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Awareness and Use of Electronic Books

at Memorial University of Newfoundland

Pamela Morgan & Alison Farrell Health Sciences Library

Memorial University of Newfoundland

&

Danielle Westbrook, MLIS Candidate

School of Library, Archival and Information Studies University of British Columbia

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Introduction

Books are available in either print or electronic format.

Most libraries cannot afford to purchase multiple copies of a book

Should the library buy books in print or electronic format?

Do our users have a preference?

If there is a preference, on what is it based?

A recent study at Memorial’s Health Sciences Library showed both growing use of electronic books and stable use of print books.

Libraries need of evidence-based qualitative research that can be used to shape collections policy.

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Introduction

Web-based survey of all Memorial faculty, staff, and students across the university

Three aims: To discover

1) if members of the university community are receptive to electronic books;

2) if they know we already have electronic books; and 3) how they actually use electronic books.

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About Memorial

100 degree programmes, 15,000 undergraduate students and 3000 graduate and post-graduate students

Four libraries

1.8 million print monographs across all branches

Wide range of electronic book products

Experiments:

The Ferriss Hodgett Library - e-book readers

Queen Elizabeth II Library - ipads for course texts Health Sciences Library - texts on PDA’s

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Literature Review

E-book usage and awareness in academic environments is a growing area of study

Current research can be broadly categorized:

vendor and/or circulation data

user perspectives elicited through surveys, interviews, and/or focus groups

Combination of the two approaches

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Literature Review

Studies that focus on circulation and/or vendor reports:

Identify subject areas used most in e-book collections:

- Business, Economics and Management, Computers, Medicine

Comparing print and electronic usage:

- subject areas heavily used in print were similarly used in electronic format.

- differences in print and electronic book usage

- acquisition of electronic texts has little impact on the use of the print version

Studies that focus on user perspective:

Across a number of usage surveys, it has been found that:

- surveyed users are aware of e-books

- e-books are primarily used for research and academic study - E-books are not read in entirety

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Literature Review

Advantages outlined by users:

- Convenience: searchability and portability - Savings: time and money

- Availability: multiple simultaneous users

Disadvantages outlined by users:

- Eyestrain and difficulties reading from a computer screen

User Preference:

- Majority of surveyed users expressed a preference for print.

Still want more electronic access

Students more receptive to electronic than faculty

Flexibility

- Majority of distance users preferred electronic to print

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Methodology

Survey developed by Michael Levine-Clark

Added demographic questions Excluded NetLibrary questions

Ethics approval from ICHER

Sent to all Memorial Faculty, Students, Staff

24,220 emails to students, faculty and staff 2730 completed surveys (11% response rate)

Sent via email list generated by Computing & Communications.

One reminder email was sent.

Issues sending to ALL

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Methodology

Used Memorial University survey software tool

Did not redirect when participants answered no Did not force ranking

Could not force individual answers if an explanation was required

Offered incentive of two $200 gift cards to the university bookstore

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Demographics

95.5%

1.8%

2.6% 0.0%

Which is your main campus?

Main Campus (St John's)

Marine Institute (St.

John's)

Sir Wilfred Grenfell (Corner Brook) Harlow (England)

The Main Campus is clearly the most well represented.

Not surprising, but results from other campuses were not significant enough to warrant separate analysis.

Undergraduates seem to be underrepresented in this

survey, while faculty and staff are proportionately

represented. Graduate

students seem to be slightly over represented.

55.3%

17.8%

11.8%

13.5% 1.6%

What is your status?

Undergraduate student

Graduate student Faculty

Staff Resident

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Demographics

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

45% of respondents indicated faculty/school/department

(12)

Awareness

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

Aware Not Aware

Faculty Staff Residents Grad Students Undergraduates 64.5%

35.5%

Aware Memorial provides e- books?

Yes No

This shows a good awareness of ebooks in general

It is clear that more promotion needs to be done to inform our

patrons, specifically our undergraduates, of our collection of ebooks.

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How did you find out about Ebooks?

Librarians need to do more promotion regarding ebooks

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

45.0%

50.0%

A Friend This Survey Professor Librarian Catalogue Website

Faculty Staff Residents Grad Students Undergraduates

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Have you ever used an ebook?

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

90.0%

Used Never Used

Faculty Staff Residents Grad Students Undergraduates

Although the majority of all respondents have used

ebooks, faculty and graduate students are more likely to have used them than staff or undergraduates.

Those answering no to this question were redirected to Question 13, however, many proceeded to answer the subsequent questions.

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Frequency of Use

The majority of

respondents consider

themselves occasional e- book users. Just over one quarter answered that they are frequent users.

