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Lewellen, Rachel, Steven Bischof, and Terry Plum. "EBL ebook use compared to the use of equivalent print books and other eresources." Performance Measurement and Metrics 17, no. 2 (July 11, 2016): 150–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pmm-04-2016-0013.
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Purpose – This paper, a case study with research implications, analyzes ebook use and users, focusing on ProQuest’s Electronic Book Library (EBL) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The purpose of this paper is to understand ebook user attributes and behaviors in the context of print books and other eresources; to examine usage of EBL ebooks and print materials; and to explore differences between users of ebooks and print books. Design/methodology/approach – The methodologies of the study are MINES for Libraries® implemented through EZproxy and an analysis of users and usage of EBL ebooks compared to print books based in part on the set of books available to the UMass community in both formats. Findings – Undergraduates use print more often compared to graduate and faculty users. Among all uses of overlap materials in which materials are available in both formats, EBL and print, we find more print use. In all, 40 percent of EBL users did not check out any print library books, which would indicate that EBL created new users and new circulation that would not have otherwise occurred in print. Further, the findings show little difference by gender and ethnicity in the use of ebooks and print books and little evidence of lagging adoption of ebooks by faculty. When compared to campus-wide demographics, women and students of color use both print and ebooks in higher than expected rates. Originality/value – Subject analysis of ebooks and print book usage and users by school or college are explored, highlighting differences between the two formats in certain subjects.
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Nwagwu, Williams Ezinwa. "POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS’ USE OF EBOOKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA." Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 33, no. 1 (January 25, 2016): 121–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/0027-2639/846.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the diffusion of electronic books, commonly known as ebooks, among postgraduate students in the arts and technology faculties of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ebooks have become increasingly popular in recent years, but factors influencing their adoption and use are not understood in many institutions. Guided by a sample survey design, data was collected from 346 postgraduate students, 129 from the arts and 202 from technology, using a questionnaire and an interview schedule. Students from both faculties used ebooks, identified through serendipitous browsing of the Internet, and mainly Google searches. Many of the ebooks they found are not recommended by their lecturers, while those that are recommended are not available free of charge. Students therefore use ebooks mainly to cross-validate and gain extra insights about what they have been taught. There are significant differences between arts and technology students’ use of ebooks with respect to cost, ease of use and other aspects, with technology students having the advantage. There is no programme in the university aimed at harvesting and organising ebook resources for students to access. Institutionalising ebooks could be a useful strategy to address the dearth of current and relevant texts in universities, although ebooks may pose challenges to existing library management processes. An ebook revolution will cause great changes in information services in libraries – how would university libraries partner to benchmark this evolving practice with respect to questions about standards, technologies, licensing and pricing, particularly in the developing world?
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Sarasa-Cabezuelo, Antonio. "A Model for Creating Interactive eBooks for eLearning." Future Internet 12, no. 12 (December 7, 2020): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fi12120223.
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In recent decades, electronic books have revolutionized the publishing world. In this sense, an area of application is education, where electronic books can be used as educational resources to implement learning strategies about content and in eLearning environments. For this, it is necessary to introduce interactive elements in the electronic books that turn the reader into an active actor in the reading process. However, ebooks have a limitation regarding their creation process. In this sense, the tools can be user-oriented or programmer-oriented. The former are intuitive to use and have user-friendly interfaces, but they offer a reduced number of functionalities to add to books. The second are aimed at programmers, allowing for the implementation of any functionality, but limiting the number of content creators who can use them. The main motivation of this work is to propose an intermediate solution that offers a wide number of functionalities while not requiring deep programming knowledge to use them. In this sense, the solution of this article is novel since it proposes the use of extensible markup language (XML) documents to specify the structure of the electronic book in such a way that its processing will lead to the electronic book.
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Harwell, Jonathan H., and Erin Gallagher. "The secret lives of ebooks: A paratextual analysis illuminates a veil of usage statistics." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 26, no. 2 (January 9, 2018): 302–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856517751379.
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This study applies the method of paratextual analysis to six electronic books, or ebooks, in an academic library collection at a small liberal arts college. Two books are selected from each of three platforms: ebrary, EBSCO, and SpringerLink. The characteristics of each book are described, including design and readership, as well as 2 years of usage statistics from the specific library, and altmetrics where available. The paratextual study leads to a closer investigation of the usage statistics themselves and concludes that despite industry standards, they are not calculated consistently across vendor platforms and that while these data are invisible to researchers outside of the library, there are also essential elements that librarians mistakenly take at face value when comparing ebook usage from multiple vendors.
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Nwagwu, Williams E., and Judd-Leonard Okafor. "Diffusion of ebooks among postgraduate students of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria." Library Review 63, no. 1/2 (May 2, 2014): 86–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lr-04-2013-0056.
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the diffusion of ebooks among postgraduate students in arts and technology faculties of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Electronic books have become increasingly popular in recent years, but factors influencing their adoption and use are not understood in many institutions. Design/methodology/approach – Guided by a sample survey design, data were collected from 1,518 postgraduate students, 438 from the arts and 1,080 from technology, using a questionnaire and an interview schedule. Findings – Students from both faculties used ebooks, identified through serendipitous browsing of the internet, and mainly Google searching. Many of the ebooks they find are not recommended by their lecturers, while those that are recommended are not available free of charge. Students therefore use ebooks mainly to cross-validate and gain extra insights about what they have been taught. There are significant differences between arts and technology students ' use of ebooks with respect to cost, ease of use and other aspects, with technology students having the advantage. There is no programme in the university aimed at harvesting and organising ebook resources for students to access. Research limitations/implications – The study focused on only one institution. Practical implications – Institutionalising ebooks could be a useful strategy to address the dearth of current and relevant texts in universities, although ebooks may pose challenges to existing library management processes. Social implications – An ebook revolution will cause great changes in information services in libraries – how would university libraries partner to benchmark this evolving practice with respect to questions about standards, technologies, licensing and pricing, particularly in the developing world? Originality/value – There is no empirical study on this subject matter either in the University used in the study or in any other.
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Velázquez, Ramiro, Hermes Hernández, and Enrique Preza. "A Portable Piezoelectric Tactile Terminal for Braille Readers." Applied Bionics and Biomechanics 9, no. 1 (2012): 45–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/637851.
