E‐books versus print books: Readers' choices and preferences across contexts

Y Zhang, S Kudva - Journal of the association for information …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
With electronic book (e‐book) sales and readership rising, are e‐books positioned to
replace print books? This study examines the preference for e‐books and print books in the …

Children's query formulation and search result exploration

N Vanderschantz, A Hinze - International Journal on Digital Libraries, 2021 - Springer
Our research aims at understanding children's information search and their use of
information search tools during educational pursuits. We conducted an observation study …

[PDF][PDF] The choice between ebooks and printed books: A study among hospitality and tourism educators and learners

PP Seal - Choice, 2020 - academia.edu
Emergence of electronic books (ebook) changed the position of printed books in the
learning space. This study examines the perceptions and preferences of hospitality and …

Judging a book by its cover: interface elements that affect reader selection of ebooks

D McKay, G Buchanan, N Vanderschantz… - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Digital library research has demonstrated the impact of content presentation on both search
and reading behaviours. In this paper, we scrutinise the influence of ebook presentation on …

Lend me some sugar: Borrowing rates of neighbouring books as evidence for browsing

D McKay, W Smith, S Chang - IEEE/ACM Joint Conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is more to choosing a book than simply keyword searching. Browsing is a
fundamental part of the information seeking process, and one that information seekers …

Discovering the unfindable: The tension between findability and discoverability in a bookshop designed for serendipity

S Makri, YC Chen, D McKay, G Buchanan… - … –INTERACT 2019: 17th …, 2019 - Springer
Serendipity is a key aspect of user experience, particularly in the context of information
acquisition-where it is known as information encountering. Unexpectedly encountering …

Tyranny of distance: Understanding academic library browsing by refining the neighbour effect

D McKay, G Buchanan, S Chang - … Conference on Theory and Practice of …, 2015 - Springer
Browsing is a part of book seeking that is important to readers, poorly understood, and ill
supported in digital libraries. In earlier work, we attempted to understand the impact of …

[PDF][PDF] The user experience of e-books in academic libraries: Perception, discovery, and use

T Zhang, X Niu - Academic e-books: Publishers, librarians, and …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
E-books are being widely adopted as a new format of scholarly information to meet
increasing educational and research needs in academic libraries. The advantages of e …

Reading Lists Systems' pedagogical features: a comparative analysis

P Kumara, A Hinze, N Vanderschantz… - 2023 ACM/IEEE Joint …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reading Lists Systems are a pedagogical tool used in tertiary education to streamline the
creation and management of course reading lists and make copyright compliance easier …

How students use their libraries: A case study of four academic libraries

I Lopatovska, M Regalado - College & Undergraduate Libraries, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to explore the similarities and differences in student behavior
in or uses of four academic libraries in the greater New York City area. Using on-site …