Like an open book? Accessibility of e-book content for academic study in a diverse student population

Muir, Laura J; Veale, Thomas; Nichol, Anne

Abstract

This paper reviews previous research on e-books and the information seeking behaviour of scholars. It presents the initial findings from an in-depth study of the behaviour and experiences of seven students (including students with dyslexia and visual impairment) using e-books for their academic coursework assignments and highlights the information accessibility issues they encountered. It discusses the need to develop a new model of e-book content delivery and proposes a framework for the evaluation of academic e-books from a commercial or "business" perspective

Citation

Muir, L. J., Veale, T., & Nichol, A. (2009). Like an open book? Accessibility of e-book content for academic study in a diverse student population. Library and information research, 33, 90-109

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 4, 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Deposit Date: Dec 1, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 1, 2015
• Print ISSN: 1756-1086
• Electronic ISSN: 1756-1086
• Publisher: CILIP, Library and Information Research Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Pages: 90-109
• Keywords: e-Books; accessibilty; useability; researhc and development
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9353
• Publisher URL: http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/article/view/157/277