[Eril-l] E-textbooks and the 'student consumer' - new HELibTech Briefing paper

[Ken Chad]

The fourth Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) briefing paper
will be published later this month (March). Go to
http://www.kenchadconsulting.com/the-student-consumer-and-the-rise-of-e-text
book-platforms/ to sign up for your free copy.

 

'The student consumer and the rise of e-textbook platforms' 

A recent report for the Society of College, National & University Libraries
(Sconul) listed 'students as customers' as one of the five top
'transformational' trends that will impact libraries over the next ten
years.[i] These student consumers are not all happy and one reason is the
rising cost of textbooks and the lack of availability from libraries.  The
briefing paper looks at the textbook market and the moves to digital and
more interactive learning resources. It analyses new approaches to textbook
publication including Open Textbooks and institutional initiatives and new
ways libraries are delivering e-textbooks to students. It concludes with an
analysis of the potential disruptive impact of new user focussed e-textbook
platforms

 

Ken Chad

Ken Chad Consulting Ltd  <http://www.kenchadconsuting.com/>
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[i] Mapping the Future of Academic Libraries: A Report for SCONUL. By
Stephen Pinfield, Andrew Cox & Sophie Rutter. Society of College, National &
University Libraries November 2017

https://sconul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/documents/SCONUL%20Report%20Mapping
%20the%20Future%20of%20Academic%20Libraries.pdf

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