E-books in the Sciences: Gauging Faculty and Graduate Students Needs: SLA 2009 Paper

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dc.contributor.authorNariani, Rajiv
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-26T12:47:01Z
dc.date.available2009-06-26T12:47:01Z
dc.date.issued2009-06-15
dc.description.abstractCanadian Universities are diverting an increasing amount of their budget to acquire e-books. E-books in pure and applied sciences are available from different content providers and publishers. The academic community at York University, Toronto has access to an ever increasing number of e-books that provide different value-added features to search and manipulate content inside these e-books. These additional features may have a bearing on the usage and promotion of e-books. Results from Steacie Science Engineering library’s online e-books survey, conducted in fall 2008, gives us an indication of the reading habits of faculty members and graduate students. Graduate students are more aware of subscribed e-books than faculty members and both groups use the library catalogue to find e-books. Both groups were surprised by the number of e-books available from the libraries website. Students also commented that they wanted more textbooks and solutions manuals in electronic format.en
dc.description.sponsorshipSpecial Libraries Association http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/events/conf_current/contr_papers.html
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/2686
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFaculty Membersen
dc.subjectSteacie Science & Engineering Libraryen
dc.subjectE-booksen
dc.subjectGraduate Studentsen
dc.titleE-books in the Sciences: Gauging Faculty and Graduate Students Needs: SLA 2009 Paperen
dc.typeWorking Paper

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