ERIC Number: EJ1059705
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Publication Date: 2015-Jan
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What Is Different about E-Books? A MINES for Libraries® Analysis of Academic and Health Sciences Research Libraries' E-Book Usage
Plum, Terry; Franklin, Brinley
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v15 n1 p93-121 Jan 2015
Building on the theoretical proposals of Kevin Guthrie and others concerning the transition from print books to e-books in academic and health sciences libraries, this paper presents data collected using the MINES for Libraries® e-resource survey methodology. Approximately 6,000 e-book uses were analyzed from a sample of e-resource usage at thirteen academic and health sciences research libraries between July 2009 and June 2013. The authors report on findings about e-book usage and propose explanations regarding how the adoption path from print books to e-books differs from the growth in use of e-journals and the associated decline in print journals usage.
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Health Services, Academic Libraries, Surveys, Electronic Libraries, Library Materials, Periodicals, Books, Use Studies, Textbooks, Research Libraries, Online Surveys, Printed Materials, College Faculty, College Students
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