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Consumers' Intentions to Use E-Readers
Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2014Although the e-reader marketplace has become increasingly significant in recent years, the current lack of understanding of factors that drive consumers' intention to use e-readers suggests there is much to be learned in this area. This study develops and tests a variation on the Technology Acceptance Model in order to investigate factors influencing ...
Michael D. Williams +2 more
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An augmented e-reader for multimodal literacy
Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers - UbiComp '15, 2015We present an initial prototype to extend a reading tablet for haptic feedback -with a surface vibration transducer. This, in order to transform literature into a multimodal reading experience. In this augmented literature, the text provides its reader with verbal information, while other senses perceive context through non-verbal cues.
Heng Gu +3 more
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The Reference Librarian, 2010
The Penn State University Libraries partnered with Sony Electronics, Inc., to test the Sony Reader in the academic environment. Since 2008, they have tested the Reader extensively in teaching, lending, and disability services. This article discusses the preliminary research project.
Anne Behler, Binky Lush
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The Penn State University Libraries partnered with Sony Electronics, Inc., to test the Sony Reader in the academic environment. Since 2008, they have tested the Reader extensively in teaching, lending, and disability services. This article discusses the preliminary research project.
Anne Behler, Binky Lush
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Using E-Readers in Education - Challenges and Opportunities
2014 International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Computing and Engineering, 2014A lot of changes in the use of technology in the classroom have happened over the past few years. The prediction in the future is that our reading could be mainly digital, and e-readers are one of the emerging technologies aimed at digital reading. There is currently a huge acceptance of e-books for pleasure reading, however there is now shift to e ...
N. D. Chuene +2 more
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Assessing User Preferences for E-Readers and Tablets
Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 2013Librarians purchased 12 e-readers and six tablets to provide patrons the opportunity to experiment with the latest mobile technologies. After several train-the-trainer sessions, librarians shared device information with the broader health sciences community. Devices were cataloged and made available for a two-week checkout.
Jeanne M, Le Ber +4 more
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E‐readers in an academic library setting
Library Hi Tech, 2011PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show how e‐book readers are used in an academic library setting.Design/methodology/approachThe approach takes the form of a literature review and e‐mail survey to academic library administrators.FindingsAlthough the survey sample responding was not large, it was felt that it represented a microcosm of intelligent ...
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2004
This chapter introduces a number of terms and phrases that you may not be familiar with. These terms are listed in the accompanying Handbook with enough space to define them in your own words or note examples, references, and resources.
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This chapter introduces a number of terms and phrases that you may not be familiar with. These terms are listed in the accompanying Handbook with enough space to define them in your own words or note examples, references, and resources.
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Information Display, 2010
E‐readers are not yet commodity items, although they are selling briskly. This year's unit sales are predicted to be twice those of last year. And, in many ways, e‐book technology is still in its early stages. E‐book file compatibility is still being sorted out, and future versions of e‐readers will offer many features not widely seen today, including ...
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E‐readers are not yet commodity items, although they are selling briskly. This year's unit sales are predicted to be twice those of last year. And, in many ways, e‐book technology is still in its early stages. E‐book file compatibility is still being sorted out, and future versions of e‐readers will offer many features not widely seen today, including ...
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Logos, 2010
Digital technology changes our world and reshapes the scientific, social, political, cultural, commercial—and romantic—relationships between people. A short love letter written on birchbark (a not uncommon carrier of communication in mediaeval Russia (http://gramoty.ru/) is intentionally not very much different in content than a modern text message ...
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Digital technology changes our world and reshapes the scientific, social, political, cultural, commercial—and romantic—relationships between people. A short love letter written on birchbark (a not uncommon carrier of communication in mediaeval Russia (http://gramoty.ru/) is intentionally not very much different in content than a modern text message ...
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2011
2011 has seen many e-readers arrive on store shelves; a new generation of “touch screen” devices including the Nook Simple Touch, Kobo eReader Touch, and i-River Story HD. They all have a capability of loading user created content, so the question arises; how well can they support my legacy documents? The answer might be surprisingly well.
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2011 has seen many e-readers arrive on store shelves; a new generation of “touch screen” devices including the Nook Simple Touch, Kobo eReader Touch, and i-River Story HD. They all have a capability of loading user created content, so the question arises; how well can they support my legacy documents? The answer might be surprisingly well.
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