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From: Cynthia Davis Buffington <cynthy(a)prbm.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 14:29:35 -0400
Friends, this is forwarded from another librarians' list, ATLANTIS (the
American Theological Libraries Association), and as the person posting it
wrote, "The Executive Summary is highly worth reading!"
I think that though the report focuses on "e-books," its findings may have
relevance to Special Collections when it comes to texts online . . .
<begin forward>
A new report, UC Libraries Academic e-Book Usage Survey
<http://www.cdlib.org/services/uxdesign/docs/2011/academic_ebook_usage_surve
y.pdf >, presents the results of a 2010 survey of 2,569 University of
California faculty, staff, and students. The study was a collaborative
effort between California Digital Library <http://www.cdlib.org/> staff and
University of California campus librarians undertaken as part of a Springer
Science+Business Media e-Book Pilot Project. Topics covered include
University of California reader preference for e-books as compared to print
books, valued e-book features, and an assessment of reader experiences with
Springer e-books during 2009 and 2010. We hope members of this list may
find the report useful.
Questions and comments can be directed to Felicia Poe, Ivy Anderson, or
Jacqueline Wilson at the California Digital Library.
Felicia Poe, Manager
User Experience Design Service
felicia.poe(a)ucop.edu
Ivy Anderson, Director
Collection Development & Management
ivy.anderson(a)ucop.edu
Jacqueline Wilson, Senior Associate for Shared Content
Collection Development & Management
jacqueline.wilson(a)ucop.edu
http://cdlib.org <http://cdlib.org/
Yrs,
Cynthy
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