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“E-books are good if there are no copies left”: a survey of e-book usage at UWE Library Services

Briddon, Jason; Chelin, Jacqueline; Ince, Greg; Redman, Jane; Sleat, Alastair; Williams, Elspeth

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Jason Briddon

Greg Ince

Jane Redman

Alastair Sleat

Elspeth Williams



Abstract

This article outlines research carried out with students and academic staff at a large UK university library on how e-books are being used for learning, teaching and research. It was discovered that e-books are meeting many of users’ needs,especially in terms of accessibility, but there are still concerns about subject coverage and the impact on students’ learning. There are various reasons why ebooks
are beneficial in developing an academic library collection, most particularly for reference materials and essential readings, but librarians need to work closely with academic staff to integrate use of e-books effectively into learning and teaching, taking care that licence and access implications are better understood. The drivers to the use of e-books appear to be outweighing the barriers, although the latter will require considerable effort on the part of librarians within their institutions and also in terms of communicating concerns to e-book providers.

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2009
Deposit Date Feb 24, 2010
Publicly Available Date Feb 9, 2016
Journal Library and Information Research
Electronic ISSN 1756-1086
Publisher CILIP, Library and Information Research Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 33
Issue 104
Pages 45-65
Keywords e-books, usage, survey, UWE, Library
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1001063
Publisher URL http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/article/view/114
Contract Date Feb 9, 2016

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