JISC national e-books observatory project

Observatory project final report published.

The results of the two year project exploring the behaviours of e-book users and the impact of course text e-books on print sales are now available. The final report summarises the key findings of the project and the  recommendations for future action.

You can view the report online, download it or order print copies.

The final report summarises the findings and data captured through deep log analysis, focus groups, user surveys and print sales analysis. I recommend that if you wish to see more detail that you read the relevant reports and look at the original data that is also available. Please see the reports page for further information and for the individual reports.

Report Quick Links

• JISC national e-books observatory project: Key findings and recommendations
• Scholarly e-books usage and information seeking behaviour: a deep log analysis of MyiLibrary
• Headline findings from the user surveys
• Findings from the first user survey
• Analysis of the free text fields from the first user survey
• E-book use by academic staff and students in UK universities: focus groups report
• E-book use by academic staff and students in UK universities: focus groups report
• E-book collection management in UK university libraries: focus groups report
• E-book collection management in UK university libraries: focus groups report
• Assessing the impact of electronic course texts on print sales and library hard copy circulation
• Establishing methods for future studies on the impact of e-books
  

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