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 +<font 36px/​inherit;;​inherit;;​inherit>​**Ebooks in HE**</​font>​
  
 +===== Campaign to investigate the academic ebook market =====
  
-**Ebooks in HE** +from the **[[https://​academicebookinvestigation.org/​|campaign to investigate the academic ebook market**]]** website\\ 
-====== NEWS ======+[[https://​academicebookinvestigation.org/​|https://​academicebookinvestigation.org/​]]
  
-===== Campaign ​to investigate the academic ebook market ​=====+[[https://​academicebookinvestigation.org/​resources/​|Background reading]] (From the //​campaign ​to investigate the academic ebook market// website (see above)\\ 
 +"This reading list provides some context to the ebook crisis in the UK and further afield"​ 
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 +**[[https://​www.jisc.ac.uk/​news/​joint-statement-on-access-to-e-book-and-e-textbook-content-06-oct-2021|Joint statement on access to e-book and e-textbook content]]**6 October 2021
  
-[[https://​academicebookinvestigation.org/​|Campaigntoinvestigatetheacademicebookmarket]] ​" ​<font 11pt/​Calibri,sans-serif;;​inherit;;​inherit>​We are a group of academic librarians, researchers ​and university lecturers who have compiled an open letter asking the UK government ​to urgently investigate the academic publishing industry over its ebook pricing ​and licensing practices.The current situation is not working and it needs to change. Librarians are increasingly unable to provide the resources studentslecturers ​and researchers need."</​font>​+Extract from the statement: "Together with other representatives and sector bodiesJisc has pledged to help students ​and teachers in UK higher and further education ​to gain equitable ​and sustainable access ​to e-bookse-textbooks ​and related teaching content.
  
-[[https://​academicebookinvestigation.org/​2021/​04/​13/​new-jiscmail-list-for-ebooksos/​|New Jiscmail list for #ebookSOS]] <font 11pt/​Calibri,sans-serif;;​inherit;;​inherit>"​We have set up a new Jiscmail mailing list for all things #ebookSOS – a place for discussion about the issues around academic publishing ​and ebooks, ​for news and updates about the campaign, calls for help and supportsharing of examples and bad practice (and good practice – it does happen!) We launched this yesterday …</​font>​+Economic and technological changes in the current publishing market have led to libraries being increasingly excluded fromor priced out of, providing e-books and e-textbooks ​for students ​and library users. Many of the models ​and fees charged by publishers have either become prohibitively expensiveor libraries are no longer permitted to purchase these titles at all, creating an unsustainable situation"​
  
 **Problems with the market for academic ebooks** **Problems with the market for academic ebooks**
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 However, these issues are not new. The pandemic has brought the lack of availability of ebooks for institutional access, and the astronomical prices and restrictive licences under which those which are available can be procured, into sharp focus, but librarians have been dealing with this situation for a long time. Dialogue with publishers has been attempted, but it went nowhere useful. The investigation route was not a knee-jerk reaction to being unable to obtain the resources that we need for our students; it was the only option that those of us who set up the campaign could see remaining. However, these issues are not new. The pandemic has brought the lack of availability of ebooks for institutional access, and the astronomical prices and restrictive licences under which those which are available can be procured, into sharp focus, but librarians have been dealing with this situation for a long time. Dialogue with publishers has been attempted, but it went nowhere useful. The investigation route was not a knee-jerk reaction to being unable to obtain the resources that we need for our students; it was the only option that those of us who set up the campaign could see remaining.
  
-====== Ebooks in HE Overview ======+Anderson, J., Ayris, P., White, B. (2021) [[https://​blogs.lse.ac.uk/​impactofsocialsciences/​2021/​03/​17/​e-textbooks-scandal-or-market-imperative/​|E-Textbooks – scandal or market imperative?​]] LSE Impact. 17.03.21\\ 
 +UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship (2021) On Monday 15th March 2021, the UCL Office for Open Science & Scholarship hosted a webinar in conjunction with Copyright4Knowledge that aimed to examine the acute difficulties for higher education and public libraries caused by publishers’ pricing and licensing practices and discuss some possible solutions.
  
