Enhanced content discovery on the Kortext Arcturus platform

Kortext’s latest product update revealed some exciting features to improve the student, librarian and academic user experience. Today, we’re taking a look at how content discovery has changed on the Kortext Arcturus platform, offering new ways to discover and, indeed, re-discover, valuable learning content. Explore your bookshelf, the Kortext library and Collections Our brand-new platform

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Libraries Week – Never Stop Learning

October 3rd – October 10th marks Libraries Week in the UK, which is an annual celebration of the best that libraries have to offer. Each year, a different theme is explored to highlight the fantastic work that libraries do support their users and the wider community.  The theme this year is Never Stop Learning, highlighting

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Learning technology needs to support learner success

By David Kernohan, Acting Editor of Wonkhe. Ministers are demanding a return to normal, while universities are using an ever-greater range of technologies to support students – but what do those doing the teaching make of it all? David Kernohan has data from a new survey.

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Kortext launches new university eBookStore, relieving pressure on library budgets

This month saw the launch of Kortext’s university eBookStore – a service now available to all Higher Education institutions.   With the support of Kortext, universities can set up their own branded eBookStore, giving their students access to 2 million eTextbooks from over 4,700 leading academic publishers such as Wiley, McGraw Hill and Oxford University Press.  

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Digital textbooks: from “quick fix” to shaping teaching and learning 

By Ellie Parker After a longer-than-expected period of disruption and uncertainty, plans to end Covid-19 restrictions in England have been given the green light by the government, and as the country now looks to the future, so too are university leaders.   Enhancing digital literacy When the pandemic began, institutions had to find and implement

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