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This paper introduces a novel concept on reading assistive technologies for the blind: the TactoBook, a system that is able to translate entire electronic books (eBooks) to Braille code and to reproduce them in portable electronic Braille terminals. The TactoBook consists of a computer-based translator that converts fast and automatically any eBook into Braille. The Braille version of the eBook is then encrypted as a file and stored in a USB memory drive which is later inserted and reproduced in a compact, lightweight, and highly-portable tactile terminal. In particular, this paper presents a piezoelectric ultrasonic actuation approach to design and implement such portable Braille terminal. Actuating mechanism, design concept, first prototype, and performance results are presented and discussed.
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Kont, Kate-Riin. "To buy or to borrow? Evaluating the cost of an eBook in TalTech library." Bottom Line 33, no. 1 (January 17, 2020): 74–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bl-07-2019-0100.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out how much the purchasing and lending of individual electronic books really cost. Additionally, this paper investigates which kind of approach would be cheaper and less time-consuming for library staff as well as library patrons – purchase or short-term loan. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted at the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) Library. This is the only university library in Estonia where the Ebook Central platform is adapted on a large scale. For background information, all statistical data of expenditures and average prices of purchases and short-term loans during April 2013 and December 2018 were calculated and analysed. Through a case study, the time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) method was used – all activities related to acquisition and lending of eBooks were identified, recorded in detail and analysed. More specifically, the study concerned eBooks offered in the Ebook Central platform and covered purchasing and short-term loan processes, such as receipt of order request, communication with the patron (if necessary) making a purchase or short-term loan, and feedback to the patron. Findings While analysing the results, it appeared there are many additional activities libraries can avoid during the eBook short-term loan process compared to purchasing. As a normality in TalTech library, purchase is always followed by a cataloguing process which increases the time and cost of this process in turn. On the basis of the current study, it can be said that short-term loan is a cheaper way to use eBooks; many activities related to the short-term loan of eBooks take remarkably less staff time and financial resources than eBooks acquisition/purchasing activities. When analysing the literature reviewed as well as collected statistical data, the problem may arise when the decision-maker librarian is not experienced, professional or long-sighted enough to understand the future behaviour of the patron or the usage of the specific eBook. When the usage reaches a certain point, it becomes an indicator of continuing future usage and so it makes sense to purchase the eBook, as the library pays no further charges once an eBook is owned. Originality/value Most studies reviewed by the author are based on the statistical data collected about expenditure, costs, usage, cost-per-use, etc. of short-term loans and purchases. While acquisitions costs, average cost per acquired item per year and cost per usage are easy to identify, it has been difficult to measure associated costs of acquisition, cataloging and circulation. The TDABC methodology seems to be one of the best tools for understanding cost behaviour and refining a cost system for university libraries. Based on the information known to the author, there is no study carried out using the TDABC methodology for analysing costs of eBook programmes.
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Liu, Ding Yu, and Ming Jyh Tsai. "The Application of Digital Publishing Format in E-Reading Machine." Applied Mechanics and Materials 311 (February 2013): 556–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.311.556.
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The coming of digital living, as well as the rising popularity of smart phones and tablets, has seen a rush by digital content applications on mobile devices. Most have focused their attention on the hardware and equipment, while the source of content and format development has attracted relatively little attention. For the electronic books industry, hardware is not the only challenge. The development of the ebook format is another issue that they must now contend with. Future mobile readers continue to follow the trend towards color. Thinner, lighter as well as ever cheaper electronic products with more integrated functions are also on the table. If a reader appears that offers more advantages and is better suited to user requirements, this means the publishing format of ebooks will naturally evolve in the direction of multimedia ebooks that offer greater variety. Right now, the hardware side of digital publishing formats is developing in multiple directions. No single specification has emerged for publishing format and copyright management however. As most publishers and authors still harbor doubts about licensing in digital publishing, this has also made it difficult to acquire digital copyrights. All of these are important issues facing the digital publishing industry today.
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Stakhiv, M. "ВИКЛИКИ ПРИ СТВОРЕННІ ІННОВАЦІЙНИХ ЕЛЕКТРОННИХ ВИДАНЬ ДЛЯ ДІТЕЙ." State and Regions. Series: Social Communications, no. 2(42) (March 18, 2020): 102. http://dx.doi.org/10.32840/cpu2219-8741/2020.2(42).15.
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<p><em>The article deals with the wide assortment of electronic textbooks in in the Ukrainian publishing market, the understanding differece of approaches to the creation of electronic books.</em></p><p><em>The article analyses basic principles of creating electronic books, such as augmented reality books and mobile applications. The problems of creating electronic books, their standardization and storage have been highlighted. The prospects for further research and the ebook development options have been described. The most popular ebooks in the Ukrainian book market, like «Снігова королева», «Ґаджетаріум», «Мама поспішає додому», «Завітай у гості», «Антоміми», «Гарбузовий рік», «Котигорошко», from different publishing houses are analyzed. The marketing and distribution success of the most popular Ukrainian book with augmented reality «Аліса в країні Див» has been outlined.</em></p><p><em>Discussions on e-piracy in Ukraine and the reluctance of readers to pay for e-content that can be accessed online, and distribution channels for pirated e-content have been analyzed. The particular attention is paid on the concept of creation of the e-books and major publishers in the publishing market.</em></p><p><em>Discussions on e-piracy in Ukraine and the unwillingness to pay for e-content that can be accessed online, and distribution channels for pirated e-content have been analyzed.</em></p><p><em>Competitors for electronic publications for children such as television, social networks like Youtube чи Instagram, Snapchat or Tik-Tok and messengers have been outlined.</em></p><p><em>Summarizing our analysis, we can highlight that Ukrainian book market is growing and needs new players. Making e-books and apps takes time and money. Scientists, who are researching publishing can’t talk about market statistics right now, because the Book Chamber of Ukraine don’t have any reliable one. It is difficult to determine what e-books will look like in the future, what technologies will be used in ten years or more. E-books for children should be of high quality, attractive, modern and interesting for their readers.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> e-textbook, e-book, augmented reality, mobile applications, QR, AR.</em></p>
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Akmalovna, Valiyeva Shaxlo, and Yorqinoy Bahodir Qizi Yunusova. "The role of electronic-books in developing english language lessons’ efficiency: E-books, ebooks’ aim in the elementary classroom." ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 10, no. 8 (2020): 646. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2249-7137.2020.00967.2.