-==== Ebooks ​in higher education ====+Ebooks: [[https://​blogs.ucl.ac.uk/​open-access/​2021/​03/​17/​ebooks-webinar/​|Scandal or Market Economics webinar – summary and links]]. Open@UCL. 15.03.21
  
-[[http://​dx.doi.org/​10.5334/​bal.a|Fyfe,​ C. 2014. Ebooks in higher education: a strategic priority? In: Woodward, H. (ed.) Ebooks in Education: Realising the Vision. Pp. 1–7. London: Ubiquity Press. DOI: http://​dx.doi.org/​10.5334/​bal.a]] 
  
-University leaders and managers concern themselves with developments that align with institutions’ strategic priorities, deliver competitive advantage, improve teaching and research performance,​ reduce costs and enhance value for money. Ebooks have the potential to engage with all these strategic priorities. Following the successful integration of ejournals into the academic workflow, ebooks promise much to universities aspiring to enhance students’ educational experience, enrich research resources and streamline services. They have greater potential to transform the reader experience than ejournals and yet they have experienced a long and difficult birth, suffering from digital rights management, integration,​ discoverability and functionality challenges. It is taking much longer than expected to arrive at a position in which ebooks have a dominant and reliable part to play in students’ learning and in universities’ provision of texts to support both teaching and research.+====== Ebook aggregator platforms ======
  
-==== The challenge of ebooks (Jisc Project ) ====+Cross publisher E-textbook providers:
  
-[[http://ebookchallenge.org.uk/|The challenge of ebooks]]. The goal of the project is to help orientate senior institutional managers and to support institutions in the effective adoption and deployment of ebooks and ebook technologyAs a consequence the project helps to support the wider ambition to enable improvements in the quality and impact of teaching, learning and research and meet rising staff and student expectations.The work was guided by three core ebook themes – creation, curation and consumption These themes are usefully summarized in the infographics we created. We also produced case studies.+  * [[https://bibliu.com/|Bibliu]] 
 +  * [[https://​www.kortext.com/​|Kortext]] 
 +  * [[https://​www.perlego.com/​|Perlego ]]
  
-====== Ebook aggregator ​platforms ​======+In addition major academic publishers such as Elsevier, Sage, Taylor & Francis make ebooks available on a variety of licensing models direct from their publisher ​platforms
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 +Cross-publisher ebook platforms:
  
-  * Askews and Holts Library Services. VLeBooks ​[[https://​www.askewsandholts.com/AskHolts/CorpContent.aspx?​cID=28|https://​www.askewsandholts.com/​AskHolts/​CorpContent.aspx?​cID=28]] +  * [[https://​www.ebsco.com/products/ebooks|Ebsco eBooks]] 
-  * BiblioU ​[[https://bibliu.com/​|https://​bibliu.com/]] +  * [[https://about.proquest.com/en/products-services/ebooks-main|ProQuest Ebook Central]] 
-  * Ebsco eBooks [[https://​www.ebsco.com/​products/​ebooks|https://​www.ebsco.com/​products/​ebooks]] +  * [[https://​www.vlebooks.com/Account/Logon/?returnurl=https://​www.vlebooks.com/|VLeBooks ​]] (Browns ​formerly Askew &Holts)
-  * Kortext ​[[https://​www.kortext.com/|https://www.kortext.com/​]] +
-  * Perlego [[https://​www.perlego.com/|https://​www.perlego.com/​]] +
-  * ProQuest Ebook Central [[https://​about.proquest.com/​en/​products-services/​ebooks-main|https://​about.proquest.com/​en/​products-services/​ebooks-main]]+
  
 ====== ETextbooks ====== ====== ETextbooks ======
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-E-textbook platforms 
  
 [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​03/​Student_consumer_and_e-textbook_platforms_March2018.pdf|The student consumer and the rise of e-textbook platforms]]. By Ken Chad.Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) briefing paper (No. 4). March 2018. [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​03/​Student_consumer_and_e-textbook_platforms_March2018.pdf|The student consumer and the rise of e-textbook platforms]]. By Ken Chad.Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) briefing paper (No. 4). March 2018.
  
