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recipes for successfule-resource marketing

Anthony BealEleanor Johnston

UKSG16th November 2009

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Academic Writing

Referencing

Reflective LearningResearch Skills

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Now overcome barriers to use of online journals in FE

EBSCO, Emerald and InfoTrac are wonderful resources

BUT can be too academic for some users

We need an interface that is more level appropriate

Vocational journals that are categorised by the vocational subject taught in FE

With more colour and “pictures on the cover”

We like Federated Access

It has made life much easier for our learners

Public domain 'Lopez Portillo Carter review'

• 71% of students agreed they have developed academic skills through Springboard

• 52% of students agreed they have increased employability skills through Springboard

• 66% of students agreed that the Springboard programme is useful to them

Source West Cheshire College Quality Department Survey Aug 2009

Full Text Retrievals Up

43%

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The future

• Information strategy and standards• Level 3 programme• e-resources distributed on generic podcasts• Pilot use of i-touches supplied by Learning Resources

for workshops and proactive dissemination• e-book readers• Vizuliser• Voting kits (ActivExpression)

Anthony Beala.beal@west-cheshire.ac.ukTwitter: redsontour

Eleanor Johnstone.johnston@west-cheshire.ac.uk