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Cataloging The libraries in the sample had MARC records for a mean of approximately 74% of the e-books in their collections. College libraries were more likely to have MARC records for their e-books than were the public and special libraries. Many of the libraries with the smallest budgets did not have MARC records for their e-books.
E-book providers furnished MARC records for about two-thirds of all of the e-books in the collections of the libraries in the sample. Non-U.S. libraries had MARC records provided by vendors for more than 78% of their e-book holdings. Use of Popular E-book Sites 45% of the libraries in the sample said that they make special efforts to help patrons to reach assessable free e-book sites such as Project Guttenberg. College libraries were more likely than public or special libraries to provide this help. Who Uses What Librarians in the sample did not use the statistics provided by e-book vendors very much. Nearly 80% said that they used them only occasionally or that they were little used, and only 7.84% said that they were used quite extensively.
More than half of all patrons reported either extensive or significant use of e-reference books, and nearly a quarter of the college libraries in the sample reported that their patrons used e-books quite extensively.
Travel books were used quite infrequently and more than 82% of librarians said that they were used little.
How-to books were used occasionally by about 37% of the libraries in the sample, but most said that they were little used. Non-U.S. libraries reported higher use than did U.S.-based libraries.
Many libraries reported significant use of electronic directories. 12.5% reported extensive use and 30% said that use was significant. The larger libraries reported the heaviest use.
Business books were among the most popular e-books, perhaps reflecting the great familiarity with electronic information in the corporate world and among students of that world. Nearly 23% of the libraries in the sample reported quite extensive use of their electronic collections of business books, and the same percentage reported significant use. Non-U.S. libraries reported even heavier use than did U.S. libraries.
Fiction e-books were not used extensively and close to 71% of libraries said that they were used little. Less than 10% reported extensive or significant use of fiction e-books. CHAPTER NINE: E-book Readers Table 9.1: Percentage of Libraries that Own Any Kind of E-book Reading Device, Not Including Computer Workstations |
| Yes | No | | Entire Sample | 10.17% | 89.83% | Table 9.2: Percentage of Libraries that Own Any Kind of E-book Reading Device, Not Including Computer Workstations, Broken Out by Type of Institution | Type of Institution | Yes | No | | College and University Libraries | 10.87% | 89.13% | | Public and Special Libraries | 7.69% | 92.31% | Table 9.3: Percentage of Libraries that Own Any Kind of E-book Reading Device, Not Including Computer Workstations, Broken Out by U.S. or Non-U.S. Libraries | U.S. or non-U.S. Libraries | Yes | No | | U.S. | 10.64% | 89.36% | | Non-U.S. | 8.33% | 91.67% | Table 9.4: Percentage of Libraries that Own Any Kind of E-book Reading Device, Not Including Computer Workstations, Broken Out by Library Budget | Library Budget | Yes | No | | $4 million + | 6.67% | 93.33% | | $1.5 million - $3,999,999 | 11.11% | 88.89% | | $300,000 - $1,499,999 | 14.29% | 85.71% | | < $300,000 | 8.33% | 91.67% | Table 9.5: Percentage of Libraries that Own Any Amazon Kindle E-book Readers |
| Yes | No | | Entire Sample | 4.05% | 95.95% | CHAPTER FOUR: Information Literacy and E-books Table 4.1: Assessment of Library Patrons’ Skill Level in Using E-book Services and Databases, Compared to Skill in Finding and Accessing Information from Major Databases of Magazine, Newspaper and Journal Articles |
| Less skillful than their use of databases of articles | About the same as their skill level in using databases of articles | More skillful than their use of databases of articles | | Entire Sample | 48.21% | 48.21% | 3.57% | Table 4.2: Assessment of Library Patrons’ Skill Level in Using E-book Services and Databases, Compared to Skill in Finding and Accessing Information from Major Databases of Magazine, Newspaper and Journal Articles BA, Broken Out by Type of Institution | Type of Institution | Less skillful than their use of databases of articles | About the same as their skill level in using databases of articles | More skillful than their use of databases of articles | | College and University Libraries | 48.89% | 48.89% | 2.22% | | Public and Special Libraries | 45.45% | 45.45% | 9.09% | Table 4.3: Assessment of Library Patrons’ Skill Level in Using E-book Services and Databases, Compared to Skill in Finding and Accessing Information from Major Databases of Magazine, Newspaper and Journal Articles BA, Broken Out by U.S. or Non-U.S. Libraries | U.S. or non-U.S. Libraries | Less skillful than their use of databases of articles | About the same as their skill level in using databases of articles | More skillful than their use of databases of articles | | U.S. | 53.49% | 44.19% | 2.33% | | Non-U.S. | 30.77% | 61.54% | 7.69% |
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