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Kent, Philip Gregory. "Measuring the impact: Springer Book Archives at Melbourne." Collection Building 36, no. 4 (October 2, 2017): 137–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cb-05-2017-0023.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine usage trends during the first four years of the implementation of the Springer Book Archives (SBA) at the University of Melbourne. The paper assesses the benefits of the SBA against perceptions at the time of purchase and seeks to evaluate the long-term value of the purchase. Design/methodology/approach The methodology included a literature search to identify issues in the adoption of large backlists of ebooks, examination of detailed usage data supplied in COUNTER complaint spreadsheets and tables by Springer, validating findings with librarians and academics and positing next steps. Findings Usage of ebooks, like other electronic resources, is difficult to predict. Resources expected to be used, may not be and vice versa. Access to large aggregations of electronic content creates new opportunities for teaching and research, additional economies and benefits, as well as unexpected outcomes. Research limitations/implications Detailed data on user profiles were not available and an evaluation of user perceptions was not possible at this time. Originality/value The literature review suggests that this is the only published study of institutional usage of the SBA at this time.
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Rvachew, Susan, Dahlia Thompson, and Elizabeth Carolan. "Description of Boys and Girls' Nonverbal and Verbal Engagement With Electronic and Paper Books." Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology 18, no. 2 (October 1, 2019): 212–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1945-8959.18.2.212.
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Girls often outperform boys on measures of literacy achievement. This gender gap in literacy performance has been observed to be persistent over developmental time, consistent across multiple domains of literacy, and widely spread geographically. It is sometimes suggested that boys' achievement in the literacy domain might be improved by the availability of reading materials that are designed to engage boys' attention, such as electronic books with interactive features. We addressed the question of boys' versus girls' engagement with reading materials by observing 20 small groups of boys or girls interacting with an electronic book and then a paper book. The children's engagement with the book in each case was coded using Noldus software. Engagement was operationalized in terms of eye gaze (looking at book or reading partner vs. elsewhere), handling (i.e., touching or pointing at book or partner with engaging as opposed to prohibitive actions), and verbal behaviors (i.e., reading, paraphrasing, or talking about the book when compared to not talking or off-task talk). Total time and percent time spent engaged with each book was examined by gender. The results revealed greater nonverbal engagement with the ebook compared to the paper book but greater verbal engagement with the paper book compared to the ebook. No differences in engagement by gender were observed however.
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Fulcher, Amy, Anthony LeBude, Sarah A. White, Matthew R. Chappell, S. Christopher Marble, J. H. (J C. ). Chong, Winston Dunwell, et al. "Advancing Integrated Pest Management Adoption and Achieving Extension Impact: A Working Group Success Story." HortTechnology 27, no. 6 (December 2017): 759–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech03755-17.
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Extension and research professionals in the southeastern United States formed the Southern Nursery Integrated Pest Management working group (SNIPM) to foster collaboration and leverage resources, thereby enhancing extension programming, increasing opportunity, and expanding the delivery of specialized expertise to nursery crop growers across a region. Building a productive and lasting working group requires attracting a group of research and extension faculty with complementary expertise, listening to stakeholders, and translating stakeholder needs into grant priorities to help solve problems, all hallmarks of effective teamwork principles. SNIPM has now grown to include 10 U.S. states and 11 institutions and has been awarded seven grants totaling $190,994 since 2009. A striking benefit of working group membership was observed over time: synergy. Greater awareness of individual expertise among SNIPM members, each of whom were focused on different aspects of the nursery production system stimulated multistate extension publications, electronic books (eBooks), mobile device applications (apps), popular press articles, and spin-off research projects when separate foci were combined and directed toward complex challenges. Deliverables achieved from this faculty collaboration include nine peer-reviewed publications, four manuals and books and 23 book chapters, and a combined total of 11 abstracts, conference proceedings and extension publications. To date, the return on investment for SNIPM is one deliverable produced to every $2265.89 in grant funding. SNIPM has also been honored with multiple American Society for Horticultural Science publication awards as well as the Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center Bright Idea Award for the quality and originality of their project outputs. Continuing to work together toward common goals that bridge technology and serve the nursery industry while supporting each individual member’s program will be crucial to the long-term success of this working group.
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Prihantoro, C. Rudy. "Pengaruh E-readiness, E-learning dan E-book pada Implementasi Kurikulum Program Studi D3 Teknologi Mesin terhadap Prestasi Lulusan Program Diploma." JTP - Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan 20, no. 2 (August 30, 2018): 105–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.21009/jtp.v20i2.8619.
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This research is to find out; the influence of e-readiness, e-learning, ebook on the achievement of graduates of diploma programs; and the influence of ereadiness, e-learning, and e-books on the achievement of diploma program graduates. The study population was graduates of the D3 Mechanical TechnologyStudy Program, Faculty of Engineering, Jakarta State University, the sample was the second semester of the 2016/2017 academic year. Data collection usesperceptual instruments for electronic readiness, e-books, and e-books, and relevant graduate GPA. The research method is a survey method with an associativeapproach. Data analysis techniques are simple regression, double freedom, and F test. The results of the study show; (1) there is no effect of e-readiness on Graduates' Achievement; (2) there is no influence of e-learning on graduate achievement; (3) there is no e-book effect on Graduates' Achievement; (4) there is no effect of ereadiness, e-learning and e-books together for the achievement of graduates. There is no provision in this study that can be interpreted that the curriculum developed by the D3 Mechanical Technology Study Program is in accordance with Learning Outcomes, especially in the implementation of the learning process.
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Chang, Anne-Marie, Daniel Aeschbach, Jeanne F. Duffy, and Charles A. Czeisler. "Evening use of light-emitting eReaders negatively affects sleep, circadian timing, and next-morning alertness." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 4 (December 22, 2014): 1232–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418490112.
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In the past 50 y, there has been a decline in average sleep duration and quality, with adverse consequences on general health. A representative survey of 1,508 American adults recently revealed that 90% of Americans used some type of electronics at least a few nights per week within 1 h before bedtime. Mounting evidence from countries around the world shows the negative impact of such technology use on sleep. This negative impact on sleep may be due to the short-wavelength–enriched light emitted by these electronic devices, given that artificial-light exposure has been shown experimentally to produce alerting effects, suppress melatonin, and phase-shift the biological clock. A few reports have shown that these devices suppress melatonin levels, but little is known about the effects on circadian phase or the following sleep episode, exposing a substantial gap in our knowledge of how this increasingly popular technology affects sleep. Here we compare the biological effects of reading an electronic book on a light-emitting device (LE-eBook) with reading a printed book in the hours before bedtime. Participants reading an LE-eBook took longer to fall asleep and had reduced evening sleepiness, reduced melatonin secretion, later timing of their circadian clock, and reduced next-morning alertness than when reading a printed book. These results demonstrate that evening exposure to an LE-eBook phase-delays the circadian clock, acutely suppresses melatonin, and has important implications for understanding the impact of such technologies on sleep, performance, health, and safety.
