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Environments to support e-Learning In UK Further and Higher Education
Table: Student access to library / learning resource centre
Current situation
Total FE HE - Pre ‘92
HE - Post
‘92 HE college HE all
2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003 2005 2003
N = 231 340 166 243 32 42 21 38 14 17 65 97
Limited or no on-line access to
library catalogue 10% 24% 12% 33% 3% 2% 0% 3% 7% 6% 3% 3%
On-line access to library via
separate routes 35% 38% 42% 39% 19% 36% 14% 29% 21% 53% 18% 36%
On-line access to library via
separate gateway 30% 23% 25% 17% 50% 36% 38% 45% 36% 24% 43% 37%
On-line access to library via one
common interface 25% 15% 20% 12% 28% 26% 48% 24% 36% 18% 35% 24%
Future / aim
N = 211 293 150 214 29 38 19 27 13 14 61 79
Limited or no on-line access to
library catalogue 0% 1% 1% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
On-line access to library via
separate routes 8% 6% 9% 8% 3% 3% 0% 0% 8% 7% 3% 3%
On-line access to library via
separate gateway 10% 19% 13% 20% 7% 29% 0% 11% 0% 7% 3% 19%
On-line access to library via one
common interface 82% 73% 77% 71% 90% 68% 100% 89% 92% 86% 93% 78%
• The overall trend across the board is to provide more integrated student access to the
library or learning resource centres.
• Post-92 universities (from 24% to 48%) and HE colleges (from 18% to 36%) move
toward online access via a common interface.
• 77% of FE respondents and 93% of HE respondents aim for online access via a
common interface in the future.
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