1. Hertfordshire HE ConsortiumHertfordshire HE Consortium
(HE partnerships with FE )
Stephen Harvey
Learning Resource Service Manager
sharvey@hrc.ac.uk
with thanks to Angela Dimond from UH for her input
2. Herts HE Consortium
The Herts HE Consortium evolved out of Hertis, which was setThe Herts HE Consortium evolved out of Hertis, which was set
up in 1956! as a unique system of co-operation betweenup in 1956! as a unique system of co-operation between
college libraries to provide an information service to industrycollege libraries to provide an information service to industry
and Further Education in Hertfordshire.and Further Education in Hertfordshire.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Herts HE Consortium
The service to industry ceased a long time ago, but the fourThe service to industry ceased a long time ago, but the four
Associate Colleges and the University of HertfordshireAssociate Colleges and the University of Hertfordshire
continue to enjoy a collaboration of benefit to HE in thecontinue 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
7. 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.
9. 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
10. 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.
11. 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
12. 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.”
13. 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.”
14. 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.
15. Does this mean that
Libraries / LRCs in FE will become
that much more embedded
within the curriculum?
