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 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?

ARHU BSOS Education0

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Valid Responses (1,343)

UndergraduateGraduateFaculty/Staff

18%

30%

52%

Total Responses by Status

Faculty/Staff Graduate Undergraduate

73%

17%10%

Total Responses by College

Arts & Humanities Behavioral & Social SciencesEducation

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semester 1x/Month 1x/Week Daily0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

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

Physically enter a campus library Access online library resources

Never

1x/Year

1x/Se

mester

1x/M

onth

1x/W

eekDail

y0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Question 6: How often do you use e-books for research?

All Responses by College

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semester 1x/Month 1x/Week Daily0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

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

All Responses by College

TotalARHUBSOSEducation

Never

1x/Year

1x/Se

mester

1x/M

onth

1x/W

eekDail

y0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Question 6: How often do you use e-books for research?

All Responses by Status

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semester 1x/Month 1x/Week Daily0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

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%

7%

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

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semes-ter

1x/Month 1x/Week Daily0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

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

Never 1x/Year 1x/Semes-ter

1x/Month 1x/Week Daily0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

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

Comm

ercial

Site

Free Si

te

Public Li

brary

UMD Li

brary

I Don't

Use Eb

ooks

Other

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

All Responses by College

Comm

ercial

Site

Free Si

te

Public Li

brary

UMD Li

brary

I Don't

Use Eb

ooks

Other

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

All Responses by Status

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

TotalARHUBSOSEducation

TotalUndergraduateGraduateFaculty/Staff

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

TotalARHUBSOSEducation

No e-books fro

m the UMD Lib

raries

Search in

Research

Port

Search th

e Catalog

Search in

a specifi

c e-book co

llecti

onOth

er0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

All responses by College

No e-books fro

m the UMD Lib

raries

Search in

Research

Port

Search th

e Catalog

Search in

a specifi

c e-book co

llecti

onOth

er0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

All Responses by Status

TotalUndergraduateGraduateFaculty/Staff

Question 13: Which of the following e-book collections have you used in the past year?

4%17%

8%

9%

4%3%23%

33%ebrary

Ebsco eBook Collection

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Oxford Handbooks Online

Springer eBooks

Other

Not sure which collection

None of these

Download to e-reader Download to personal computer

Read online Print all or portion0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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

All Responses

NeverRarelySometimesFrequentlyAlways

Scholar

ly Monogra

phs

Edite

d Collecti

ons

Confere

nce Pro

ceedings

General Refe

rence

Specia

lized Refe

rence

Citation M

anuals

& Style G

uides

Literat

ure0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Question 15: In what format would you prefer the

library purchase [format]?

Prefer EbooksPrefer PrintNo PreferenceIt Depends

Prefer e-books Prefer print No Preference It Depends0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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

you prefer?All Responses

Prefer e-books Prefer print No Preference It Depends0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

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

Scholarly Monographs

Edited Collections

Conference Proceedings

General Reference

Specialized Reference

Citation Manuals and Style Guides

Literature

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

Personal reasons

E-book features

Access

Long passage prefer print book

Mark-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%5%

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?