The reading behavioural patterns of the Ionian University graduate students

Abstract

Purpose -Changing times call for a reading policy which should be high on the list of priorities of academic libraries. This paper aims to probe the reading behavioural patterns and perception of the students of the Ionian University. Design/methodology/approach -An empirical study was conducted from April to June 2007, through the development of a structured questionnaire equally distributed to a stratified sample of 335 undergraduate students from all the departments of the Ionian University. Findings -The undergraduate students of the Ionian University show reading behaviours that are different from the general population. Academic libraries can form specific policies regarding the reading habits and behaviour of the undergraduate students in terms of compulsory reading and leisure reading. Practical implications -Effective and creative planning of reading policy in academic libraries should be based on students' reading behavioural patterns. Originality/value -Results for the reading patterns for students of academic institutions in Greece have not been available in the past. Availability of such results documented in this paper may provide a starting-point for the development of academic libraries' reading policy concerning the reading behaviour of students.

Reading strategy and the need of e‐book features

“…Electronic reading is an active, constructive, and sense-making process emerging with internet and communication technologies to support dynamic reading space (Coiro and Dobler, 2007). Since users are important considerations for determining the operation of the service systems (Banou et al, 2008;Cope and Phillips, 2006;, future development of e-book features should emphasize more on support of reading strategies employed by readers. For example, integration of encyclopedias or dictionaries might be helpful innovations of e-book features to facilitate students in comprehending knowledge of specific domains especially in academic reading.…”

“…These vectors suggest important aspects of e-book services in compiling, recording, organizing and conveying the produced reading resources in order to meet to the needs of the reading society. With the notion of user-centered approach, abilities, habits, needs and the expectations of the user are important considerations for determining the operation of the service systems (Banou et al, 2008;Cope and Phillips, 2006). For example, elaboration prompts or interactive tools for schema induction are designed to satisfy traditional linear comprehension as well as non-linear processing in electronic reading space (Gerjets et al, 2008).…”

Promoción de la lectura recreativa y misión de las bibliotecas académicas

“…En general, se argumenta que las bibliotecas universitarias resultan ser un espacio idóneo para acercar a la comunidad universitaria a la lectura recreativa a partir del diálogo y reflexión sobre la implicación emocional con el texto en actividades, momentos y espacios de lectura voluntaria (Sánchez-García y . Incluso, hay artículos en donde se afirma que es necesario crear políticas de lectura (Banou et. al, 2008;Dali, 2015) dado que, en general, se realizan estrategias aisladas que no suelen estar reflejadas dentro de los planes estratégicos de las instituciones (Sánchez-García y .…”

“…Parte de esa innovación consiste en que sus funcionarios investiguen acerca de la promoción de lectura en las bibliotecas universitarias tanto para analizar las prácticas lectoras de la comunidad (Banou et al, 2008), como los efectos y evaluación de las actividades, que es el gran interrogante a la hora de identificar cuánto fomentan el hábito lector (Sánchez-García, 2022). Song et al (2022) y Tan (2018) dicen que la evaluación aún está en el nivel de resumen de las actividades.…”

Reading Habits Among Students in the Digital Era

“…Thus, academic library plays a very important role in these reading habits despite major changes in trends and behaviours. However, the traditional function of the academic library, which has rightfully been dubbed the "heart" of the academic community, remains intact (Banou et al, 2008). Besides that, students also take the traditional method of readings such as books, magazines and journals where the fact they can feel the turning the pages and enjoy holding the physical materials.…”