"But i want a real book": An investigation of undergraduates' usage and attitudes toward electronic books

Reference and User Services Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-273

  Gregory, Cynthia L ^a  

^a College of Mount St Joseph ^*  (United States)

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EID: 44449084933     PISSN: 10949054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5860/rusq.47n3.266     Document Type: Article

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1. See Walter Crawford's lively discussion in "Paper Persists: Why Physical Library Collections Still Matter," Online 22, no.1 (Jan./Feb. 1998): 42-48.
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3. For an overview in the recent resurgence in the e-book device, see: Brad Stone, "Are Books Passe?" New York Times (Sept. 6, 2007): C1, C9.
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7. The average age of traditional students=20.1. The average age of adult students=35.9. Total FTE=1,816.7; Traditional Students (18-24 year-olds) FTE=1,144.2;
8. Adult Students (25 year-olds or older) FTE=368.3. College of Mount St. Joseph Factbook (Cincinnati: College of Mount Saint Joseph, 2004): S105.
9. Jason L. Frand. "The Information-Age Mindset: Changes in Students and Implications for Higher Education," Educause Review 35, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2000): 15.
10. Ibid.
11. Linda B. Liebau, "Students Find Merlin Magic in the Mount's Innovative Wireless Technology," The Mount Magazine Summer (2001): 2.
12. For example, see Justin Littman and Lynn Silipigni Connaway, "A Circulation Analysis of Print Books and e-Books in an Academic Research Library," Library Resources & Technical Services 48, no. 4 (Oct. 2004): 256-62;
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24. Ibid, 247.
25. Ibid, 250.
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29. OhioLINK Electronic Book Center Help and Tips. "Acceptable Use Policies." (August 2007) http://www.ohiolink.edu/ostaff/ebchelp/AUP.html.
30. Gall, "Dispelling Five Myths about E-books," 27.
31. David M. Levy, Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age (New York: Arcade Publishing, 2001): 198.