Faculty & Student Use and Opinions of E-Books at University of Maryland

Faculty & Student Use and

Opinions of E-Books at UMDTim Hackman

Kelsey Corlett-Rivera

August 14, 2012

Background

• “But I Want a Real Book!”

• Students & Faculty in ARHU, BSOS, Education

• Online survey open Mar 29 to Apr 27, 2012

• Library Faculty Research Funds for

incentives

Research Questions

1. How often do respondents use e-books for research purposes? For recreational reading?

2. How do respondents identify, access, and use e-books? Which e-book sources and/or collections do they use most frequently?

3. For what materials in their discipline do respondents prefer the Libraries buy e-books? For what materials in their discipline do they prefer the Libraries buy print books?

4. How do use and attitudes compare among respondents of different statuses, disciplines, and colleges?

5. How do use and attitudes compare among respondents who do or do not use the physical libraries? Who do or do not use library resources online?

6. How do use and attitudes compare with previously-published studies in other disciplines and/or at other institutions? How do use and attitudes compare with those reported prior to the availability of popular dedicated e-book readers?

7. What other comments do respondents have about finding or using e-books at UMD Libraries?

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ARHU BSOS Education

Valid Responses (1,343)

Undergraduate

Graduate

Faculty/Staff

18%

30%

52%

Total Responses by Status

Faculty/Staff Graduate Undergraduate

73%

17%

10%

Total Responses by College

Arts & Humanities Behavioral & Social Sciences Education

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

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45%

50%

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semester 1x/Month 1x/Week Daily

Questions 4 and 5: How often do you...All Responses

Physically enter a campus library Access online library resources

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Question 6: How often do you use e-books for research?All Responses by College

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Question 7: How often do you use e-books for recreational reading?

All Responses by College

TotalARHUBSOSEducation

0%

5%

10%

15%

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25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Question 6: How often do you use e-books for research?All Responses by Status

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Question 7: How often do you use e-books for recreational reading?

All Responses by Status

TotalUndergraduateGraduateFaculty/Staff

52%47%

1%

Recreational Reading

60%

39%

1%

Research

Questions 8 and 9: Compared to three years ago, my use of

e-books for Research/Recreational Reading has _____.

All Responses

IncreasedStayed the SameDecreased

1%

56%

15%

0%2%

13%

6%

3% 3%

1%

Libre (Aluretek)

Kindle

Nook

PocketBook

Sony Reader

iPad or Other Tablet

Smart Phone or iPod

Laptop or Desktop

Software

Other

48%

52%

Own an E-Reader

Don't Own an E-Reader

Question 10: Do you own any of the following e-book readers?

All Responses

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semester1x/Month 1x/Week Daily

Questions 6 and 10: If you do/don't own an e-book reader, how often do

you use e-books for research?All responses

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semester 1x/Month 1x/Week Daily

Questions 7 and 10: If you do/don't own an e-book reader, how often do you use

e-books for recreational reading?All responses

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

All Responses by College

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%


Question 11: What is your PRIMARY source for the e-books you use?



Question 12: How do you find e-books that are available from the UMD

Libraries?


0%

5%

10%

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20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

No e-books from the UMD

Libraries

Search in Research Port

Search the Catalog

Search in a specific e-

book collection

Other

All responses by College

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

No e-books from the

UMD Libraries

Search in Research Port

Search the Catalog

Search in a specific e-

book collection

Other



Question 13: Which of the following e-book collections

have you used in the past year?

4%

17%

8%

9%

4%3%22%

33%

ebrary

Ebsco eBook Collection

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Oxford Handbooks Online

Springer eBooks

Other

Not sure which collection

None of these

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Download to e-reader Download to personal computer

Read online Print all or portion

Question 14: When using e-books, how often do you...All Responses

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Frequently

Always

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Scholarly Monographs

Edited Collections

Conference Proceedings

General Reference

Specialized Reference

Citation Manuals & Style

Guides

Literature

Question 15: In what format would you prefer the library purchase [format]?

Prefer Ebooks

Prefer Print

No Preference

It Depends

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Prefer e-books Prefer print No Preference It Depends

Questions 10 and 15: If you do/don't own an e-book reader, what format do

you prefer?All Responses

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Prefer e-books Prefer print No Preference It Depends

Questions 10 and 15g: If you do/don't own an e-book reader, what format do

you prefer for Literature?

Question 16: If you chose "It Depends" for Question 15, please elaborate.

Top Six Responses

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Scholarly Monographs

Edited Collections

Conference Proceedings

General Reference

Specialized Reference

Citation Manuals and Style Guides

Literature

Personal reasons

E-book features

Access

Long passage prefer print bookMark-up

Both

Question 17: What, if anything, would make you more likely to use e-books?

Top 8 Responses

20%

19%

14%

15%

10%

11%

6%5% Greater Availability

Ebook Reader

Ease of Access/Use

Lower Cost or Free

Publicity/Training/Didn't Know About Ebooks

Features: Print/Highlight/Annotate/Search

Convenience

Technology Improvements

Question 18: Please share any additional comments or suggestions on e-

books at the UMD Libraries.

Top 8 Responses

22%

21%

16%

13%

12%

7%

5% 4%Publicity/Training/Didn’t Know About E-Books

Nothing/Not Sure

Greater Availability

Don’t Like E-books/Prefer Print

Convenience

Depends on Text

General positive response

Both

Research Questions1. How often do respondents use e-books for research purposes? For

recreational reading?2. How do respondents identify, access, and use e-books? Which e-book

sources and/or collections do they use most frequently?3. For what materials in their discipline do respondents prefer the

Libraries buy e-books? For what materials in their discipline do they prefer the Libraries buy print books?

4. How do use and attitudes compare among respondents of different statuses, disciplines, and colleges?

5. How do use and attitudes compare among respondents who do or do not use the physical libraries? Who do or do not use library resources online?

6. How do use and attitudes compare with previously-published studies in other disciplines and/or at other institutions? How do use and attitudes compare with those reported prior to the availability of popular dedicated e-book readers?

7. What other comments do respondents have about finding or using e-books at UMD Libraries?

Thank You! Questions?

• Comparisons: ▫ E-reader ownership

▫ Use of physical library; use of online library

▫ College (ARHU, BSOS, EDU)

▫ Status (Faculty, Graduate, Undergraduate)

• What other comparisons would you like to see?

• What are the most interesting/surprising results from what we’ve shown?

• How can the Libraries use this data?

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