A Study on the e-Book Service of University Library

Nam, Taewoo; Kim, Jina

doi:10.1633/jim.2003.34.2.025

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“…Research about e-book users' perceptions and usage patterns in Korea began in 2003, when e-books were introduced in earnest. Nam and Kim (2003) conducted a quantitative study through an e-book user survey on the early e-book services at university libraries. Chang (2006) tried to overcome the limitations of quantitative analyses by using a survey as a quantitative method and an interview as a qualitative method.…”

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“…There is abundant research comparing the e-book services of individual e-book companies. Nam and Kim (2003) compared the services of four e-book companies in the early stage of the e-book industry in Korea with user surveys. Lee (2011) evaluated the services of eight e-book producers, including their features, contents and services, using six scales.…”

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Usage patterns and perception toward e-books: experiences from academic libraries in South Korea

Hwang

Kim

Lee

et al. 2014

The Electronic Library

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Purpose – This study aims to investigate and analyze the usage patterns of electronic book (e-book) users and their perceptions of e-books from various perspectives. Recently, e-book usage and subscriptions at university libraries in South Korea have significantly increased. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct an extensive survey of 959 e-book users at the five major university libraries, which subscribe to the most e-books in South Korea. The survey contains structured questions as well as fields for open commentary to acquire various opinions. The authors also apply diverse analysis techniques, depending on the characteristics of the survey questions. Findings – Since the early 2000s, when e-books were first introduced, there has been a considerable change in perception and increase in usage of e-books at South Korean university libraries. Despite this progress, most functions of e-books are not fully utilized. The authors find the role of the library to be very important, as most users learn about and access e-books through the Web sites of university libraries, not through such portal sites as Google. The remarkable result is that users with higher education more easily recognize and have better experiences with e-book services. Originality/value – This study draws extensive samples and objective questions compared to previous research. The authors also contrast our research results with the other studies conducted within and outside of South Korea. The research shows the changes and differences in perception and usage of e-books by period and country. More importantly, the authors suggest strategies to boost e-book use based on user demands.

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Usage patterns and perception toward e-books: experiences from academic libraries in South Korea

Hwang

Kim

Lee

et al. 2014

The Electronic Library

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Cases of Fishery Co-management in Korea : ‘Fishery Closures’ of Fisheries Cooperatives

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Lee²

2018

J. Fish. Bus. Adm.

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Analyzing Undergraduate Nursing Students' Electronic Document Use and Document Reading Behavior

건국대학교¹,

숙명여자대학교²

2014

Journal of the Korean Society for information Management

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The purpose of this study is to analyze undergraduate nursing students' electronic document use and reading behavior. To do this, a survey questionnaire was collected from 509 respondents who experienced reading behavior for the last semester. The results of this study show that nursing students' preference of electronic documents is higher than that of printed documents in general. They also prefer electronic documents to printed documents when they want to keep documents. Of respondents, about 94% or higher spent 30mins or more to find information and the main source to find information is 'Naver' search engine as the highest information source, and the place to access information is 'Home' as their highest information access location. In particular, the preference of the document 'on the move' is electronic documents and the main reason includes convenience and easiness to access and move the documents. The findings of this study expect to facilitate the understanding of undergraduate nursing students electronic document use and reading behavior so that it can be used to design and develop medical digital library services and tools more effectively and efficiently in medical area in the future. Furthermore, it expects to provide useful data in promoting user services in digital library in a whole.

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A Study on the e-Book Service of University Library

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Usage patterns and perception toward e-books: experiences from academic libraries in South Korea

Usage patterns and perception toward e-books: experiences from academic libraries in South Korea

Cases of Fishery Co-management in Korea : ‘Fishery Closures’ of Fisheries Cooperatives

Analyzing Undergraduate Nursing Students' Electronic Document Use and Document Reading Behavior

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