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Horner, Jan C. "E-Preferred Approval Books at the University of Manitoba: A Comparison of Print and Ebook Usage." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 12, no. 2 (June 29, 2017): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8bt04.
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Objective – To compare the usage of print and ebooks received on University of Manitoba’s e-preferred YBP approval plan as well as to examine cost per use for the approval print books and ebooks.
Methods – Usage data was compiled for books received on approval in 2012/2013 to December 31, 2014. Counter reports were used to determine use and non-use of ebooks, while vendor reports from EBL and ebrary were used for the cost per use analysis. Print usage information was drawn from SIRSI and then ALMA when UML switched systems at the beginning of 2014.
Results – Ebooks received more use than p-books overall, but when examined by subject discipline, significant differences could not be found for the “STM” and “Other” categories. With ebooks, university press books tended to be used more than those from other publishers, but the same result was not found for print books. Ebrary ebooks tended to be used more often than EBL, EBSCO, and Wiley ebooks, and single-licence books tended to be somewhat more used than multi-user ones. Cost-per-use data was much lower for print books, though the comparison did not look at staffing costs for each medium.
Conclusions – This study finds that of approval books matching the same profile, ebooks are used more, but print books receive more substantial use. Both formats are needed in a library’s collection. Future comparisons of cost per use should take into account hidden labour costs associated with each medium. Usage studies provide evidence for librarians refining approval plan profiles and for budget managers considering changes to monographic acquisition methods and allocations.
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Liu, Ken. "When Ebooks Are the Only “Books”." Logos 21, no. 3-4 (2010): 123–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/095796511x560015.
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Wells, David, and Anita Sallenbach. "Books and ebooks in an academic library." Australian Library Journal 64, no. 3 (May 15, 2015): 168–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049670.2015.1041216.
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Karjiker, Sadulla. "A RESPONSE TO FORCEHIMES' ‘DOWNLOAD THIS ESSAY: A DEFENCE OF STEALING EBOOKS’." Think 13, no. 38 (2014): 51–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1477175614000086.
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Forcehimes argues that any argument concerning copyright law which favours the existence of public libraries will necessarily also justify the downloading of ebooks without the copyright owners’ authorisation. As the justification for copyright protection is an economic one, it is submitted that, economically, there is a material difference between permitting public libraries making physical books available and allowing such online distribution of ebooks. Prohibiting the online distribution of ebooks without the copyright holders' consent, while permitting access to physical books via public libraries, is a policy which, at present, is consistent with the rationale for copyright protection.
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Mubarok, Husni. "Critical Questions in STEM Education." Studies in Philosophy of Science and Education 2, no. 1 (May 4, 2021): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.46627/sipose.v2i1.63.
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Book title: Critical Questions in STEM Education
Author: Valarie L. Akerson and Gayle A. Buck (Editors)
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publication Date: 2020
ISSN: 1878-0482 & 1878-0784 (electronic)
ISBN: 978-3-030-57645-5 & 978-3-030-57646-2 (ebook)
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Morton, David A., K. Bo Foreman, Patricia A. Goede, John L. Bezzant, and Kurt H. Albertine. "TK3 eBook software to author, distribute, and use electronic course content for medical education." Advances in Physiology Education 31, no. 1 (January 2007): 55–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00036.2006.
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The methods for authoring and distributing course content are undergoing substantial changes due to advancement in computer technology. Paper has been the traditional method to author and distribute course content. Paper enables students to personalize content through highlighting and note taking but does not enable the incorporation of multimedia elements. Computers enable multimedia content but lack the capability of the user to personalize the content. Therefore, we investigated TK3 eBooks as a potential solution to incorporate the benefits of both paper and computer technology. The objective of our study was to assess the utility of TK3 eBooks in the context of authoring and distributing dermatology course content for use by second-year medical students at the University of Utah School of Medicine during the spring of 2004. We incorporated all dermatology course content into TK3 eBook format. TK3 eBooks enable students to personalize information through tools such as “notebook,” “hiliter,” “stickies,” mark pages, and keyword search. Students were given the course content in both paper and eBook formats. At the conclusion of the dermatology course, students completed a questionnaire designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the eBooks compared with paper. Students perceived eBooks as an effective way to distribute course content and as a study tool. However, students preferred paper over eBooks to take notes during lecture. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that eBooks provide a convenient method for authoring, distributing, and using course content but that students preferred paper to take notes during lecture.
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Korat, Ofra, and Yael Falk. "Ten years after: Revisiting the question of e-book quality as early language and literacy support." Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 19, no. 2 (June 13, 2017): 206–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468798417712105.
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We examined whether eBooks for children (aged 3 to 8) available on the market can serve as a good support for language and literacy. This follows studies published 10 years ago, which showed that children's e-books are usually overloaded with multimedia effects that distract children from the storyline, and from language and literacy learning. Sixteen Hebrew and 17 English e-books that include oral and written texts were randomly selected for evaluation from the Internet and the AP store. The findings showed many similar features between Hebrew and English eBooks. Most have suitable processioning futures, which can support children in story listening or reading. A limited number of automatic animations and of hotspots on illustrations were found that may provide a good level of support for storyline comprehension. However, very few eBooks have features that support language learning. Furthermore, some of the eBooks incorporate games within the story channel, which might distract children from the storyline. Although important improvements in e-book design compared to former years were found, there are still important features that need to be improved in order to create better software for young children’s language and literacy development.
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Sehn, Thaís Cristina Martino, and Suely Fragoso. "The synergy between eBooks and printed books in Brazil." Online Information Review 39, no. 3 (June 8, 2015): 401–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/oir-01-2015-0006.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss reading habits in relation to printed books and eBooks. Design/methodology/approach – The study was structured in two steps: first, an online survey was used to trace a general profile of a group of Brazilian readers who had had previous contact with digital books. Second, a subset of respondents was invited to participate in open-ended interviews. Interviewees were chosen according to their responses to the profiling questionnaire. All interviews were semi-structured. Findings – The results indicate the existence of a synergy between digital and paper books. The decision between reading one or the other depends on several factors, amongst which the authors emphasise online accessibility, reading motivation (for work or for leisure), intended modes of use and appropriation, circumstances of use and emotional factors. Other elements of importance are the corporeality of the readers and the materiality of the devices used for reading. Originality/value – The departure point of the study was the perception that, in Brazil, the arrival of digital books was accompanied by an increase in the sales of printed books. This contradicts the idea that digital books and printed books are concurrent, and the growth of the eBooks market will inevitably lead to a decrease in the revenue from printed books. The initial hypothesis was that digital and printed books could be complementary. Addressing this question required knowledge of readers’ experience with and opinion of printed and digital books. The results of the qualitative study suggest that the relation between these two types of publication is not one of alternatives, but instead is one of synergy. Specific aspects of this synergy are highlighted in the paper.
