Transcript a study on student and staff awareness acceptance and usage of ebooks at two queensland universities martin borchert griffith university alison hunter university of.

a study on student and staff awareness
acceptance and usage of ebooks at two
queensland universities
martin borchert griffith university
alison hunter university of southern queensland
debby macdonald griffith university
clare tittel university of southern queensland
sponsored by queensland university librarians office of
cooperation (quloc)
2009 information online conference sydney australia
why
literature
method
awareness usage acceptance
evaluation
implications
why
literature
chu 03
levin-clark 06
walton 07
connoway 07
carlock + perry 07
rowlands 07 jisc 07 ebrary 08
method
user survey
online + print
1732 students
352 staff
griffith + usq
awareness
Awareness of e-books (%)
100
90
80
70
60
Yes student
Yes staff
% 50
40
No student
No staff
30
20
Unsure student
Unsure staff
10
0
I have heard of ebooks I know what an ebook
is
I am aware that my
University library
provides access to ebooks:
I found out about ebooks from
60
50
40
Students
30
Staff
20
10
0
Library
Library
Course
catalogue website resources
Library
staff
Uni staff
Search
Engine
Other
usage
I have used an e-book (% ) (Combined data)
50
45
40
35
30
Students
Staff
25
20
15
10
5
0
Never
Once
Couple of
times
Often
Usage of e-books in course material % (Combined data)
100
80
USQ academic staff
60
GU academic staff
40
20
0
Yes
No
acceptance
I like using e-books (%) (Combined data)
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Students
Staff
Strongly
agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly
disagree
Acceptance of e-books (%)
90
80
70
60
50
USQ Students
40
GU Students
30
20
USQ Staff
10
GU Staff
0
E-books Purchase
are as p-books
good as p- only
books
Purchase Purchase E-books Prefer eboth e- e-books suitable books for
and ponly
for
research
books
courses
Why e-books are liked % - Combined data
80
70
60
50
Students
40
Staff
30
20
10
0
24x7 access
don't have to searching across searching across
borrow a book
the e-book
w hole database
copying and
pasting
Why e-books are disliked % (Combined data)
70
60
50
40
Students
30
Staff
20
10
0
Online access
problems
Cost of printing
pages
Slow downloads
Difficulty in reading
from screen
evaluation
control questions
statistical analysis
deep logs
further work
implications
collection development
promotion
literature
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