Ebooks 2015: Etextbooks, elearning , etextbooks
University College London, 7th May 2015, 10.00 to 16.30
The Anatomy JZ Young Lecture Theatre.
9.30am Arrival, registration and coffee
10.00am Welcome, introduction and Chair for the morning David Ball, David Ball Consulting and
Previously Director of Academic Services at Bournemouth University
Setting the scene
10.05am Elearning and Econtent: an overview. Professor Jeff Haywood. Professor Jeff Haywood is
Vice-Principal Digital Education, University of Edinburgh
10.35am The Advancement of Knowledge: A Blank Canvas for Global Collaboration. Yaz El
Hakim Academic Technologist, Instucture.com
11.00am Ten minute comfort break
11.10am The JISC etextbook initiative. Roger Tritton , Acting Head of Projects, JISC Collections.
11.40am Ebooks, accessibility and copyright – a window of opportunity. Alistair McNaught Senior
Adviser JISC
A broad overview of how technical developments in the publishing industry along with copyright
changes and growing accessibility assertiveness in the library sector could help HEIs manage the
impact of changes to disabled student allowances.
12.10pm Case Study 1 University of Liverpool. Andrew Barker Head of Academic Liaison, Special
Collections & Archives, University of Liverpool Library
12.30pm Case Study 2 University College London. Lara Speicher, Publishing Manager, UCL Press.
12.50pm until 14.00pm Lunch
Afternoon session chaired by John Akeroyd, UCL and CIBER Research
Librarian as publisher the USA experience
14.00pm Sarah Lippincott, Program Manager, Educopia Institute, Library Publishing Coalition and
Kate Pitcher of who is reference/instruction and web development librarian in Milne Library at the
State University of New York at Geneseo will discuss the state of play of libraries as publishers in the
USA.
Sarah has conducted a recent survey of activity and Kate will present a case study as the Principal
Investigator for Open SUNY Textbooks (http://opensuny.org).
14.45pm Case studies on the use of e-text books
Vanessa Gamet will talk about partnership developments from Proquest (EBL as was) and
Andrejs Alferovs who is Managing Director, Kortext will talk on the theme of Widening Access to
Digital Textbooks
Proquest negotiated a e-textbook pilot in partnership with Cengage Australia, launching the pilot in
April 2014 with the intention to review at the end of the year. Cengage initially provided 7 E-textbook
titles but because of its success, Cengage released another 20 titles in 2015, including a number of
first run, first year titles.
And as to Kortext, Andy will look at how teachers and learners are using digital textbooks online or
via download. He will cover how various tools can enhance the learning experience, from reading to
note taking, and how the use of content and platforms will evolve with new ebook formats that
enhance interaction. In the session, he will touch on how working with industry standards helps to
broaden access and content dissemination and will finish with an illustration of how usage data can be
a useful tool to shape learning outcomes.
15.10pm Tea
15.40pm Panel session including all participants from the day; chaired by John Akeroyd and David
Ball
16.30pm End of meeting and drinks.