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Bytes or Trees? I prefer trees thank you

Bytes or Trees? I prefer trees thank you. Suzanne Fayle & Xan Goodman Roseman University Library . Roseman University Background . Began in 1999 as the Nevada College of Pharmacy 2 nd campus in South Jordan, UT Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, & Dental Medicine MBA Program

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Bytes or Trees? I prefer trees thank you

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  1. Bytes or Trees? I prefer trees thank you Suzanne Fayle & Xan Goodman Roseman University Library

  2. Roseman University Background • Began in 1999 as the Nevada College of Pharmacy • 2nd campus in South Jordan, UT • Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, & Dental Medicine • MBA Program • Unique block system

  3. Our original research question Format preferences of nursing and pharmacy students.

  4. Collection Statistical Results • Access Pharmacy, Facts & Comparisons, MD Consult, Nursing Consult, Ovid • Out of 164 total e-books only 45 are also available in print • Compared statistics of e-books & print to find similarities in use • Only looked at statistics for the most recent print edition

  5. Survey Methodology & Results • Survey sent to n=539 • Percentage of response rate 10.5%/n=57 • Percentage completed survey 6.8% /n=37

  6. Q4 Why do you prefer a print textbook over an e-textbook?

  7. Open Answers Print Preference

  8. Open Answers – E-Books Preference

  9. Focus Groups Recruitment Incentives

  10. Focus Groups Quotes “Is supplementary material for e-books included in your survey?” respondent #2 Respondent #4 “She RSVP’d because she wants the policy [about challenges to end].” Here and here Respondent #1 and #4

  11. Gaps • Collection development e-books vs. print • Defining e-books for our focus group users

  12. Next Steps • Focus group • Instruction focused on e-books • Creating an alphabetical list of e-books

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