Name
Title | ||
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Electronic book usage in public libraries: a study of user and staff reactions to a PDA-based collection |
Abstract | ||
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This article reports on one aspect of a Laser Foundation-funded research project that tested different models of e-book delivery and offered guidelines for developing e-book collections in UK public libraries. An e-book collection was offered to library users (primarily, users relying on a mobile library service) on Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) devices at Essex County Libraries. The article considers reaction from both library users and staff. A number of positive and negative reactions to e-books were noted, and the indicative results point to the conclusion that dedicated PDA collections still offer questionable benefits for use in public libraries. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2004 | 10.1177/0961000604050568 | JOURNAL OF LIBRARIANSHIP AND INFORMATION SCIENCE |
Field | DocType | Volume |
World Wide Web,Electronic book,Computer science,Information technology,Mobile device,Information and Communications Technology,Library services,Library science,Multimedia,Electronic publishing,The Internet | Journal | 36 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
4 | 0961-0006 | 5 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.73 | 3 | 3 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| james dearnley | 1 | 25 | 4.04 |
| Cliff McKnight | 2 | 312 | 60.87 |
| Anne Morris | 3 | 295 | 24.44 |