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1、User Expectation of e-Book Development in an Education Library:a Case Study of HKIEdKevin Hau / Cherrie Ip / Lewis LiHong Kong Institute of Education1BackgroundnProvided teacher education in Hong Kong since 1939nApril 1994: the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) was formally established throug
2、h amalgamation of teacher education colleges Student and Staff (as at July 2007)nStudents: 6336 total (FTE: 4202)n40.6% (1706) of total FTE are serving teachersnAcademic Staff: 4342HKIEds e-Book CollectionERALLOthernBlackwell Reference OnlinenEBrarynOxford Scholarship OnlinenSpringernWiley Reference
3、 WorksnApabi Chinese e-BooksnBooks24x7nGale Virtual Reference LibrarynNaxos Spoken Word LibrarynORO (Premium), ABI DissertationnOthersOver 30,000 eBook titles3Key research areas of e-books in academic libraries:1.How users think about e-books (Chu, 2003)2.Find out usage pattern of e-books (Anuradha,
4、 2006; Rowlands, 2007)3.E-books and their future(Gibbons, 2001; Snowhill, 2001)4How HKIEd studied these issues:nConduct survey on e-Books (Mar/Apr 2008)nParticipants: HKIEd staff, students and external membersn430 responses: Staff (26%), Student (73%), Others (1%)5Reasons%Strongly Agree%Agree%Neutra
5、l%Disagree%Strongly DisagreeAvailable around the clock17.740.737.92.51.1Read in different way14.042.540.22.80.6Searchable11.638.539.49.11.4Need special equipment15.134.638.99.71.7Easy to access through the library network12.435.741.89.20.9Easy navigation10.834.444.98.81.1Enough electronic copies whe
6、n I need them12.131.649.15.51.7Easy to read11.431.943.010.82.8Convenient to use11.421.743.918.24.81. How HKIEd users think about e-booksQ: Do you agree with the following comments on e-books?* These results have similarities with findings from Chu (2003)6“Useful but not as convenient as print versio
7、ns!” Because nGibbons (2001), reading e-books from a screen is not comfortable as reading printed books. nSurvey comments: “Easy to read a few chapters. Not easy to finish reading the whole e-book”; “It is more interesting to hold and read a book”. 7“Useful but not as convenient as print versions!”
8、Because n75% prefer to order both format.nThe survey demonstrated that if both print and electronic versions of a book exist, there is a slightly marked preference for print (15%) over electronic (10%).nSo HKIEd users still prefer print versions.82. Find out usage pattern of e-books Q: Have you ever
9、 used the following e-books? (Apabi, Blackwell, Springer, GVRL, Wiley,)9“Infrequent Reading of e-books” Possible reasons nAccording to Anuradha (2006): Titles not of interests and limited number of titlesnSurvey comments: “. the books should cover variety of subjects to cope with different user need
10、s.”; “Not enough Chinese e-Books”nAccording to Rowlands (2007): Lack of awareness.nSurvey comments: “Promote more”.10“Infrequent Reading of e-books” Other factors nThe survey showed that users learn about e-book from library website (61%), recommended by professors (21%), never heard about e-book (1
11、2.5%), recommended by classmates (4.5%) 113. E-books and their futureQ: Do you think the Library should subscribe more e-books in the future?12“There is a substantial level of interest in and use e-book!” Because nResults showed (81%) users want the library to subscribe to more e-books. Over (90%) w
12、ere satisfied with our e-book services. nHKIEd users show supportiveness of making e-books viable over the long term in the academic environment.13“There is a substantial level of interest in and use e-book!” (continued) Because nSurvey comments: “The subjects should be related to the core subject o
13、n education teaching (such as different levels of teaching, curriculum, education psychology, etc), and other vary subjects to help strengthen the readers subject knowledge, such as business, IT, arts ”nSurvey comments: “The library needs to build a broader base as far as e-books are concerned ”; “E
14、-books are great! I use them as my main resources of academic essays”.14Future Challenges (1)nMake it easier to read e-Books for users. Consider more up-to-date platforms (vs “PDF” style) ?nAcquire E- copies of the equivalent print versions where usage is high, e.g., Course recommended readings.ne-R
15、eserve development aims to complement existing collection to ensure high topic relevancy.nMore promotion to raise awareness15Future Challenges (2)nChinese e-Books need more development, e.g., academic publication in TaiwannShould be a market for this!16References1.Anuradha, KT and Usha, HS (2006) Us
16、e of e-books in an academic and research environment: a case study from the Indian Institute of Science. Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems 40(1), pp. 48-62.2.Gibbons, S. (2001) E-books: Some Concerns and Surprises. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 1 (2001), 71-75.3.Heting Chu (20
17、03). Electronic books: Viewpoints from users and potential users. Library Hi Tech. 21(3), 340-346. 4.Rowlands, I., Nicholas, D., Jamali, H. R., & Huntington, P. (2007). What do faculty and students really think about e-books? Aslib Proceedings. 59(6), 489-511.5.Snowhill, L. E-books and their future in academic libraries: an overview. D-Lib Magazine, 7(7/8), July/August 2001.17
