skip to content

Working Groups

E-books working group studies and reports

Title Author Date
Findings From the First User Survey
This first user survey provides an initial benchmark against which to measure changes as the JISC national e-books observatory project progresses.

JISC national e-book observatory project April 2008
A Feasibility Study on the Acquisition of e-Books by HE Libraries and the Role of JISC
Reviewing the feasibility of JISC taking a more active role in the acquisition of e-books for the UK higher education system.

The Higher Education Consultancy Group October 2006
Testbed for Interoperability of eBook Metadata (TIME), Final Report
Developing a testbed system to support e-book cataloguing.
Rightscom Ltd April 2006
An Investigation into Free ebooks
Informing the E-Books Working Group on the availability of free e-books for teaching and learning in the UK Further and Higher Education sectors, and to evaluate user needs in this area.
Ylva Berglund, Alan Morrison, Rowan Wilson and Martin Wynne March 2004
A Strategy and Vision for the Future for Electronic Textbooks in UK Further and Higher Education
Defining the business and market context for electronic textbooks for UK further and higher education and to shape the work and role of the Working Group.
Education for Change Ltd, University of Stirling Centre for Publishing Studies & University of Stirling Information Services August 2003
Promoting the Uptake of E-Books in Higher and Further Education
Highlighting how some of the barriers to the uptake of e-books can be removed and how e-books can be promoted more fully by a wider range of institutions and individuals
Gold Leaf August 2003
The E-book Mapping Exercise
Informing the E-Books Working Group on the e-book needs of specific disciplines within Further Education and Higher Education.
Chris Armstrong,
Information Automation Limited; Ray Lonsdale,
Department of Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
April 2003
Shaping a strategy for e-books
Setting out some of the issues for the E-Books Working Group to consider when setting a strategy for the development of e-books within UK higher and further education.
Hazel Woodward and Louise Edwards September 2001