La satisfacción de uso de los dispositivos e-reader en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios españoles

Abstract

[EN]: The use of scholarly electronic books is still limited in the context of universities, due to the users' need to spend a longer time reading and the existence of usability and interface design problems. This work will assess users' satisfaction with e-readers, the most frequent type of readings done on them, and the level of users' knowledge, use and satisfaction with the university libraries' digital collections. To this end, a digital survey was developed and sent to students of those public universities in Spain that offered a degree in Information Sciences during the academic year 2012-2013. Results show that, in spite of the extended use of e-readers, the computer is still the most used device for reading and consulting scholarly electronic books.

[EN]: The use of scholarly electronic books is still limited in the context of universities, due to the users’ need to spend a longer time reading and the existence of usability and interface design problems. This work will assess users’ satisfaction with e-readers, the most frequent type of readings done on them, and the level of users’ knowledge, use and satisfaction with the university libraries’ digital collections. To this end, a digital survey was developed and sent to students of those public universities in Spain that offered a degree in Information Sciences during the academic year 2012-2013. Results show that, in spite of the extended use of e-readers, the computer is still the most used device for reading and consulting scholarly electronic books.