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A Comparison of E-book and Print Book Discovery, Preferences, and Usage by Science and Engineering Faculty and Graduate Students at the University of Kansas.

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2014
The availability of science and technology e-books through the University of Kansas Libraries is growing rapidly through approval plans, e-book packages, and electronic demand-driven acquisitions.
Julie Waters   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reading in the digital age: using electronic books as a teaching tool for beginning readers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study investigated the eBook reading experiences of eight grade 1 students. Eight students were given ten 25-minute sessions with the software programs over 15 weeks.
Katia Ciampa
core  

Cross‐disciplinary integration: Information practices and a role for information scholars. An annual review of information science and technology paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cross‐disciplinary research is a priority for many academic institutions, with a growing body of scholarship dedicated to studying the central practice of cross‐disciplinarity: integration, or the synthesis of knowledge, information, and data across disciplines and domains.
Ciara Zogheib
wiley   +1 more source

Affective dimensions in the information behavior of forcibly displaced people: A literature review. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This review analyzed 241 scholarly articles published between 2010 and 2025 in information science venues to examine how affect shapes refugees' information behavior during forced migration and to identify additional contextual factors. It identifies seven affective dimensions: anxiety, shame and stigma, grief and loss, frustration, (mis)trust,
Maja Krtalić, Lilach Alon
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Long Tail Theory in Digital Bookstores [PDF]

open access: yesکتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی
Objective: This research aims to explore the applicability of the long-tail theory within the context of electronic bookstores, using the Taaghche bookstore (Taaghche.com) as the main study case.
Sara Ferdowsizadeh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

E-Books, Soup to Nuts: Considering Workflows for Electronic Books

open access: yes, 2023
Many libraries have already have access to packages of electronic books, and are either considering or putting into place two other methods of acquisition: title-by-title selection and patron-driven acquisitions (PDA).
NC DOCKS at East Carolina University   +1 more
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Conceptualizing algorithmic inequality and future agenda. An annual review of information science and technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The issue of inequality caused by algorithms, termed ‘algorithmic inequality’, has recently attracted scholarly attention in many disciplines due to its profound implications for society. While the body of literature on algorithmic inequality has grown, there remains a lack of comprehensive understanding of its nature, drivers, and impact ...
Shiwei Jia, Jia Tina Du, Hui Yan
wiley   +1 more source

What is user engagement? revisited: A comprehensive review of the concept of user engagement from 2010 to 2025. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract User engagement (UE) has long been proposed as a holistic framework for understanding user‐technology interactions and a mediator for outcomes of digital technology use, such as learning, health behavior change, information acquisition, and social connectivity.
Heather L. O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Controllability and Observability Conditions for Impulsive DAEs on Time Scales

open access: yesAsian Journal of Control, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper establishes criteria for controllability and observability in a class of linear time‐invariant impulsive differential‐algebraic equations (DAEs) defined on a time scale. Controllability is defined as the ability to transfer the system state from any initial condition to any desired state within a finite time interval using an ...
Awais Younus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Open Access E-Books in the Field of Health Sciences: A Scientometric Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Information Science and Management, 2018
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a discovery service for open access e-books. It provides a searchable index to peer-reviewed e-books published under an open access business model.
Fayaz Ahmad Loan, Ufaira Yaseen Shah
doaj  

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