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| Title: | E-readers: devices for passionate leisure readers or an empowering scholarly resource? |
| Authors: | Lund, P. |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Citation: | Lund, P. (2011) E-readers: devices for passionate leisure readers or an empowering scholarly resource?. Wellington, New Zealand: LIANZA Conference 2011, 30 Oct-2 Nov 2011. |
| Abstract: | E-books are increasingly common in academic libraries and e-book reading devices such as the Kindle and iPad are achieving huge sales for leisure readers. The authors undertook a small study at Loughborough University Library to explore areas in which a variety of e-book readers might be applied. Areas included: e-books on reading lists, PDFs of journal articles, inter-library loans supplied from the British Library and teaching support for Shakespeare studies. Whilst the e-readers did not offer sufficient advantages to merit integrating them into a service, the study proved useful in developing library expertise in the use of and support for e-readers. |
| Publisher: | University of Canterbury. Library |
| Research Fields: | Field of Research::08 - Information and Computing Sciences::0807 - Library and Information Studies |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5750 |
| Rights URI: | http://library.canterbury.ac.nz/ir/rights.shtml |
| Appears in Collections: | Conference Contributions
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