Meeting the Changing Research Needs of Students

An eBook Survey on China Students

Conita LeungDigital Publishing Director

ProQuest

Research Methodology

• Thank you - CALIS, all librarians & students assisting the study

• Quantitative electronic survey hosted by CALIS

• Over 80 member institutions participated

• Number of Respondents: 4,755

• Survey Period: April 2 – 20, 2012

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Demographic Breakdown of Respondents

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Undergrad (79%)

Graduate (20%)

Faculty 1%

How would you describe your level of awareness of electronic resources at your university library?

7%

27%

60%

5%

Excellent (8%)

Good (27%)

Fair (60%)

Poor (5%)

Does your library have eBooks (electronic books)?

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Yes (87%)

No (3%)

Not Sure (10%)

How often do you use eBooks that your library provides? (per week)

8%

14%

29%27%

22%

More than 10 hours (8%)5 - 10 hours (14%)1 - 5 hours (29%)Less than 1 hour (27%)Never (22%)

Reasons for not using eBook

My instructor requested I do not use e-books

I do not trust e-books. They are not a reliable resource

There's no e-resource in my university library

I do not have access to a computer and/or internet

E-books are not available in subject areas relevant to my program

E-books are too difficult to access remotely

E-books are too difficult to use

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27

97

148

157

203

496

1310

Frequency of using different resources

Search

engines

Print b

ooks

Electronic

Database

s

Print t

extbooks

E-books

E-refere

nce

Print r

eference

E-journ

als

Wikipedia

Print j

ournals

E-textb

ooks

Lectu

re re

cord

ings

Print m

agazines

Course m

anagement syste

ms

E-magazin

es

Print n

ewspapers

E-newspapers

Blogs/wikis

Corpora

te w

ebsites

Socia

l web applic

ations

Audio books

Personal w

ebsites

Podcast

Others

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

Academic Use Personal Use

How do you determine if a source of information is trustworthy?

I do not worry about the source

If it's available in print

If it's available through Google or another search engine

If my peers recommend it

If it's from a well-known publisher

If it's available through my library or the librarian recommends it

If my instructor recommends it

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106

1450

1514

1908

3041

3300

3710

When you have the option of using either the electronic or print version of a book, how often do you opt to use the electronic version?

14%

33%42%

10%1%

Very often (14%)

Often (33%)

Sometimes (42%)

Rarely (10%)

Never (1%)

Please indicate if the following statements are true for eBooks, print books or both

Good for cover-to-cover readingThere is a wide selection of titles in my program of study

Ability to take notesEasy to read

Clear graphics and imagesEasy to browse

Easy to organizeEasy to use

Easy to print or photocopyAnytime, anywhere access

Ability to highlightEasy to search and find information

Information is currentEasy to cite

Good for quick referenceEasy to store

Easy to use mutlply files at onceEasy to share

Environmentally friendly

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

Applies to E-resources Applies to Paper ResourcesApplis to both Not Sure

How important are the following features to eBooks?

Shared bookshelves

Collaborative tools

Personal bookshelves

Ability for more than one student to use an e-book at the same time

Printing

Zoom and scale

Off-campus access

Copying and pasting

Downloading to laptop/desktop

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

Very Important Important Unimportant

In what circumstances would you prefer to use ebook for your study?

Better training and instruction

More current titles

Multimedia capabilities

PDA accessibility

Less restrictions on printing and copying

Better e-book reader

More titles available in my subject

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1627

1769

1851

2148

2181

2471

3064

How do you usually find and access eBooks (i.e. what is your starting point)?

Course management systems

Vendor or publisher website

Library catalog

Library website

Search engines

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500

878

1078

1950

2890

3064

How did you learn about eBooks?

Training sessions

Email notifications from the library

Department web pages

Posters and other promotional materials

Library orientations

Librarians

Library website or blog

Library catalog

Instructors

Peers

Google or other search engines

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

472

642

755

1047

1181

1290

1833

1895

1989

2412

2766

How important is instruction or training in finding and using information resources to your research and learning?

Very Important (45%)

Somewhat Important

(48%)

Not Important (7%)

What do you think are the most effective support and training tools for learning how to find and use eBooks?

