Luo Yu-Zhou, Xiao Yue-Ming, Ma Yu-Yang, Li Chao
Business School, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Sep 20;12:752188. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.752188. eCollection 2021.
The emergence of e-books with the characteristics of easy access and reading any time anywhere is a subject of debate in academia. Topics include the use of e-books in libraries, their use in support teaching, new possibilities for reading activities, potential uses for library archives, and the motivation and intention of e-book users. Students at Guilin University of Technology participated in a survey. Of the 300 copies of the questionnaire distributed, 263 valid copies were returned, a retrieval rate of 88%. The research results show that (1) Usability and reading need are the key factors in e-book usage. Usability refers to convenient keyword searches, portability, and any time reading. E-books are considered to make searching and reading large amounts of data easier. (2) E-books are not restricted to time and space so that the overall reading quantity is increasing. Readers become accustomed to reading e-books, and the quality of their digital reading is gradually enhanced. (3) Students should complete e-book use courses offered by libraries to enhance their familiarity with e-books and their use of e-book software, thereby enhancing postgraduate student readers' e-book information literacy. The results of the research prompt suggestions to enhance the promotion of reading and e-book information to encourage student readers' e-book reading intention.
具有随时随地轻松获取和阅读特点的电子书的出现，是学术界争论的一个话题。议题包括电子书在图书馆的使用、其在支持教学方面的应用、阅读活动的新可能性、图书馆档案的潜在用途以及电子书用户的动机和意图。桂林理工大学的学生参与了一项调查。在分发的300份问卷中，回收有效问卷263份，回收率为88%。研究结果表明：（1）可用性和阅读需求是电子书使用的关键因素。可用性指方便的关键词搜索、便携性以及随时阅读。电子书被认为使搜索和阅读大量数据变得更容易。（2）电子书不受时间和空间限制，因此总体阅读量在增加。读者习惯了阅读电子书，其数字阅读质量也在逐步提高。（3）学生应完成图书馆提供的电子书使用课程，以增强他们对电子书及其电子书软件使用的熟悉程度，从而提高研究生读者的电子书信息素养。研究结果促使提出建议，以加强阅读和电子书信息的推广，鼓励学生读者的电子书阅读意愿。