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Koh, HyunSeung, and Susan C. Herring. "Historical insights for ebook design." Library Hi Tech 34, no. 4 (November 21, 2016): 764–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lht-06-2016-0075.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide ebook designers and researchers with design insights by promoting historical knowledge about books and reading as sources of ideas to implement in current and future ebooks. Design/methodology/approach The authors review historical features of books and practices of reading that have been implemented, weakened, or lost over time, referring to historical texts and resources, and relate them to ebook viewers (software) and readers (hardware) that are currently on the market. In particular, the review focuses on the physical form of the book and the practices of reading, annotation, and bookshelving. Findings While some older forms and reading practices have been implemented in ebook devices, others have been forgotten over time, due in part to physical constraints that are no longer relevant. The authors suggest that features that constrained print books and print reading in the past might actually improve the design of ebooks and e-reading in the present. Research limitations/implications This review is necessarily based on a limited set of existing historical sources. Practical implications Translating insights into novel tangible designs is always a challenging task. Ebook designers can gain insights from this paper that can be applied in a variety of design contexts. Originality/value No previous work on ebook design has foregrounded historical aspects of books and reading as viable sources of ideas to implement in ebooks.
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Keating, Kenneth. "Repetition and Alterity: Geoffrey Squires's ‘texts for screen’." Irish University Review 46, no. 1 (May 2016): 145–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/iur.2016.0207.
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This essay examines a number of Geoffrey Squires's recent digital texts which were released in various forms online and later standardised and published together in the Kindle Book Abstract Lyrics and other poems: 2006–2012. It is contended that Squires embraces computer technology to compose texts which inhabit the screen, but which refuse to adhere to the recently established norms of any of the recognised forms of electronic literature while simultaneously representing something more than the digital conversion of a print text to an ebook. It is argued that these ‘texts for screen’ thus hold an uneasy position in relation to emerging electronic literature and the more conventional ebook, occupying a problematizing middle ground which at the same time promotes and undermines stability and the author's control over the text. Close readings of a number of these texts reveal that this challenging destabilisation is supported through Squires's utilisation of techniques of repetition which complicates the nature of reproduction and disrupts the critical location of singular meaning in favour of embracing the progressively troubling force of indeterminacy.
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Zhang, Yin, and Sonali Kudva. "Ebooks vs. print books: Readers' choices and preferences across contexts." Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 50, no. 1 (2013): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/meet.14505001106.
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Yuan, Weijing, Marlene Van Ballegooie, and Jennifer L. Robertson. "Ebooks Versus Print Books: Format Preferences in an Academic Library." Collection Management 43, no. 1 (October 31, 2017): 28–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2017.1365264.
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Frederick, Donna Ellen. "On eBooks in academic libraries: an article based on a presentation at the Library 2.014 Conference." Library Hi Tech News 32, no. 5 (July 6, 2015): 12–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lhtn-02-2015-0015.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate and discuss some of the commonly held misconceptions about using and managing eBooks in academic research libraries and to outline what skills, abilities and knowledge are required of librarians and other library staff who work with eBooks. eBooks are an important presence in the vast majority of academic libraries. It is reasonable to expect that this presence will increase in the years to come. The value of eBooks to many students, faculty and researchers is undeniable and their availability has created new learning and teaching opportunities which were not possible with print-only library collection. Design/methodology/approach – eBooks bring multiple benefits to the academic environment. Findings – eBooks provide portable information resources for students and researchers doing fieldwork. eBooks have the potential for relieving pressure on space in some libraries. Some eBook platforms offer students new and enhanced ways for interacting with library materials, including accessibility features. Originality/value – The addition of eBooks to academic library collections addresses a growing preference among some patrons for information in electronic format.
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Henningsgaard, Per. "Ebooks, Book History, and Markers of Place." Logos 30, no. 1 (June 6, 2019): 31–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18784712-03001005.
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This article considers how markers of place function differently in the print book ecosystem vs. the ebook ecosystem, using books associated with Australia and Western Australia as a case study. Although book historians have mostly failed to engage with ebooks as subject matter, they have considered in some detail the way in which markers of place function in the print book ecosystem. By surveying the scholarly output of book historians working with mapping technologies, it is possible to conclude that, in the print book ecosystem, there exist a handful of markers identifying the following categories: places associated with a book’s setting, its author, its publication, its purchase, and its marketing and publicity. The latter three markers look substantially different in the ebook ecosystem than in the print book ecosystem. Furthermore, in the ebook ecosystem, changes to these three markers can mediate setting and author as markers of place.
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Chong, PeiFen, YanPeng Lim, and SiewWoei Ling. "On the Design Preferences for Ebooks." IETE Technical Review 26, no. 3 (2009): 213. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4602.50706.
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Sanford, Clive. "An Artifact Switching Model for User Acceptance of eBooks." Journal of Organizational and End User Computing 25, no. 2 (April 2013): 19–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2013040102.
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This study theorizes and validates a model of user switching from non-IT artifacts to IT artifacts by integrating and extending prior findings from IT acceptance and adoption streams of research and using migration theory as the theoretical bridge. The proposed model examines different types of switching predictors such as push and pull factors, intervening obstacles, and individual differences, as well as interdependencies between these factors as moderating effects. Empirical data from a longitudinal field survey of users’ switching from traditional hard copy books to eBooks validates most of the hypothesized associations. This study alerts publishers, academics, and educational institutions to the challenges and opportunities of artifact switching in general and suggests strategies that can help these stakeholders enable artifact switching within their target populations.
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Van Dyk, Gerrit. "Finding Religion: An Analysis of Theology LibGuides." Theological Librarianship 8, no. 2 (September 23, 2015): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.31046/tl.v8i2.384.
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This paper will compare various LibGuides in theology from thirty-seven different institutions. These institutions include universities granting undergraduate and graduate degrees in religion or theology as well as seminaries for professional clergy. Data on LibGuides content, such as books, ebooks, journals, databases, librarian contact information, and others, will be compared and analyzed. Resources especially tailored to religious and theological studies will also be highlighted.
