He partnerships with fe

Hertfordshire HE ConsortiumHertfordshire HE Consortium

(HE partnerships with FE )

Stephen HarveyLearning Resource Service [email protected]

with thanks to Angela Dimond from UH for her input

Herts HE Consortium

The Herts HE Consortium evolved out of Hertis, which was set The Herts HE Consortium evolved out of Hertis, which was set

up in 1956! as a unique system of co-operation between up in 1956! as a unique system of co-operation between

college libraries to provide an information service to industry college libraries to provide an information service to industry

and Further Education in Hertfordshire. and Further Education in Hertfordshire.

1956 !

U.S.A.• The Alabama bus segregation laws were declared illegal by the US

Supreme Court

• USA Carries Out H Bomb Tests on Bikini Atoll.

• Elvis Presley enters the US charts for the first time with

Heartbreak Hotel.

1956 !

U.K. • Suez Crisis causes petrol rationing in Britain

• The Queen switches on first full scale nuclear power station

• PG Tips launches its long-running ad campaign using

a chimpanzees' tea party.

Herts HE Consortium

The service to industry ceased a long time ago, but the four The service to industry ceased a long time ago, but the four

Associate Colleges and the University of Hertfordshire Associate Colleges and the University of Hertfordshire

continue to enjoy a collaboration of benefit to HE in the continue to enjoy a collaboration of benefit to HE in the

county, and the Consortium was formed in the year 2000county, and the Consortium was formed in the year 2000

The Consortium

Online Environment

StudyNet is the bespoke Managed Learning Environment

developed at UH and provides integrated services including access

to online resources. We use OpenAthens and access is devolved

through one-click to the Online Library (no separate usernames and

passwords). Voyager library catalogue records for journals are

imported into StudyNet Online Library for discovery via a Quick Link

called Journals, incorporating electronic resources.

Module Online Library

Consortium Students

All consortium students within the FE colleges have full access to the universities resources including:

•24/7 access to the LRCs

•Studynet and all online resources

•Full borrowing rights via Voyager

FE Students

The consortium only covers those students studying a Foundation degree or higher through the University of Hertfordshire (UH).

Other FE students are welcome to use the IT open access suites at the university via visitor hours, but need to use the local library resources that each college has purchased, rather than those provided via UH.

Alternative routes to Resources

Public library Service

Pro’s• A huge range of electronic resources, available to any person who lives/works or studies in that county.

Con’s• It is individual sign ups, no bulk enrolments allowed

The (near) future in FE

The Further Education Learning Technology Action Group

Set up by Mathew Hancock, Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise

Mission Statement“... To best support the agile evolution of the FE sector in anticipation of disruptive technology, for the benefit of learners, employers & the UK economy as a whole.”

The (near) future in FE

The Further Education Learning Technology Action Group

Set up by Mathew Hancock, Minister of State for Skills & Enterprise

Mission Statement“... To best support the agile evolution of the FE sector in anticipation of disruptive technology, for the benefit of learners, employers & the UK economy as a whole.”

FELTAG Outcomes

The key recommendation...

Mandated, from 2015/16 that a minimum of 10% of every publicly-funded programme should be wholly online.

Then by 2017/18 “incentives offered” to get to 50% delivered wholly online, unless a good case study is made for why this is not appropriate to a particular programme.

Does this mean that Libraries / LRCs in FE will become

that much more embeddedwithin the curriculum?