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I 3 conference, 25-28 June 2013

I 3 conference, 25-28 June 2013. A typology of e-book interactions and the ‘e-book literacy’ and tools required for achieving students’ study goals Dr Laura Muir, Department of Information Management Email: l.muir@rgu.ac.uk.

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I 3 conference, 25-28 June 2013

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  1. I3 conference, 25-28 June 2013 A typology of e-book interactions and the ‘e-book literacy’ and tools required for achieving students’ study goals Dr Laura Muir, Department of Information Management Email: l.muir@rgu.ac.uk

  2. “The literature needs another article explaining in more detail why it is important to move beyond helping students learn to find e-books and to focus at least some attention on training students to use e-books "to achieve students' study goals."  The information literacy angle is very important”. (JACALIB reviewer) Students using e-books for academic coursework experience problems with access, insufficient context in search results, awkward navigation tools, an unpleasant reading experience and interfaces that are not intuitive to use. They do not know how to use e-books effectively for their studies. (Muir, Veale and Nichol 2009; Muir and Hawes 2013)

  3. E-books for coursework E-book literacy & content functionality User behaviour Review research Insights TYPOLOGY

  4. More user-focussed research on e-books to understand how they are used rather than how often they are used. (JISC 2009) “More work on actual, rather than self-reported, reading behaviour is urgently needed.” (Rowlands et al 2007) The user experience can only be captured by direct observation of users of e-books. What people say they do (in an interview or questionnaire response for example) is not always what they actually do when performing a practical task. (Muir, Veale and Nichol 2009) Research in the field is moving away from large scale surveys of users’ opinions of e-books towards in-depth small scale focus groups (Information Automation Ltd. 2009)

  5. Case Study Empirical Research Task-based observational studies of purposive samples of students (Muir, Veale and Nichol 2009; Muir and Hawes 2013). Analysis Typology of e-book interactions E-book literacy E-book functions and tools for publishers and content developers Secondary Research Previous studies of students use, perceptions and requirements of ebooks.

  6. 1. Define 2. Access 3. Evaluate 4. Manage 5. Integrate 6. Create 7. Communicate 8. Review

  7. “the search function is annoying, it only gives the excerpt, without any context” “I clicked on the first result and now I don’t know where I am – that’s a bit of a problem ”

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  9. 1. Define (2) 2. Access (2) 3. Evaluate 4. Manage 5. Integrate (4) 6. Create 7. Communicate 8. Review (6)

  10. Thank you! Any questions?

  11. Slide References Information Automation Limited, 2009. E-book use by academic staff and students in UK universities: focus groups report. Online. London: JISC. Available: http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/reports [Accessed 18 January 2013]. JISC, 2009. National e-books observatory project: Key findings and recommendations. Online. London: JISC. Available: http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/reports/finalreport [Accessed 18 January 2013]. Muir, L. J. and Hawes, G., 2013. The Case for E-book Literacy: Undergraduate Students' Experience with E-Books for Course Work. Journal of Academic Librarianship 39 (2013), pp. 260-274 DOI 10.1016/j.acalib.2013.01.002 Muir, L. J., Veale, T. and Nichol, A., 2009. Like an open book? Accessibility of e-book content for academic study in a diverse student population. Library and Information Research 33 (105), 90-109. Rowlands, I., Nicholas, D., Jamali, H. R. and Huntingdon, P., 2007. What do faculty and students actually think about e-books? Aslib Proceedings 59 (6), 489-511.

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