Riding the eBook Wave

Grogg, Jill E.; Ashmore, Beth

doi:10.7771/2380-176x.4734

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“…Some research indicates that e-book collections experience increased usage once the collection has achieved a scope that enables patrons to find more of the information they seek (Baker, 2008;Blummer, 2006;Bucknell, 2010;Carlock and Perry, 2008;Herlihy and Yi, 2010;Shelburne, 2009). Further, better and more effective search engines on publishers' and aggregators' websites may be encouraging an increase in the number of LR 63,4/5 e-book searches (Coker, 2007;Grogg and Ashmore, 2005). For example, the ability to search not only within an individual e-book but also within an entire collection has been found to be extremely attractive to users (Gielen, 2010;Shrimplin et al, 2011;Simon, 2011).…”

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Perceived usefulness, perceived ease-of-use and faculty acceptance of electronic books

Al-Suqri

2014

Library Review

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Purpose – This paper aims to extend the use of the technology acceptance model (TAM) to faculty acceptance of e-books at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in the Sultanate of Oman. Electronic books (e-books) are becoming increasingly important in society in general and among academic faculty, concomitant with the growth of portable electronic devices that facilitate the reading of e-books. Design/methodology/approach – The effects of language and personal characteristics (gender, age and field of study) in relation to perceived usefulness, perceived ease-of-use and usage of e-books for academic work among respondents are examined using data derived from a survey of 332 faculty members at SQU. Findings – Findings were that participants who perceived that electronic books were easier to use also tended to be those who used them more; younger male faculty whose first language was Arabic tended to have higher levels of usage than females, older faculty or faculty whose first language was not Arabic. Faculty in the social sciences and the life and health sciences tended to have lower levels of usage behaviour than those in the arts and humanities, business or law or physical sciences or engineering. Practical implications – Implications are that e-book acceptance among faculty at SQU is similar to that of faculty in Western universities and that the TAM is a relatively good predictor of e-book usage regardless of geographical location. Originality/value – The value of the present study is that identification of factors affecting scholars’ e-book usage behaviours may provide library managers with a better understanding of the way in which they can support faculty. Further, by focusing on e-book adoption by faculty in a non-Western country, results of the research help to fill a gap on an under-researched population.

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Perceived usefulness, perceived ease-of-use and faculty acceptance of electronic books

Al-Suqri

2014

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“…31 Grogg and Ashmore 32 concluded that any collection of e-books with an efficient search engine embedded within would see increased use and, consequently, increased value. Having the ability to search not only across the chapters of a particular e-book but also across an entire e-book collection has been demonstrated to be an asset to patrons.…”

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Factors Influencing the Usage of an Electronic Book Collection: Size of the E-book Collection, the Student Population, and the Faculty Population

Lamothe

2013

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This paper presents the results of a quantitative and systematic investigation exploring online e-book usage at the J.N. Desmarais Library of Laurentian University over a 9-year period. The size of an e-book collection was determined to show evidence of an extremely strong relationship with the level of usage e-books experienced. Of all factors examined during the course of this study, it was the size of the collection that exhibited the strongest association to usage levels and would suggest just how important the size and content of a collection can be to patron acceptance and utilization. Of all student academic levels, doctoral students exhibited the strongest relationship with e-book usage, while undergraduate students showed signs of the weakest. Faculty demonstrated the overall weakest relationship with e-book usage.

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“…An e-book collection that is accompanied by an efficient, intuitive, and simple search engine will have its content used frequently (Grogg & Ashmore, 2005). The searchability of e-books has been identified as one of their most significant benefits (Foote & RuppSeranno, 2010;Hernon, Hopper, Leach, Saunders, & Zhang, 2007;Chu, 2003); Li et al (2011) found that 95% of survey respondents considered it very important to be able to search within the full-text of an e-book as it will "reduce the amount of search needed by students or researchers."…”

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Comparing Usage Patterns Recorded between an Electronic Reference and an Electronic Monograph Collection: The Differences in Searches and Full-Text Content Viewings

Lamothe¹

2012

Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship

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This paper presents the results from a quantitative and systematic analysis comparing the online usage of an e-reference and an e-monograph collection. A very strong relationship exists between size and usage: the larger the collection, the greater the usage. An equally strong relationship exists between searches and viewings, meaning that the more there are searches performed, the more will full-text content be viewed. The smaller e-reference collection has also seen significantly greater use proportional to its size compared to the much larger e-monograph collection. E-monographs have not seen significant usage until after the addition of very large academic e-book packages.

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Riding the eBook Wave

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Perceived usefulness, perceived ease-of-use and faculty acceptance of electronic books

Perceived usefulness, perceived ease-of-use and faculty acceptance of electronic books

Factors Influencing the Usage of an Electronic Book Collection: Size of the E-book Collection, the Student Population, and the Faculty Population

Comparing Usage Patterns Recorded between an Electronic Reference and an Electronic Monograph Collection: The Differences in Searches and Full-Text Content Viewings

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