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Tiwari, Sonia. "Q-Bot, the Quarantine Robot: Joint-media engagement between children and adults about quarantine living experiences." Information and Learning Sciences 121, no. 5/6 (June 25, 2020): 401–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ils-04-2020-0075.
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Purpose Information about the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine can be challenging to communicate to children. The purpose of this study is to understand how a children’s eBook can help facilitate conversations between children, families and educators about the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach A children’s eBook Q-Bot: The Quarantine Robot was shared by the researcher with parents and teachers through social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter). The story provides information (based on CDC guidelines) on the best health and hygiene practices to avoid catching the virus, while also drawing attention to the hardworking people who are helping us through this experience. Data was collected as public comments on the eBook. Secondary data included other children’s eBooks available on the same theme and their public reviews. Findings Through open coding of comments, the researcher found that the children’s eBook helped in facilitation of discussion between children, parents and teachers; around the pandemic’s effects on health and hygiene practices; and remote learning experiences. A content analysis of other children’s books on this theme revealed a set of guidelines for designing helpful eBooks for pandemic quarantine situations in general. Research limitations/implications Education, media and health researchers may find this study helpful in understanding the potential of children’s eBooks as probes, prompts or communication tools. Practical implications Experts in pandemic-related issues, educators, illustrators and authors may find this study helpful in understanding guidelines for creating educational children’s eBooks for similar situations in the future. Originality/value Both theoretical and practical values are addressed through this study, as it provides helpful literature from past research, offers new insights from current study and guidelines for future work in narrative media design for the pandemic and other similar situations.
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Rojeski, Mara. "User perceptions of ebooks versus print books for class reserves in an academic library." Reference Services Review 40, no. 2 (May 11, 2012): 228–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00907321211228291.
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McDonald, Jason K. "Designing for Informal Learning: The Case of a Mobile E-Reader." International Journal of Designs for Learning 10, no. 1 (May 10, 2019): 91–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v10i1.23546.
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This case describes the redesign of a mobile eReader application. The purpose of the redesign was to convert an existing eReader from a means of only reading books into a tool for informal learning. The case reports how the design team’s definition of informal learning evolved throughout the product development process, and how design deci-sions were influenced by this changing definition. Over the period of time covered in the case, the eReader evolved from a tool used for reading eBooks, into one meant for personal study, and then into a product that supported serendipitous discovery of inspiring material (built under a philosophy that informal learning meant that people were able to discover interesting and uplifting material without exerting effort to find it). The end point of the eReader’s evolution was as a subscription service for the company’s eBooks and digital audiobooks, to allow customers to continually use them for educational purposes. This case is structured around the four iterations of the eReader design process. Each iteration reports how design decisions were made and what kind of results were achieved.
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Ahmad Indra Harahap. "CARA PEMBUATAN E-BOOK (Electronic Book) DENGAN MEMANFAATKAN FITUR SIGIL Ver 0.9.4 FORMAT EPUB." JURNAL FASILKOM 10, no. 3 (December 14, 2020): 228–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.37859/jf.v10i3.2301.
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Perkembangan zaman di era serba teknologi sekarang banyak perubahan termasuk juga perubahan dalam membaca buku. Orang membaca dalam bentuk buku fisik dan juga ada yang membaca buku dalam bentuk digital e-book (Electronic Book) di komputer, laptop maupun di smartphone. Epub (electronic publication) merupakan salah satu format digital book yang merupakan format standardisasi bentuk, diperkenalkan oleh International Digital Publishing Forum(IDPF) pada Bulan Oktober Tahun 2011. Epub menggantikan peran Open eBook sebagai format buku terbuka. Epub terdiri atas file multimedia, html5, css, xhtml, xml yang dijadikan satu file dengan ekstensi .epub.
Epub merupakan salah satu format buku digital yang paling populer saat ini, sebagai format yang tidak mengacu kepada salah satu pengembang tertentu, Epub mempunyai beberapa kelebihan fitur dibandingkan format buku digital yang lain , Epub memiliki karakteristik yang dinamis dapat menyesuaikan diri dengan ukuran layar perangkat laptop, komputer maupun smartphone dan memiliki fitur kelebihan lainnya.
Sigil adalah editor open-source untuk EPUB yang dikembangkan oleh Strahinja Markovic pada tahun 2009 dan dikelola oleh John Schember sejak tahun 2011. Sebagai aplikasi cross-platform, itu didistribusikan untuk Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X dan platform Linux di bawah lisensi GNU GPL. Sigil mendukung WYSIWYG dan mengedit kode berbasis file EPUB, serta impor HTML dan file teks biasa. SIGIL merupakan aplikasi editor untuk membuat buku digital berformat Epub yang bersifat Open Source
Peneliti menggunakan studi literatur sebagai referensi penelitian yaitu dengan mengumpulkan dokumen dari beberapa sumber pustaka yang diperlukan dalam penelitian. Hal ini dilakukan untuk memperoleh informasi dan data yang diperlukan untuk penelitian ini menggunakan aplikasi editor sigil untuk pembuatan buku digital berformat epub. Dari penelitian tersebut peneliti menggali ilmu agar ilmu tersebut dapat direalisasikan ke STMIK Citra Mandiri Padangsidimpuan. Oleh karna itu penulis akan meneliti “CARA PEMBUATAN E-BOOK (Electronic Book) DENGAN MEMANFAATKAN FITUR SIGIL” yang dimana nanti-nya penelitian ini akan di buat Jurnal semoga dapat bermanfaat bagi penulis sendiri maupun untuk pembaca . Semoga dari penelitian ini dapat
menghasilkan ilmu yang bermanfaat untuk peneliti maupun STMIK Citra Mandiri Padangsidimpuan dan juga masyarakat yang membaca.
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Ahmad Indra Harahap. "CARA PEMBUATAN E-BOOK (Electronic Book) DENGAN MEMANFAATKAN FITUR SIGIL Ver 0.9.4 FORMAT EPUB." JURNAL FASILKOM 10, no. 3 (December 14, 2020): 228–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.37859/jf.v10i3.2301.
