UCFV Library Ebook Survey - Summarized Comments
Q.2 How have you located ebooks? |
Total |
| Google (Google, Google Books, Scholar) |
9 |
| Project Gutenberg |
4 |
| Other universities (UBC, U of Calgary) |
3 |
| Downloaded them online (free) |
3 |
| Internet, Internet search |
3 |
| Referral from instructor |
3 |
| Manybooks.net |
1 |
| isohunt |
1 |
| Publisher |
1 |
| Purchased them online |
1 |
| Downloaded them online (illegally) |
1 |
| bartleby.com |
1 |
| General search for title or articles |
1 |
| Interwebs |
1 |
| Maple |
1 |
| ftp sites |
1 |
| Link from another site |
1 |
| File sharing programs |
1 |
| Referral from friend |
1 |
| Wordcat |
1 |
| I haven't yet |
1 |
| Website Advertising |
1 |
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| Q.7 Under what circumstances do you use ebooks? |
Total |
| For research |
125 |
| Only copy available (no print at UCFV, signed out, alternative to ILL) |
66 |
| Convenience (can work from home, saves time, less effort, portability) |
35 |
| General knowledge or personal interest |
11 |
| Broaden range of sources (depth, breadth) |
10 |
| Special features (searching, cutting/pasting) |
9 |
| Obscure, older work available online |
6 |
| Cost Savings |
5 |
| Need only a small part of a work |
4 |
| Assigned reading or textbook |
3 |
| Currency |
2 |
| Disability (computer reading text aloud) |
2 |
| To preview before purchasing or ordering on ILL |
2 |
| Environmentally friendly |
2 |
| For everything |
1 |
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| Q.9 Please comment on what you like or dislike about using ebooks |
| Dislikes |
Total |
| Reading on the screen (hard on the eyes, glare, tiring, headaches, recall) |
86 |
| Printing out pages (cost, inconvenience, waste of paper) |
37 |
| Prefer books (tactile experience, layout, flipping pages) |
37 |
| Needing to sit at or use a computer (comfort in seating, posture, reading in bed) |
29 |
| Not enough selection. Need more ebooks, on a wider variety of topics |
17 |
| Lack on instruction on how to use them, or difficult to use or navigate |
11 |
| Waiting for pages to load, problems with internet (slow, crashing, down), O/S problems |
10 |
| Harder to take notes, do highlighting, skim read |
8 |
| Not transportable (can't read on bus, in park) |
7 |
| Hard to find them, or information in them |
7 |
| Restrictions on number of users (Netlibrary) |
6 |
| Lack of permanence in subscription titles |
5 |
| Need better readers (cheaper, better screens, smaller and portable) |
4 |
| Distracted by being on the internet |
2 |
| Catalogue listings (appear first in searches, not enough details) |
2 |
| Lacking Chicago style citation format |
1 |
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| Likes |
Total |
| Accessibility (from anywhere, any time, quick/immediate, no need to go to library) |
83 |
| Convenience, flexibility, usefulness |
28 |
| Haven't used yet, but it sounds like a good idea that I'll like |
22 |
| Don't need to sign out, renew, put on hold, no late fees, can't get lost or damaged |
13 |
| Searchability |
10 |
| Increased access to needed content, expands the library collection, rare content |
10 |
| Special features (highlighting, taking notes, cutting/pasting) |
9 |
| Cost savings |
7 |
| Paper free, ecofriendly |
6 |
| Easy to locate them, and information in them |
6 |
| Easy to use, navigate |
6 |
| Good variety, selection |
4 |
| Downloading, saving |
3 |
| Can preview books before purchasing or ordering on ILL |
2 |
| Easy to cite |
2 |
| Computer reading text aloud |
1 |
| Beneficial to success as a student |
1 |
| Can print off pages and write on them |
1 |
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