Availability of e‐books in science: case study of University of Delhi

Jindal, Suresh; Pant, Ankur

doi:10.1108/el-12-2010-0159

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“…The faculty and students at JNU recommended 1,248 titles, out of which 717 were available in e-book and print form; thus, 57.5 per cent of the recommended titles were available in dual format, while the rest of the titles were available only in print. This confirms the findings of Jindal and Pant (2013), Pomerantz (2010), and Walters (2013) concerning the non-availability of a substantial number of academic book titles in electronic form. Hence, libraries cannot exclusively switch to e-book only collections, despite their users’ preference for e-books.…”

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confidence: 88%

E-book and print book price and desirability for university libraries: a comparative study

Rao

Kumar

Tripathi

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the prices of print and electronic versions of the same scholarly titles charged from a university library. This study also examines whether preferences for print or electronic formats differ with disciplines and whether high preferences for the electronic version in particular disciplines lead to tagging of high prices for e-books in those disciplines. This study evaluates association in prices of e-books and their print versions for scholarly books. It also explains trends in gaps of prices of electronic and their print versions over the time to understand changing price policy of e-books with time. Design/methodology/approach This is a case study analysing and interpreting prices of 717 book titles available in electronic and print versions out of 1248 book titles recommended by the faculty members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in early 2014. The minimum prices quoted by publishers or aggregators for these books became the secondary data for the study. The research methodology is based on quantitative descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. Findings The study statistically rejected the hypothesis that price tags of electronic and print versions of books do not differ significantly. E-books are usually more expensive than their print counterparts. They are more highly priced in disciplines, where the users prefer electronic books over the print ones. There is a moderate association in prices of electronic and their print versions; libraries can estimate about the budget which would be required for procuring books in electronic format with the help of price of print version; however, the accuracy of this stipulation would be only 20 per cent. The study has highlighted that 95.4 per cent of the scholarly e-books in English medium are published in the USA and the UK. The university presses of Cambridge, Oxford, Columbia, Princeton and MIT and commercial publishers like Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, Ashgate and Springer are the major publishers and providers of the scholarly e-books. Originality/value This study provides insights into pricing policy of electronic and their print versions of scholarly book titles for libraries. Thus it may be relevant and helpful for library administrators in informed decision making while developing their collections for books.

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E-book and print book price and desirability for university libraries: a comparative study

Rao

Kumar

Tripathi

2018

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“…With the e-book, students can easily complete the tasks given by the teacher. Furthermore, Jindal & Pant (2013) added that using e-books has a positive impact on students and helps students in the teaching and learning process in the classroom, this study also found that the use of e -books was relatively high compared to or dinary textbooks.…”

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confidence: 60%

“…Thus, the use of e-books based on project based learning has been proved to effectively be used in financial accounting learning because it can increase students' critical thinking. The use of e -book media based on project based learning proved to be a positive and effective way to help students in their learning process and to motivate them to be more active and independent learning process (Jindal & Pant, 2013 ;Wu & Chen, 2011) and in turn help the teachers to act as a facilitator in learning, that is tasked with helping and directing students should the learning mat erial proved to be difficult for the students. Such learning conditions are in line with the demands of the 2013 curriculum, which emphasized on the students` development (student centered).…”

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“…The display of e-book based on project based learning used in this study is presented in figure 6. Based on the discussion it can be concluded that the use of e-books based on project based learning is proven to increase students' critical thinking (Jindal & Pant, 2013;Wu & Chen, 2011). This is proved by the increase in students` critical thinking answering questions and designing inventory cards to calculate the value of inventory with a periodic system and a perpetual system.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Improving Students` Critical Thinking Through E-Book on Project-Based Learning in Vocational High School

Rahmawati¹,

Siswandari²,

Hakim³

2018

International Journal of Educational Research Review

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This study aims to describe the use of e-book based on project based learning in improving students' critical thinking in inventory materials in VHS. This type of research is a quantitative descriptive study with a case study method. The sample of this research used 30 students in SMK Batik 1 Surakarta. The sampling technique uses simple random sampling technique, while the data collection technique used is essay test. The essay question is made in accordance with the indicators of critical thinking, namely analyzing, evaluating, and creating. The results showed that before using e-book based on project based learning only 8.3% of students were able to analyze, 50% evaluate, and 40% created. However, after using the e-book, students who were able to analyze increased to 55%, evaluated 93.3%, and created 76.7%. any as 10% have enough critical thinking. So, the use of e-book based on Project Based Learning can increase students' critical thinking.

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“…The notion, strength and weakness of e-books are initial research topics. The consensus is that convenience (CV) and the ability to view documents from on and off campus and 24/7 accessibility are the primary reasons for the wide acceptance of e-books (Jindal and Pant, 2013; Mulholland and Bates, 2014). Other researchers were engaged in comparing and contrasting e-books with paper-based books.…”

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Why should I pay for e-books?

Zhang

Zhu

Liu

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Purpose Because mobile phones offer a new, affordable and easy-to-use portal to reading material, mobile reading is emerging as the most ultra-modern reading approach. From the perspective of mobile reading service providers, knowledge of customer purchase, and consumption behaviour is critical for their survival and success. This paper aims to provide insights into the factors that influence the purchase e-books. Design/methodology/approach Following means-end chain theory, the prospect theory and elaboration likelihood model, a structural equation model is proposed to investigate and identify key factors that drive the purchase intention of experienced mobile readers. In the theoretical model, utilitarian value (UV) and hedonic value (HV) are supposed as formative second-order constructs formed by related payoff. Findings Both UV and HV are positively associated with readers’ purchase intention. However, there are no big differences between these two path coefficients. People seem to perceive relatively low payment risk although perceived risk could still negatively affect purchase intention. As a predictor of purchase intention, UV is less important when risk perception increases or when involvement (IV) decreases. Furthermore, this study illustrates that uniqueness and convenience (CV) are significant components of UV, whereas curiosity and flow are components of HV. Practical implications Mobile reading providers should highlight the professional and specificity of app such as beautiful cover, page setup that similar to real books and so on. Readers should be allowed to post real-time reviews and communicate with others to improve their sense of satisfaction, participation and belonging. The payment process should be concise and simple through which readers can save their purchase time and effort. Mobile reading service providers should provide trustworthy payment approaches, especially third-party platform and guarantee the CV and safety of payment activity. Originality value By focusing on the impacts of relationships among UV, HV, perceived risk and IV to purchase intention, this paper not only provides a theoretical understanding of mobile reading purchase behaviour but also offers practical insights to reading material manufactures and app developers for promoting such a process.

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Availability of e‐books in science: case study of University of Delhi

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

E-book and print book price and desirability for university libraries: a comparative study

E-book and print book price and desirability for university libraries: a comparative study

Improving Students` Critical Thinking Through E-Book on Project-Based Learning in Vocational High School

Why should I pay for e-books?

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