2014 Charleston Library Conference

The study of e-books and how they are accessed and used has been a popular area of research for several years now. This presentation will directly compare results from an e-book use survey of college and university library users in the state of Florida conducted by the University of Florida in 2009 to a new companion survey to be conducted in 2014. The team will frame this comparison in a broader context by drawing upon other survey data published on e-book use in academic libraries. It is hypothesized that it will be useful to look at past and current survey responses to provide insight on changes to key issues and developing trends in e-book use. At various points during the presentation the team will engage the audience to respond to key survey questions using live polling software and instantaneously compare and contrast those results to the survey data as a whole. The presentation will conclude with a summary of the research and highlights from survey user responses.