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

one time only occasionally frequently

Faculty Staff Residents Grad Students Undergraduates 12.7%

61.6%

25.7%

How often do you use e-books?

One time only Occasionally Frequently

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Why e-books are used

25.2%

26.4%

34.0%

14.5%

Why do you use e-books?

No Print Available Easier Working From Home Easier Searching Other

Top Three “other” choices

•Convenience (36%)

•Cost (14%)

•Weight/Size (18%) n= 519

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Method of reading the same?

Search/Scan vs. Read (36%)

n=879

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

Yes, Read Differently No, Read the Same

Faculty Staff Residents Grad Students Undergraduates 40.8%

59.2%

Do you read e-books and print books differently?

Yes No

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Typical use by format

The preferred method of reading an e-book is a single page/few pages.

The numbers of people who said they read a chapter of a book are roughly the same for e- books and print books.

This data shows that many people do not read a book in its entirety regardless of format, but they are more likely to do so in print.

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Preference for reading e-books

50.7%

12.2%

11.6%

25.5%

Read e-books online or Print out

Read on Computer Screen Read on Portable Device Read on Dedicated Reader Read Printed Copy

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

Computer

Screen Portable

Device Dedicated e-

Reader Print it Out

Faculty Staff Residents Grad Students Undergraduates

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General Preference

14.1%

32.6%

29.6%

8.2%

15.5%

If you had access to both versions of the same book, which would you use?

Always Print Usually Print Usually Electronic Always Electronic It Depends

There were many answers in the “it depends” category, but the top three were:

•The reason for reading (19.8%)

•How much of the book was needed (19.8%)

•Location/portability of the book (12.7%) n= 323

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Does subject matter?

It is interesting to note there is virtually no difference between those who have used e-books and those who have not.

All Have not used e-books Have used e-books

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Does subject matter?

0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225

n = 628

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Does type of book matter?

There are a few clear distinctions between which books are preferred in each format, with roughly 5% indicating they would always prefer to use one over the other.

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Does type of book matter?

18.7%

30.8%

22.5%

14.8%

9.2% 4.1%

Which types of books would you prefer to use as an e-book (have used e-books)

Textbook Reference Book Edited Collection Scholarly Monograph Fiction

Never Prefer an E-Book

18.0%

30.4%

19.5%

13.2%

10.0%

8.9%

Which types of books would you prefer to use as an e-book (have not used e-

books) Textbook

Reference Book Edited Collection Scholarly Monograph Fiction

Never Prefer an E-Book

As with subject, there is little difference in the opinions of those who have used e-books and those who have not.

Interesting differences:

Those who would never prefer an e- book

Fiction

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Does type of book matter?

Of those who have never used e-books:

•almost 5% said they would never prefer print

•Fewer would prefer fiction in print

27.0%

10.4%

12.7%

15.9%

34.1%

5.4%

Which types of books would you prefer to use as a print book (have used e-books)

Textbook Reference Book Edited Collection Scholarly Monograph Fiction

Never Prefer Print

29.8%

12.9%

12.9%

14.8%

29.6%

4.7%

Which types of books would you prefer to use as a print book (have not used e-

books) Textbook

Reference Book Edited Collection Scholarly Monograph Fiction

Never Prefer Print

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Any other comments?

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

Economics Environmental Prefer Both Technology Types of Materials Survey Instruments Convenience of E Convenience of P Health Prefer E Prefer P E is Inevitable Learning Style Skill Set Personal Copy General Library Comment Plagarism Time Spent on Computer General Unable to Determine

n=1495

When asked to provide any general

comments, respondents

were quite vocal.

Most commonly, respondents

commented on the convenience of electronic

format, the technology (good or bad), and a preference for the printed word.

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I feel libraries need to have books in order to be

libraries

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Use a real book, what’s

wrong with you?

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Limitations

Survey software

Campus ≠ Library

Confusion

definition of e-book

personal vs. library e-books

Only 45% of respondents indicated a Faculty/Department

Some respondents thought we were asking them to choose one format over another

Because we used an existing survey, we could not change

some questions/answers that may have been better suited to our environment

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Summary

This is a growing and important area and further studies on e- book usage are needed.

No conclusion/consensus of opinion

This study was done in the hopes of guiding collection development – still not clear

The written word is in a state of transition

E-books are a niche group that will work better for certain types of materials

Respondents are willing to try using e-books and understand why libraries are looking into e-books

People still prefer the printed word

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Thank you!

Any questions?

Pam Morgan (pmorgan@mun.ca)

Alison Farrell (alisonr@mun.ca) Danielle Westbrook

(Danielle.Westbrook@gmail.com)

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