Online chat

Training videos

In-person instruction

Online help pages

Paper guides (i.e. user guides)

Online tutorials

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500

574

1620

1744

2232

2424

2451

Benefits of using ebooks:

Not sure since I have not used ebooks often

Interactive/ multimedia materials make the content easier to understand

It is less expensive than print book

Accessible when there is internet connection

Convenient to search within an ebook

Accessible on mobile device

Don't have to carry around heavy print books

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

LibrarianFacultyStudent

Disadvantages of using ebooks:

Devices are too expensive

Not enough digital materials

Difficult to search for ditigal materials

Less convenient to use

Less convenient to take notes and annotations

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

LibrarianFacultyStudent

Disadvantages of using ebooks:“Less convenient to use”

For books:

I recommend open educational resources and adopted ebook

I expect to use ebooks instead of printed books within the next two

years

I prefer to use ebooks rather than printed books

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

Librarian

Faculty

Student

vs

E-book Adoption

E-books are rapidly becoming mainstreamFastest growing sector of the publishing industry

Between 2002 – 2009 e-book sales had a CAGR of 71%*1

94% of academic libraries have e-books2

23% of academic libraries increased e-book spending in 20103

1 Association of American Publisher, 2. Library Journal/School Library Journal,3. Funding and Priorities: The Library Resource Guide Benchmark Study on 2011 Library Spending Plans, Unisphere Research, 2011

Industry Trends and Needs

Academic libraries are expected to increase e-book spending by 150% in 5 years to:1

Meet patrons’ growing demandSupport distance learning Reduce costs (shelving, circulation, management, storage)Increase discoverability and usageProvide anytime/anywhere access and greater portabilityOffer greater utility (research tools and functionality)

“The dramatic increase in online classes, both 75% and fully online, has created a great demand for e-books and other

electronic resources.” Shelby Anfenson-Comeau, Reference Librarian, Louisiana

State University Eunice

** Library Journal/School Library Journal’s

“(ebrary has) allowed us to increase our collection size without increasing our physical resources. It has also allowed us to bring the library's 'collection' to where the user is.”

Patricia Sutherland, Library Manager, College of the North Atlantic – Qatar

Usage

ebrary’s usage continues to increase by more than 30%, year-over-year

Usage by Region

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Searches

Prints

Copies

Views

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Middle East and Africa

Latin America

Asia Pacific

Europe

North America

Publishers

ebrary publishers include most UPs and YBP top approval publishers (partial list) • ABC-CLIO

• Academic Press• Amsterdam University Press• Artech House• Ashgate Publishing• Basic Books• Berg Publishers• Berghahn Books• Bernan Press• Boydell & Brewer• Brill Academic Publishers• Brookings Institution Press• Cambridge University Press• Columbia University Press• Consortium Book Sales• Continuum International Publishing Group• Cornell University Press• CQ Press• CRC Press• Duke University Press• Edinburgh University Press• Edward Elgar Publishing

• Elsevier• Elsevier Health Sciences• Emerald Group• Facts on File• Georgetown University Press• Greenwood/Praeger• Guilford Press• Harvard University Press• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing • Human Kinetics • IGI Global• Independent Publishing Group (IPG)• Indiana University Press• Informa Healthcare• Island Press• Information Age• Jessica Kingsley Publishing• John Benjamins• Johns Hopkins University Press• Johns and Bartlett Publishers• M.E. Sharpe • McFarland & Company• McGill-Queens University Press

• McGraw-Hill Book Companies• MIT Press• National Academies Press• National Book Network• The New Press• NYU Press• Ohio University Press• Oxford University Press• Palgrave Macmillan• Penn State University Press• Peter Lang Publishing• Perseus Book Group• Pickering & Chatto• Princeton University Press• RAND Corporation• Rodopi Editions• Routledge• Rowman and Littlefield• Rutgers University Press• SAGE Publications• Springer• Stanford University Press• Taylor & Francis • Temple University Press• Transaction

• United Nations Publications • University of Arizona Press• University of California Press• University of British Columbia Press• University of Chicago Press• University of Georgia Press• University of Hawaii Press• University of Michigan Press• University of Minnesota Press• University of Nebraska Press• University of North Carolina Press• University of Pennsylvannia Press• University of Toronto Press• University of Virginia Press• University of Washington Press• University Press of Florida• University Press of Kentucky• University Press of Mississippi• University Press of New England• University of Texas Press• Walter de Gruyter• Wiley - Blackwell• World Bank Publications• World Scientific• Yale University Press

“ebrary offers an excellent selection of academic publishers, as well as a good array of multidisciplinary topics.”

Anali Perry, Collections & Scholarly Communications Librarian, Arizona State University

In Summary: Unique Academic Complete Advantages

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• 500K+ scholarly titles in all subjects

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