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Perkembangan zaman di era serba teknologi sekarang banyak perubahan termasuk juga perubahan dalam membaca buku. Orang membaca dalam bentuk buku fisik dan juga ada yang membaca buku dalam bentuk digital e-book (Electronic Book) di komputer, laptop maupun di smartphone. Epub (electronic publication) merupakan salah satu format digital book yang merupakan format standardisasi bentuk, diperkenalkan oleh International Digital Publishing Forum(IDPF) pada Bulan Oktober Tahun 2011. Epub menggantikan peran Open eBook sebagai format buku terbuka. Epub terdiri atas file multimedia, html5, css, xhtml, xml yang dijadikan satu file dengan ekstensi .epub.
Epub merupakan salah satu format buku digital yang paling populer saat ini, sebagai format yang tidak mengacu kepada salah satu pengembang tertentu, Epub mempunyai beberapa kelebihan fitur dibandingkan format buku digital yang lain , Epub memiliki karakteristik yang dinamis dapat menyesuaikan diri dengan ukuran layar perangkat laptop, komputer maupun smartphone dan memiliki fitur kelebihan lainnya.
Sigil adalah editor open-source untuk EPUB yang dikembangkan oleh Strahinja Markovic pada tahun 2009 dan dikelola oleh John Schember sejak tahun 2011. Sebagai aplikasi cross-platform, itu didistribusikan untuk Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X dan platform Linux di bawah lisensi GNU GPL. Sigil mendukung WYSIWYG dan mengedit kode berbasis file EPUB, serta impor HTML dan file teks biasa. SIGIL merupakan aplikasi editor untuk membuat buku digital berformat Epub yang bersifat Open Source
Peneliti menggunakan studi literatur sebagai referensi penelitian yaitu dengan mengumpulkan dokumen dari beberapa sumber pustaka yang diperlukan dalam penelitian. Hal ini dilakukan untuk memperoleh informasi dan data yang diperlukan untuk penelitian ini menggunakan aplikasi editor sigil untuk pembuatan buku digital berformat epub. Dari penelitian tersebut peneliti menggali ilmu agar ilmu tersebut dapat direalisasikan ke STMIK Citra Mandiri Padangsidimpuan. Oleh karna itu penulis akan meneliti “CARA PEMBUATAN E-BOOK (Electronic Book) DENGAN MEMANFAATKAN FITUR SIGIL” yang dimana nanti-nya penelitian ini akan di buat Jurnal semoga dapat bermanfaat bagi penulis sendiri maupun untuk pembaca . Semoga dari penelitian ini dapat
menghasilkan ilmu yang bermanfaat untuk peneliti maupun STMIK Citra Mandiri Padangsidimpuan dan juga masyarakat yang membaca.
Kata-kata kunci: buku digital, sigil, epub, e-book
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Wauters, Loes, and Evelien Dirks. "Interactive Reading with Young Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children in eBooks Versus Print Books." Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 22, no. 2 (January 31, 2017): 243–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enw097.
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Deasley, Shanna, Mary Ann Evans, Sarah Nowak, and David Willoughby. "Sex Differences in Emergent Literacy and Reading Behaviour in Junior Kindergarten." Canadian Journal of School Psychology 33, no. 1 (April 28, 2016): 26–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0829573516645773.
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In a sample of 128 Canadian junior kindergarten children (66 boys), we examined sex differences in emergent literacy and behaviour when listening to and interacting with books of four types: alphabet books with simple text and illustrations, traditional alphabet books with complex text and illustrations, alphabet eBooks, and illustrated storybooks. Girls outperformed boys on tests of emergent literacy. Engagement while listening to books being read was highest for storybooks but there was a sex by condition effect: Boys were less engaged with complex alphabet books than the other book types, whereas girls were less engaged with simple alphabet books than storybooks. During independent reading, both sexes spent significantly more time on-task in the eBook condition but less of their activity involved letter-related behaviours (e.g., saying letter names). Boys spent less time involved in letter-related behaviour than girls. This research contributes to identifying and promoting factors related to early academic success.
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Bidarra, Jose, Mauro Figueiredo, and Carlos Natálio. "Interactive Design and Gamification of eBooks for Mobile and Contextual Learning." International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) 9, no. 3 (July 31, 2015): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v9i3.4421.
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Given the global spread of mobile platforms, such as iOS and Android, it is relevant to consider the potential of these devices in teaching and learning. Our exploratory research was designed to evaluate the possibility of using common ebook formats to create gamebooks (gamified books) that are effective in teaching and learning. After analyzing the features available in many free or open tools, we decided to use iBooks Author to build a model of a dynamic book that may function as an educational game for "Environmental Studies", aimed at children in the 4th grade, mostly 9-10 years old, in Portuguese schools. This paper presents the design and features of this interactive book titled "Adventures in the Guadiana River", developed using the Apple iBook format, and especially set for the iPad retina. Because this is a proprietary format we also built a prototype following the EPUB3 standard and developed new ways to interact with content within this universal format. Preliminary tests with our prototypes revealed very good usability and promising pedagogical potential in the proposed models.
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Pirhayati, Ali. "THE BIGGER PICTURE: A COMMENTARY ON THE FORCEHIMES–KARJIKER DEBATE." Think 18, no. 51 (2019): 101–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1477175618000386.
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Forcehimes poses a parity between libraries and downloading books online and concludes that the im/permissibility of one of them entails the im/permissibility of the other and vice versa. Karjiker rejects this parity, arguing that the magnitudes of these two are vastly different and while libraries do not lead to a considerable market failure, downloading ebooks does. In this article, I try to clarify some points, show a kind of parochialism in Karjiker's arguments, propose a thought experiment to neutralize the magnitude problem, and justify Forcehimes’ main idea.
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Gilbert, Richard J. "E-books: A Tale of Digital Disruption." Journal of Economic Perspectives 29, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 165–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/jep.29.3.165.
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E-book sales surged after Amazon introduced the Kindle e-reader at the end of 2007 and accounted for about one quarter of all trade book sales by the end of 2013. Amazon's aggressive (low) pricing of e-books led to allegations that e-books were bankrupting brick and mortar book booksellers. Amazon's commanding position as a bookseller also raises concerns about monopoly power, and publishers are concerned about Amazon's power to displace them in the book value chain. I find little evidence that e-books are primarily responsible for the decline of independent booksellers. I also conclude that entry barriers are not sufficient to allow Amazon to set monopoly prices. Publishers are at risk from Amazon's monopsony (buyer) power and so sought “agency” pricing in an effort to raise the price of ebooks, promote retail competition, and reduce Amazon's influence as an e-retailer. (In the agency pricing model, the publisher specifies the retail price with a commission for the retailer. In a traditional, “wholesale” pricing model, publishers sell a book to retailers at a wholesale price and retailers set the retail price.) Although agency pricing was challenged by the Department of Justice, it may yet prevail in some form as an equilibrium pricing model for e-book sales.
