we continue to invest in eBooks and eTextbooks and have recently launched a new and updated version of Discover More. This new tool provides improved searching to increase the discoverability of eResources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To balance demand and cost we keep a watchful eye on usage data and purchasing costs. This is often a complex task as individual eTextbook titles can cost anywhere up to \u00a314K and student course numbers can vary between 3 and 300+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure we continue to support developments at the University, and our current collections do provide access to the right resources, we have created a short survey to try to identify how academics<\/span> discover, use and promote eResources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This survey consists of just 8 questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n