E-book_Survey

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, LIBRARY

                   E-BOOKS SURVEY 2012
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This is a survey on your preference and use of e-books. Respondents need to be users of e-book. E-books provided by the Library are of particular interest here. Your participation and feedback will provide an insight on your needs of an e-book collection.

Participant details:

Name:
Email address:
Contact number:

College/School:

Staff:

Student:

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(1) How often do you use the Library e-book collection?

	Publishers & E-book Providers
	Weekly	Monthly	Rarely	Never
CRCnetBASE
EBL
Elsevier
Emerald
Knovel
MIT Cognet
OECD
Oxford University Press
Referex
Safari
Springer
Wiley
ASM/ACS/ICE/RSC
MyiLibrary/netLibrary/ebrary
Apabi or Chinese Superstar
No specific publisher

	Weekly	Monthly	Rarely	Never
Others, please specify below

(2) In general, your reason for using e-book is

	All the time	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
to find specific facts or information quickly
to browse on topics relating to my research, work or study without leaving my desk or work area
read as a recommended textbook for coursework or study
in-depth reading in preference to print books
for general reading
because my friends or colleagues are using them

	All the time	Sometimes	Rarely	Never
Others, please specify below

(3) You are most often led to using e-books by

links from social media (blog, twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc.)
as a result of specific searches
lecturer or classmates directed you to these titles
print copy is not available
others, please specify

(4) If you are looking specifically for e-books, which tool do you normally use to find them? Rank them in order of frequency (1 being the most frequent)

Google or Google Scholar search
Library Catalogue search
Library online database search
Internet search (other than Google)
Others, please specify

(5) How do you usually read a e-book?
      Reading refers to the sequential and uninterrupted reading of the text from a
      chapter. It does not include browsing the contents or skimming of pages.
(6) You will read from text downloaded to your personal PC, notebook or other devices because

you have no internet access out-of-campus
it’s the most convenient mode of access for you
you want a permanent copy for personal use
you want to share the downloaded text with friends or classmates
others, please specify

(7) On the average, how much of an e-book title do you read?
Reading from print (print edition or print-out) does not count

cover to cover
about 50% of an e-book
1 to 2 chapters of an e-book
less than 1 chapter of an e-book
I do not read from an e-copy (online or downloaded)

(8) On the average, how much time do you spend reading an e-book?
Reading from print (print edition or print-out) does not count

spend less than 20 minutes reading e-book in one sitting
spend 20 minutes to 1 hour reading e-book in one sitting
spend 1 - 2 hours reading e-book in one sitting
spend more than 2 hours reading e-book in one sitting
I do not read from an e-copy (online or downloaded)

(9) In general, you are more likely to read a non-reference e-book on these subjects

	Most Likely	Sometimes	Not Likely	Don’t Know
Business Management & Finance
Computer Software & Programming
Engineering
Humanities (History, Literature, Philosophy, Performing & Visual Arts)
Science (Physics, Chemistry, Life Science)
Social Science (Economics, Linguistics, Sociology, Psychology, Communication Studies)
Popular science & general social science

	Most Likely	Sometimes	Not Likely	Don’t Know
Others, please specify below

(10) When a non-reference title is available in both print and e-format, you will

browse the e-copy but read the print copy
browse the print but read the e-copy
read the e-copy only
read the print copy only
read either the print or e-copy, depending on whichever is at hand

(11) During the past 12 months, you have
       To use an e-book refers to the browsing, skimming of pages and reading
       short passages.
       To read an e-book refers to the sequential and uninterrupted reading of the
       text from a chapter.

browse more e-books than before
read more from e-copy of a book (exclude reading from a print-out)
browse and read more e-book than before
browse and read more print than before
no change in your usage of e-books
others, please specify

(12) Select the personal devices you own

e-book reader (Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader, iRiver, etc.)
tablet (iPad, Galaxy, ThinkPad, Sony Tablet, Kindle Fire, etc.)
smartphone
notebook
others, please specify

(13) Have you bought any e-book for your own personal consumption?
If yes, please answer Question 13a

Yes
No

(13a) Are the e-books bought for

leisure reading
reading related to work or study
both leisure and work
others, please specify

Other comments / Recommendations:

THANK YOU

Acquisitions Division, Nanyang Technological University Library