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Evans, Mary Ann, Sarah Nowak, Brittany Burek, and David Willoughby. "The effect of alphabet eBooks and paper books on preschoolers’ behavior: An analysis over repeated readings." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 40 (2017): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.02.002.
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Kumbhar, Rajendra. "Trends in E-book Research." DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 38, no. 3 (May 4, 2018): 162. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.38.3.12382.
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<p>The research intended to identify current trends in research on e-books. Specifically it aimed to know the facets of e-books attended to by the research published during 2016. It also intended to review significant results and their supportive or contradictory nature with reference to each other.</p><p>For this review research literature on e-books was searched from LISA, Emerald, Ebsco, Google Scholar and other databases using the statement ‘e-books OR ebooks’. The query was restricted to journal articles published in English language during January to December 2016. The review finds that the focus of current research on e-books is clearly on usage of e-books. Themes such as e-book collection development and management; search and discovery are also paid more attention to. Usage of e-books by children is emerging as a prominent area of e-book research. Designing of e-books and e-book reading devices are also topics of interest to e-book researchers. Many non-LIS disciplines and professions have interest in researching e-books. </p><p> </p>
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See, Kwee Teck, Bava Harji Madhubala, and Ah Choo Koo. "Motivation of Parents Towards Reading Multilingual eBooks To Pre-School Children." International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) 13, no. 01 (January 29, 2019): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v13i01.9060.
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<span class="TextRun SCXW153678227" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">The use of mobile devices for language learning, under the Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) has been found to motivate children to read digital print. However, parents need to be convinced of the benefits of this new technology-assisted learning method within a multilingual learning context. A case study was conducted to propose a MALL framework in which educators and parents created a shared meaningful learning environment to develop the children’s emergent multilingual literacy skills, using mobile devices installed with interactive multilingual </span><span class="TextRun SCXW153678227" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">eB</span><span class="TextRun SCXW153678227" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">ooks. This paper reports the findings, specifically on the parents’ attitude and motivation towards reading multilingual </span><span class="TextRun SCXW153678227" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">eBooks</span><span class="TextRun SCXW153678227" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"> with their children. A group of 25 multi-ethnic families, together with their 5-year-old children participated in this study. A mixed-method explanatory research design obtained parent's attitude and motivation from a questionnaire, interview, and feedback form. The results show a high level of parents’ acceptance toward reading eBook with their children. Parents attributed their positive attitude and motivation towards MALL to the use of the multimedia, multilingual, and mobile platform. The MALL framework was also found to encourage parents and other adults to scaffold the children’s multilingual skills development. However, there were also setbacks toward the use of eBook as some parents expressed a stronger preference for printed books and were concerned with health issues associated with the children’s eBook use. Areas for improvements and future research are also made in this paper.</span>
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Nurbaiti, Dewi, and Mariah Mariah. "Pengaruh Sikap pada Ebook dan Sikap pada Buku Fisik terhadap Minat Baca Masyarakat di Era Industri 4.0." Jurnal Logistik Indonesia 4, no. 1 (October 29, 2020): 74–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.31334/logistik.v4i1.875.
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One of the creative industry’ products which are inside of it are writings and pictures produced from one's creative thinking is book. For some communities, reading physical books are still an option if compared with reading digital book or called e-book. This is related with the age, neighborhood, social status and the level of education. Along with the development of the times, there has been a lot of growing up the publishing industry and also the profession of book writer, but it is not end by printing physical books, but in digital platform only. The process of e-book selling is increase every day and it become a capable industry to sustain the economic needs of communities. The quantitative research that compiled by collecting questionnaire data to the people of Jakarta and surrounding areas provides data presentation that Ebooks and physical books are important factors that influence people's interest in reading in the industrial era 4.0. Both types of books have their own appeal to attract individual mints according to different age groups.
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Goldberg, David, and Thomas Kjellberg. "Are electronic books “books”?" Publishing Research Quarterly 19, no. 3 (September 2003): 13–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12109-003-0027-1.
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Frazier, Russell M. "A Cannon for Cooperation: A Review of the Interagency Cooperation Literature." Journal of Public Administration and Governance 4, no. 1 (February 5, 2014): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v4i1.4870.
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This literature review encompasses a myriad of sources that offer a wide-ranging view of the subject of interagency cooperation. The review is thematic in nature and draws primarily on resources (i.e., books, academic databases, and EBooks & EJournals) available from multiple libraries. Interagency cooperation is an imperative part of the United States research and development (R & D) diffusion agenda, principally in the manufacturing sector. Nevertheless, the principles of realizing efficacious cooperative relationships are important. Thus, the review focuses on literature that can offer direction for policy stakeholders planning to establish, or re-evaluating governance oriented delivery structures. The components of this review include: a definition of interagency cooperation and essential elements of interagency cooperation-external (systematic and random) forces, shared problems, resources, and capacity building.
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Palahania, Ankit. "Android Application for my College." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. VI (June 15, 2021): 1079–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.35215.
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The welfare of the students and faculty plays a very significant role in any institution and in these changing times, students are more driven towards using a smartphone for every purpose. As we know that he world is at the fingertips of every users and now student can get access to any information from anywhere. So, an android application for student can be significantly helpful and this reduces the chance of visiting a library, websites and other places searching for the books, sample quizzes, study material, notices and any other information [5]. This project is an educational android application which is made for our college students and faculty members. In this project we have created two android applications i.e. CMRTC Admin and CMRTC android app. In CMRTC Admin app, only the authorized faculty members can access this admin app. The admin can modify the images, events, news, notices, quiz questions, study material and eBooks for students and can change the list of faculty members of different departments. Whereas the second app i.e. CMRTC app is only for students and other users and in this app they can get information about our college, Google maps location, notice board, gallery of the college, video lectures, study materials (eBooks, question papers, quizzes etc.) and students can download the study material, can share this app to their friends and for any feedback they can provide it in our college website. So, for the welfare of the college we have made this project.
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Blackman, Uri, Stephen Berger, and Mary Elizabeth Wilson. "GIDEON E‐Books System GIDEON E‐Books System Founded by Uri Blackman and Stephen Berger Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network (GIDEON) http://www.gideononline.com/ebooks." Clinical Infectious Diseases 51, no. 10 (November 15, 2010): 1227–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/656803.
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