Electronic books and the humanities: a survey at the University of Denver
Electronic books and the humanities: a survey at the University of Denver
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电子书与人文学科：丹佛大学的一项调查
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2007
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通讯作者：
Michael Levine
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Michael Levine
目的-要确定水平的认识和模式的使用电子书籍的学者在humanitars.Design/方法/方式-丹佛大学社区的一项调查评估的知识和使用的电子书籍。人文主义者的结果如下。调查结果-人文学科学者对电子书的认识水平高于校园内的同事，但使用电子书的比例相同。他们的使用模式是不同的，人文主义者使用电子书的次数比其他群体少。人文主义者仍然喜欢印刷书籍，电子文本在更高的速度比其他群体和关心较少的附加功能，如搜索，比他们做的内容。独创性/价值-人文主义者进行研究不同，比大多数其他学者，使用图书馆目录和浏览作为主要手段查找信息，并重视图书比其他资源。以前没有研究评估人文主义者是否有类似的独特模式。
Purpose – To identify levels of awareness and patterns of usage of electronic books by scholars in the humanities.Design/methodology/approach – A survey of the University of Denver community assessed knowledge about and usage of electronic books. The results for humanists are presented here.Findings – Scholars in the humanities have a higher level of awareness of e‐books than their colleagues across campus but use e‐books at the same rate. Their patterns of use are different, with humanists using less of the e‐book than do other groups. Humanists still prefer printed books to electronic texts at a higher rate than do other groups and care less about added features, such as searchability, than they do about content.Originality/value – Humanists conduct research differently than do most other scholars, using the library catalog and browsing as primary means of finding information, and valuing the book more than other resources. No previous research has assessed whether humanists have similarly unique patter...