Eduserv - enhancing the student experience

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Eduserv - enhancing the student experienceJISC RSC South West 13 March 2014

Jenny CarrollRobert Scaysbrook

About Eduserv• Not-for-profit• Charitable mission• Governed by trustees• Services include:

• Chest Agreements• OpenAthens• Internet services

www.eduserv.org.uk/

Chest Agreements – what are they?

• Contracts between Eduserv and market leading software vendors and publishers of online resources

• Academic licences• Subscription or purchase options

www.eduserv.org.uk/chestagreements

Chest Agreements – why are they good for students?

• Market leading resources – prepare your students for the workplace

• Savings - £40 million• Volume licensing• Site licensing• Standard licence terms and conditions

www.eduserv.org.uk/chestagreements

What do universities and colleges value?“I just think we get exceptional value for money” Lancaster University

“You do what I haven’t got time to do” Huntingdonshire Regional College

“Takes away the difficulty of negotiating with suppliers directly” Lewisham College “Eduserv understands my

requirements” University of Bedfordshire

www.eduserv.org.uk/chestagreements

Chest Agreements – Software examples

• Microsoft • Adobe• MindGenius – mind mapping

www.eduserv.org.uk/chestagreements

Chest Agreements – Online Resources

• American Psychological Association• Emerald Group• New Scientist Online

www.eduserv.org.uk/chestagreements

Chest Agreements – Find out more

• Pick up 2014 Catalogue• Sign up for our e-Newsletters• Come to one of our Focus Groups

www.eduserv.org.uk/chestagreements

Get remote one-click access to the resources you subscribe to. From students to clinicians, over four million people worldwide use OpenAthens to access essential online content.

What is OpenAthens?

• One individual username & password for all your subscribed resources

• Access to resources regardless of user location• Detailed statistics reports • Free user portal -

• Fully hosted, managed service• Designed for librarians • Ideal for Schools, Colleges &

Universities

• Locally installed• Students use existing

username & password• Use LA for further single

sign-on

OpenAthens customers

• Over 4 million user accounts from thousands of organisations worldwide

• Trusted by the NHS, Open University, Google• 58% of UK HE sector use OpenAthens to access

e-resources• 34% of UK FE sector

OpenAthens customers“The ease of use and flexibility of OpenAthens has been invaluable to Aston University in enabling us to transform the service we provide to students, staff and our partner institutions.” Erica Lee, Information Resources Specialist, Aston University

“OpenAthens has been ground-breaking; staff find it much easier to use, so they recommend resources to students more frequently as they know they will be able to access them easily.” Matt Durant, Bath Spa University’s Information Manager (Digital Resources)

Licencing

• Discounted for UK academic organisations• Based on JISC band• Includes full support, setup assistance and on-going

administrator training • www.eduserv.org.uk/services/OpenAthens/FEHE-pricing

Find out more

• www.eduserv.org.uk/OpenAthens• Sign up for a free OpenAthens MD trial• Pick-up our product brochure & case study• Contact – robert.scaysbrook@eduserv.org.uk

Thank you

• robert.scaysbrook@eduserv.org.uk• jenny.carroll@eduserv.org.uk