 A 2017 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. 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 focused e-textbook platforms A 2017 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. 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 focused e-textbook platforms
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-==== The role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes ==== 
  
  \\ [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Library_and_teaching_learning_outcomes_June2017_2a-1.pdf|The new role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes]]. By Ken Chad & Helen Anderson. HELIbTech briefing paper No. 3. 20 June 2017  \\ [[http://​www.kenchadconsulting.com/​wp-content/​uploads/​2018/​09/​Library_and_teaching_learning_outcomes_June2017_2a-1.pdf|The new role of the library in teaching and learning outcomes]]. By Ken Chad & Helen Anderson. HELIbTech briefing paper No. 3. 20 June 2017
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 ==== Institution as e-textbook publisher ==== ==== Institution as e-textbook publisher ====
  
-[[https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/institution-as-e-textbook-publisher-toolkit|Institution as e-textbook publisher toolkit]] (Jisc)+[[https://insights.uksg.org/​articles/​10.1629/uksg.427/​print/|Open textbooks – an untapped opportunity for universities colleges and schools]]. Insights. UKSG May 2018 [[https://​insights.uksg.org/​articles/​10.1629/​uksg.427/​print/​|https://​insights.uksg.org/​articles/​10.1629/​uksg.427/​print/​]]
  
-Between 2014 and 2018, Jisc Collections ran a national ​pilot project ​funding four project ​teams from UK higher education institutions ​(HEIs) to investigate ​the viability of publishing their own e-textbooks.+From the artcile: "​The ​pilot phase of the UK Open Textbook ​project ​reached completion in April 2018. This article discusses the project, what open textbooks are, and why they are an untapped opportunity for universities,​ colleges and schools. The North American models of open textbook creation and uptake ​(adoptionare designed ​to help reduce university student financial worries and enhance learning opportunities,​ and provide much-needed resources for schools (or the K12 system in the US and Canada). The ability to repurpose books leads to innovative and engaging pedagogies including students as co-authors. Yet in the UK, the level of discussion and awareness of the opportunities afforded by open textbooks, and the existence of a small number of UK initiatives,​ is poor."
  
-Four project teams – from the Universities ​of Liverpool, Nottingham, Highlands and Islands with Edinburgh Napier University, and University College London – received funding to: +"Given that many parts of the UK education sector are experiencing a textbook crisis, and given the levels ​of student debtit is surprising ​that open textbooks have gained little traction here, and that they are entirely absent from government policyThe UK needs to make a strategic response ​to the 2017 Ljubljana OER Action Plan set out by UNESCO’ ​to make publicly funded educational resources available to improve ​the learning experience for all."
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-  * Publish two e-textbooks each +
-  * Apply business, licensing and distribution models of their choice +
-  * Collate information on the processeschallenges ​and technologies chosen +
-  * Report back on the benefits to their students and their institution +
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-The project, developed in direct response to the unsustainable models and high price of e-textbooks being made available to institutionshas been exploring alternative ways to create learning materials for students.Lara Speicher from UCL Press explains that: “Textbooks are very expensive for students to buy on top of their fees and living expenses, and buying large numbers of print textbooks ​is increasingly challenging for squeezed library budgets. And now these issues are starting to bite as textbook sales are in decline”.There are now clear signs that an alternative approach is underway. In the US, OpenStax, developed by Rice University, is an innovative ​open access textbook platform and SUNY Open Textbooksdeveloped by the State University of New York Libraries ​and launched in 2012 has published over 20 textbooks with more forthcoming. The latter is very much a community project and it is hoped that the outcomes of the institution as e-textbook will kickstart a similar approach in the UK leading ​to fresh approaches and sustainable models textbook publishing.Furthermore,​ the advent of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) and Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF) provides additional incentive for HEIs to raise the topic of institutionally produced textbooks higher on the agenda. +
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-==== Other resources ==== +
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-Opening textbooks. By David Kernohan & Vivien Rolfe. Wonkhe Ltd [Blog]. 8 December ​2017 http://​wonkhe.com/​blogs/​textbooks-a-tipping-point/​ +
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-The direct library supply of individual textbooks ​to students: examining ​the value proposition. By Dominic Broadhurst. Information and Learning Science, vol 118, no. 11/12, pp. 629-641. 2017 DOI: 10.1108/​ILS-07- 2017-0072 http://​man.ac.uk/​VEpn4p +
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-UK Open Textbook project: http://​ukopentextbooks.org/about/+
  
