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Transitioning to eBooks: Usage & Attitudes among Business Faculty

Transitioning to eBooks: Usage & Attitudes among Business Faculty. Leticia Camacho & Andy Spackman Business Librarians Brigham Young University ULA Annual Conference May, 2010. Turnover Rates (Check outs + in-house use) / Collection size 2008-2009 Academic Year

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Transitioning to eBooks: Usage & Attitudes among Business Faculty

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  1. Transitioning to eBooks: Usage & Attitudes among Business Faculty Leticia Camacho & Andy SpackmanBusiness Librarians Brigham Young University ULA Annual Conference May, 2010

  2. Turnover Rates(Check outs + in-house use) / Collection size 2008-2009 Academic Year Harold B. Lee Library - overall: 29.5% - 3 out of every 10 books was used Business & Economics - overall: 10.7% - 1 out of every 10 23.5% Business & Economics faculty haven’t checked out a book in the past year. 9.8% never have Turnover Rate Index

  3. Still…

  4. LibGuides Hits for September, October, November Total LibGuides Usage: 182,884 Subject-Specific: 143,443 Guides for Business & Economics: 25,783 Which means Business & Economics accounts for 18% traffic for subject pages but 12% of students & faculty Or… Business & Economics usage divided by B&E population equals 4.6 hits per person Non-Business & Economics usage divided by non-B&E population equals 2.8 hits per person Or… The average B&E students or faculty is 61% more likely to use a subject guide

  5. The Study

  6. Have your ever used an eBook? Yes No Awareness

  7. Usage • How many times have you used eBooks in the past month? • 1-2 • 3-5 • 6+ • Have not used an eBook in the past month

  8. Access • Where do you look for eBooks? Check all that apply • Amazon, • GoogleBooks • Manybooks.net • Ebrary • NetLibrary • Safari Tech Books Online • Other

  9. Do you: Check all that apply. • Print parts of your Book • Read from Screen • Read on mobile phone • Read on dedicated eBook device (Kindle, Sony, etc) • Other Reading Habits

  10. Faculty Opinions on eBooks • What do you like about eBooks? Check all that apply. • Available 24/7 • Searching capabilities • Extra features: annotations, links, highlighting • Save Space • Save trees • Other

  11. What do you dislike about using eBooks? • Difficult to read • Difficult to print or download • Prefer print books • Do not know where to access them • Cost • No interesting titles available • Other

  12. Faculty Use of Print Books • When was the last time you check out a business (subject) related print book? • Last Week • Last Month • Six Months • Longer than a year • Have never checked out a print business book

  13. Faculty Preferences • If you had the option of using a book in print or electronic format. Which one would you choose? • Print • Electronic

  14. The Role of Books in Business Research • If the library purchased only eBooks to support your research, describe how this decision would or would not meet your needs. • Would work • Would not • Might be • Not sure • Wouldn’t matter

  15. Andy Spackman Business and Economics Librarian Brigham Young University andy_spackman@byu.edu Leticia Camacho Business and Accounting Librarian Brigham Young University leticia_camacho@byu.edu Questions? Comments?

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