meeting the changing research needs of students. an ebook survey on china students
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The presentation summarizes the survey results from 4,755 respondents from over 80 member institutions, which was co-hosted by ProQuest and CALIS (China Academic Library & Information System. The survey covered the following areas: overall awareness of the electronic resources at their university; ebooks user behavior; usage of ebook resources; challenges for using ebooks; ebook features; whether training was important in using information resources for their learning and their research; ebooks trends and needs in North America.TRANSCRIPT
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
2
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)?
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500
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
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
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
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
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
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
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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50
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150
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300
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Mill
ions
Searches
Prints
Copies
Views
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50
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150
200
250
Millio
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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
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