Not on the Same Page: Undergraduates' Information Retrieval in Electronic and Print Books

Berg, Selinda; Hoffmann, Kristin; Dawson, Diane

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2010.08.008

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“…In this study researchers observed and students reported using the Table of Contents (ToC) and the organization of books to make decisions. The importance of ToC, especially in ebooks, is reinforced by other studies [2,10]. This finding is also reflected in our companion work on book selection practices in physical libraries [8].…”

Section: Book Selectionsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…Earlier studies show the frequent use of index for information seeking and decision-making within books in both physical [8] and digital formats [2]: a sharp contrast to the data seen here where only a few readers accessed the index. The reason for this discrepancy remains to be discovered.…”

Section: Document Selectioncontrasting

confidence: 54%

“…The EBL system provides readers with instant access to a navigation panel to the left of the book that, for most books, displays some kind of ToC. The ToC is seen to be useful in decision-making in print books [2,8,10,23,25], print articles [17] and ebooks [2,10,15]. Readers in our study used the interactive ToC in the left-hand panel relatively frequently (62% of all readers), suggesting that many at the very least saw this panel.…”

Section: Document Selectionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The online nature of ebooks accounts for many of the pros and cons given by readers: readers liked the searchability and currency of ebooks, and the ability to access them anywhere [9,14], however they were frustrated by restrictions on printing and copying, and by DRM [22]. Users' other frustrations include poor ebook annotation capabilities [16] and in-book browsing facilities [2,10]. Ebooks were perceived to be more comfortable read on dedicated reading devices than on computer screens [9], but even these devices have problems [15,19], and a study of students given Amazon Kindles to trial showed the majority did not use them for study-related reading [25].…”

Section: Use and Usability Of Ebooksmentioning

confidence: 99%

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An Exploration of ebook Selection Behavior in Academic Library Collections

McKay

Hinze

Heese

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Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries

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Abstract. Academic libraries have offered ebooks for some time, however little is known about how readers interact with them while making relevance decisions. In this paper we seek to address that gap by analyzing ebook transaction logs for books in a university library.Keywords: ebooks, log analysis, book selection, HCI, information behavior IntroductionConsider the process of borrowing a book from a library (digital or physical): the reader searches or browses the collection to identify candidate books that are potentially relevant; they each candidate book to assess its actual relevance; and they borrow those books deemed relevant to explore them more depth at a later date. Of course, finding a useful book is rarely so straightforward: these stages may be sequential or interleaved. In this paper, we consider a specific aspect of this process: the examination of a candidate book after the candidate has been identified in the library collection; we focus specifically on ebooks. How a reader explores physical books when making relevance decisions-which parts of books are viewed, how quickly, in what orderhas been relatively neglected [8], likely because such a study in a physical domain would be intrusive and 'creepy' [16]. To our knowledge this aspect of ebook selection has also not been explored, surprisingly, given that the availability of ebook transaction logs allows such a study to be conducted post hoc so as to avoid disturbing the experience of those using an ebook collection. This paper describes exactly such a study based on the transaction logs of a university library ebook collection.In Section 2 of this paper we explore the previous research on ebook usage and book selection (both physical and electronic); in Section 3 we describe the ebook collection on which our study is based and gives details of the log sample we analyzed. Section 4 presents the results of our analysis, including which parts of the

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Section: Book Selectionsupporting

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Section: Document Selectioncontrasting

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Section: Use and Usability Of Ebooksmentioning

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An Exploration of ebook Selection Behavior in Academic Library Collections

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Hinze

Heese

et al. 2012

Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries

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“…21 The study by Berg, Hoffman, and Dawson describes readers' treatment of e-books as "searching for discrete pieces of information." 22 Walton concludes, disapprovingly as the context of his discussion makes clear, "e-books are not being read FEAtURE but are used to find relevant information that will support an argument in a research paper." 23 Among faculty members, too, the same pattern remains: Jackson summarizes, "Faculty members.…”

Section: How E-books Are Used and By Whommentioning

confidence: 99%

How E-books Are Used

Staiger¹

2012

Reference &Amp; User Services Quarterly

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Measuring learning gain: Comparing anatomy drawing screencasts and paper‐based resources

Pickering

2016

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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The use of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) resources is now a common tool across a variety of healthcare programs. Despite this popular approach to curriculum delivery there remains a paucity in empirical evidence that quantifies the change in learning gain. The aim of the study was to measure the changes in learning gain observed with anatomy drawing screencasts in comparison to a traditional paper-based resource.Learning gain is a widely used term to describe the tangible changes in learning outcomes that have been achieved after a specific intervention. In regard to this study, a cohort of Year 2 medical students voluntarily participated and were randomly assigned to either a screencast or textbook group to compare changes in learning gain across resource type. Using a pre-test/post-test protocol, and a range of statistical analyses, the learning gain was calculated at three test points: immediate post-test, 1-week post-test and 4-week post-test. Results at all test points revealed a significant increase in learning gain and large effect sizes for the screencast group compared to the textbook group.Possible reasons behind the difference in learning gain are explored by comparing the instructional design of both resources. Strengths and weaknesses of the study design are also considered. This work adds to the growing area of research that supports the effective design of TEL resources which are complimentary to the cognitive theory of multimedia learning in order to achieve both an effective and efficient learning resource for anatomical education.

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Not on the Same Page: Undergraduates' Information Retrieval in Electronic and Print Books

Cited by 112 publications

References 20 publications

An Exploration of ebook Selection Behavior in Academic Library Collections

An Exploration of ebook Selection Behavior in Academic Library Collections

How E-books Are Used

Measuring learning gain: Comparing anatomy drawing screencasts and paper‐based resources

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