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Bytes or Trees? I prefer trees thank you
Suzanne Fayle & Xan Goodman Roseman University Library
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Roseman University Background
• Began in 1999 as the Nevada College of Pharmacy
• 2nd campus in South Jordan, UT• Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, & Dental
Medicine• MBA Program• Unique block system
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Our original research question
Format preferences of nursing and pharmacy students.
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Collection Statistical Results
• Access Pharmacy, Facts & Comparisons, MD Consult, Nursing Consult, Ovid
• Out of 164 total e-books only 45 are also available in printo Compared statistics of e-books & print to find
similarities in use
• Only looked at statistics for the most recent print edition
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Survey Methodology & Results
• Survey sent to n=539 • Percentage of response rate 10.5%/n=57• Percentage completed survey 6.8% /n=37
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Q4 Why do you prefer a print textbook over an e-textbook?
Prefer the look and feel of print
Easier to bookmark/highlight in a print book
There are limits to sharing/copying ebooks
Don't have a good device for reading e-books
0 5 10 15 20 25
Very important reason Somewhat important reasonNot an important reasons
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Open Answers Print Preference
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Open Answers – E-Books Preference
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Focus Groups
Recruitment Incentives
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Focus Groups Quotes
“Is supplementary material for e-books included in your survey?” respondent #2
Respondent #4 “She RSVP’d because she wants the policy [about challenges to end].”
Here and here Respondent #1 and #4
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Gaps
• Collection development e-books vs. print • Defining e-books for our focus group users
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Next Steps
• Focus group • Instruction focused on e-books• Creating an alphabetical list of e-books