Abstract
In the era of Information and Communication Technology, E-books are the blessing for the present world and it has drawn worldwide popularity besides the printed books among the readers. This paper aims at identifying the usage of E-books among the science and engineering faculty students at Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. A total of 150 respondents were chosen randomly and distributed with a structured questionnaire where 141 respondents returned the questionnaire. Simple percentage calculations were used to analyze data. The study finds that 100% of the surveyed students used E-books. Most of students used E-books by Laptop and Smartphone by borrowing from friends and accessing central library databases for improving and gaining knowledge of research and course work in the department. However, most of the students mentioned that they prefer printed books to E-books. Majority of the students agreed that the library should enrich the collections of E-books as well as the users and library professionals should be properly trained up Rajshahi University.
Highlights
E-books, e-books, eBooks are elaborated as electronic books that are available in the digital platform with text, image, or by both
A general awareness about e-book using trends is growing among educated people, and some perceptions are vice versa
What is the actual situation of e-books using among users and what are attitudes towards e-books is not transparent to us? From the willingness to know the exact using situation of e-books among users, especially students at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh and what they think about e-books was the inspiration to do the research work
Summary
E-books, e-books, eBooks are elaborated as electronic books that are available in the digital platform with text, image, or by both. The advancement of Information and communication technologies have significantly contributed towards the use and access of ebooks by the university students all over the world and universities are, spending a significant amount of money behind purchasing and subscribing different e-books publishers for their students, researchers and teachers [1]. A variety of works on the use of e-books at academic institutions in developed countries have been done, and most of the students are much aware and access and use e-book for different purposes mostly the educational and research mission [2,3,4,5]. From the willingness to know the exact using situation of e-books among users, especially students at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh and what they think about e-books was the inspiration to do the research work. The main objective of this study is to find out the exact situation of the usage pattern of e-books and the problems faced by the users while using e-books
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