The (fourth) Higher Education Library Technology (HELibTech) briefing paper: ‘The student consumer and the rise of e-textbook platforms’ DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17262.51525 has been published and is available as a free (open access - CC0 licensed) download at  http://www.kenchadconsulting.com/the-student-consumer-and-the-rise-of-e-textbook-platforms/  

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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-textbook-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

 

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