Current Trends in Use of eBooks in North America

April 17, 2009PSTG

Hiroyuki N. GoodJapanese Bibliographer

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Current Trends in Use of eBooks in North America ①ebrary Survey 2008 Spring Students: 2,134 Librarians: 100

Does your library have eBooks?

Librarians were asked to take the survey as if they were students.

YESYES

NONO

DON’T KNOWDON’T KNOW

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4

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30

1.5

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How often do you use eBooks that

your library provides?

More than 10 hours per week

5-10 hours per week

1-5 hours per week

Less than 1 hour per week

Never

Librarians were asked to take the survey as if they were students.

44

56

27

2.6

15

3

1.5

1

13

32.5

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Students

Librarians

Current Trends in Use of eBooks in North America ③

If never, why?

I do not know where to find eBooks

I prefer printed books

eBooks are too difficult to use

eBooks are too difficult to read

55

Librarians were asked to take the survey as if they were students.

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13

10

3

2.3

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Librarians

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What type of resources are you using for What type of resources are you using for research/class assignment?research/class assignment? (plural answers)(plural answers)

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Librarians were asked to take the survey as if they were students.

Google and other search enginesGoogle and other search engines

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30

32

36

38

40

40

40

40

44

15

53

60

43

61

55

67

67

74

71

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Librarians

Students

Electronic databases (ProQuest, Electronic databases (ProQuest, LexisNexis, JSTOR ,etc.)LexisNexis, JSTOR ,etc.)

eJournalseJournals

print booksprint books

eBookseBooks

eReference (eReference (oonline nline databasesdatabases, , encyclopedia,encyclopedia, etc.)etc.)

print textprint text

print reference (dictionaries, print reference (dictionaries, encyclopedias etc.)encyclopedias etc.)

print journalsprint journals

eTextbookseTextbooks

Advantages of eBooks and Types

1. Searchablity - not reading but using eBooks as reference and articles

2. 24/7 Access‐students don’t sleep3. Off Campus Access- 60% increase of access to eReserve 4. Multi-Access – multi-use of eTextbooks5. Portability – many eBooks and articles in your personal

computer

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1. Don’t know where to find (27%)

2. Prefer printed books (23%)

3. Difficult to read or use (8.3%)

4. Expensive

Issues of eBooks Top 3 + 188

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Development of technology are always beyond our expectations

1. Increasing Discoverability of eBooks by next generation OPAC

2. Development of better book readers for library eBooks

3. Usability increase Users 　4. Cost effectiveness of eBooks that do not need

catalog and storage

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Rapid increase of eJournals’ Rapid increase of eJournals’ budget budget

Based on total budget of 3,600 ALA member libraries

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12 13 18 2435

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88 87 82 7665

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eJaournals print journals

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In 2017“Electronic books, driven by consumer demand, will finally become established as the primary format for educational textbooks and scholarly books and monographs, as well as reference formats. “ 　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 (CIBER Report in 2007)

Reality is Hybrid,but vision is Digital

In 2013“53% of respondents answered they will be using both eBooks and print, 35% answered they will still prefer printed books and 7% answered they will prefer eBooks (5% no answer) “ (Springer survey in 2008)

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Reference

Celeto, Cynthia. Springer Web Seminar on eBooks. Attended on November 11, 2008.

Jacoby, JoAnn and Marry S. Laskowski. (2004) Measurement and Analysis of Electronic Reserve Usage: Toward a New Path in Online Library Service Assessment. portal : Libraries & the Academy, 4(2), 219-232. Retrieved from Project MUSE. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v004/4.2jacoby.html

Levine-Clark, Michael. (2006). Electronic Book Usage: A Survey at the University of Denver. portal : Libraries & the Academy, 6(3), 285-299. Retrieved from Project MUSE. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v006/6.3levine-clark.html

Publishers Communication Group. (2007, November). Library budget predictions for 2008 results from a telephone survey August 2007. Retrieved from http://www.pcgplus.com/Resources/LibraryBudgetSurvey2008.pdf

The ebrary team. (2008). 2008 global student e-book survey sponsored by ebrary. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/en/Survey/ebrary_student_survey_2008.pdf

The ebrary team. (2008). 2008 global student e-book survey – cloned for librarians. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.com/corp/collateral/en/Survey/ebrary_student_survey_cloned_2008.pdf

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