Forms, effects, function: Lis students' attitudes towards portable e-book readers

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-244

  Pattuelli, M Cristina ^a   Rabina, Debbie ^a  

^a PRATT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Electronic books; Information studies; Students; User studies

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CULTURAL IMPACTS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; E-READER; ELECTRONIC BOOKS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE; LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIBRARY SERVICES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SMALL SIZE; USAGE PATTERNS; USER INTERACTION; USER STUDY;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77952706563     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531011046880     Document Type: Article

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