Due to the proliferation of information available online and through academic libraries,
students are increasingly reading from the screen. Academic documents can be long and …

Little is known about how readers select books, whether they be print books or ebooks. In
this paper we present a study of how people select physical books from academic library …

The purpose of this study is to explore students' backtracking patterns in using a digital
textbook, reveal the relationship between backtracking behaviors and academic …

This research is a part of Values, Outcomes, and Return on Investment of Academic
Libraries (“Lib-Value”), a three-year study funded by the Institute of Museum and Library …

With the increasing use of digital learning materials in higher education, the accumulated
operational log data provide a unique opportunity to analyzing student learning behaviors …

Digital library research has demonstrated the impact of content presentation on both search
and reading behaviours. In this paper, we scrutinise the influence of ebook presentation on …

Reading is not simply a solitary activity. It occurs in a social context, which influences both a
reader's choices about what to read, and their understanding about what they read. Digitally …

LNCS 7489 - An Exploration of ebook Selection Behavior in Academic Library Collections
Page 1 P. Zaphiris et al. (Eds.): TPDL 2012, LNCS 7489, pp. 13–24, 2012. © Springer-Verlag …

Reading in digital environments can be very distracting. Using eye-tracking technology, we
investigate if text readability affects distraction rate, eye movements, and reading …

E-books are being widely adopted as a new format of scholarly information to meet
increasing educational and research needs in academic libraries. The advantages of e …