Whether you see ebooks as a necessary evil, an explosion in your reading choice, or another electronic format to get your head around, JISC has a resource to support you.
Getting started with ebooks
If you’re beginning to explore the potential of ebooks, or want a quick reference guide, JISC Advance’s latest webinar could be useful. In it, Zak Mensah from JISC Digital Media explores questions such as what are ebooks and ebook readers? What are the opportunities for developing ebooks for academia? He shares the common constraints in their use and how JISC resources can help you overcome the barriers.
Ebooks for accessibility
Ebooks can seem like the obvious choice if you’re looking to make resources accessible to a range of learners – they offer a portable format and user choice on font size, colour and text-to-speech options. But there’s more to it than that, as this video from JISC Techdis explains.
JISC Techdis has been involved with publishers and the Right to Read Alliance for several years. They provide advice and guidance for publishers, librarians sourcing ebooks for print disabled users or those wanting to transform teaching materials into ebook format and users. Find out more about using ebooks in an accessible way.
How important are open ebook standards to universities and colleges?
Ebook standards may lack the glamour that the technology attracts, but the arrival of ePub3 has the potential to transform how content is created and delivered to students and researchers. Ben Showers explores the pipework behind Apple’s new iBooks2 software and uncovers what it means for universities, colleges and other learning providers.
Podcast – why are ebook standards important?
Linking to a JISC report to help universities understand the benefits of ePub3, JISC programme manager Ben Showers speaks to Nicola Yeeles via Skype to explain what universities and colleges can do to help their people use the standard.
Find out more about the report and what the ebook standard could mean for your organisation in Ben’s article.
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