 ====== Open Access Ebooks ====== ====== Open Access Ebooks ======
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   * **[[https://​openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/​|Open Access Books Network (OABN)**]]** ​ - OAPEN is one of the coordinators supporting the OABN - a space for passionate conversations about open access books, creating an online community around open access books.   * **[[https://​openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/​|Open Access Books Network (OABN)**]]** ​ - OAPEN is one of the coordinators supporting the OABN - a space for passionate conversations about open access books, creating an online community around open access books.
-  * **[[https://​www.copim.ac.uk/​|Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM)**]]** ​ - OAPEN participates in the COPIM partnership,​ building community-owned,​ open systems and infrastructures to enable open access book publishing to flourish+  * **[[https://​www.copim.ac.uk/​|Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM)**]]**- OAPEN participates in the COPIM partnership,​ building community-owned,​ open systems and infrastructures to enable open access book publishing to flourish. 
-  * **[[https://​educopia.org/​data_trust/​|Open Access eBook Usage (OAeBU) Data Trust pilot project**]]** ​ - OAPEN serves on the Advisory Board for the (OAeBU) Data Trust pilot project. Participating in the development and testing of infrastructure,​ policy and governance models to support a diverse, global data trust for usage data on open access monographs+  * **[[https://​scelc.libguides.com/​SCELC-OAPEN|SCELC & OAPEN Pilot Project**]]**- SCELC and OAPEN collaborate through this pilot project in an effort to amplify the usage of open access (OA) resources in SCELC member libraries. 
-  * **[[https://​scelc.libguides.com/​SCELC-OAPEN|SCELC & OAPEN Pilot Project**]]** ​ - SCELC and OAPEN collaborate through this pilot project in an effort to amplify the usage of open access (OA) resources in SCELC member libraries.+====   ​==== 
 ==== Open Access Textbooks ==== ==== Open Access Textbooks ====
  
-[[http://​ukopentextbooks.org/​about/​|UK Open Text-book project]] \\+[[http://​ukopentextbooks.org/​about/​|UK Open Text-book project]]\\
 "Open Textbooks have seen impressive growth and impact in the North American context, through providers and initiatives such as OpenStax, the Open Textbook Network, BC Campus, and Lumen Learning. With the exception of Siyavula in South Africa however, the open textbook model has largely been restricted to North America.. Whether this is a result of particular contextual dependencies (such as the relative cost of textbooks) or because this is where the funding and interest has been focused is as yet unknown. The aim of this project then is to test the transferability of this model to a new context, namely that of the UK. Our overarching research question is: "Open Textbooks have seen impressive growth and impact in the North American context, through providers and initiatives such as OpenStax, the Open Textbook Network, BC Campus, and Lumen Learning. With the exception of Siyavula in South Africa however, the open textbook model has largely been restricted to North America.. Whether this is a result of particular contextual dependencies (such as the relative cost of textbooks) or because this is where the funding and interest has been focused is as yet unknown. The aim of this project then is to test the transferability of this model to a new context, namely that of the UK. Our overarching research question is:
  
 What is the viability of introducing open textbooks in UK higher education through the testing of two proposed models: OpenStax and OpenTextbook Network approaches? What is the viability of introducing open textbooks in UK higher education through the testing of two proposed models: OpenStax and OpenTextbook Network approaches?
  
-=== Resources page \\ +===  Resources page  http://​ukopentextbooks.org/​resources/ ​  ​===
-http://​ukopentextbooks.org/​resources/​ ===+
  
  
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