JISC national e-books observatory project: dispelling myths with real evidence
| Abstract |
What are the impacts of free at the point of use e-books on print sales, library circulation data and business models, and what are the consequences for the library in meeting the needs of users?
What are those needs? What do we know about e-book user behaviour?
Until the JISC national e-books observatory project it was very little. Now, after a full year’s analysis of thousands of student at over 120 higher education institutions, it is a lot.
This session will present the findings from the user surveys that had over 22,000 responses and the results of the log data analysis. Dispelling many myths such as people not wanting to read online and confirming that the Google Generation is an oversimplification, the findings have very important implications for the future of the e-books market.
The session will be led by David Nicholas and Ian Rowlands of the Centre for Information Behaviour and the Evaluation of Research (CIBER) and chaired by JISC Collections.
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| Aims and objectives |
The session aims to:
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Present the JISC national e-books observatory project and the findings from the deep log analysis study undertaken by CIBER at University College London
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Explain what the findings tell us about user behaviours and needs
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Look at some of the implications for the future of e-books in higher education and the market as a whole
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| Who should attend? |
- Librarians
- Learning resource managers
- Teaching staff
- Senior managers
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Publishers |
| Approximate capacity of session |
100 |
| Speakers |
- Lorraine Estelle, CEO, JISC Collections (Session Chair)
- Dr Ian Rowlands, University College London (UCL), Reader in Scholarly Communications in the Department of Information and Founding Member of the UCL Centre for Publishing and the CIBER Research Group
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