E-book reading groups: Interacting with e-books in public libraries

Electronic Library

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-612

  Landoni, Monica ^a   Hanlon, Gillian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kirkintilloch High School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Books; Electronic books; Fiction; Group discussion; Public libraries

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; TEXTBOOKS;

ELECTRONIC BOOKS; PUBLIC LIBRARY;

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING;

EID: 35648957174     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640470710829578     Document Type: Article

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