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eBooks: Are They Used?

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An issue before libraries is whether or not ebooks (electronic books) are good choices. Associated questions are:

      Under what circumstances will ebooks be used?
      Are certain types of ebooks more useful to our patrons than others?
      Are certain disciplines more likely to find them useful?

To help answer these questions we are following the use of our netLibrary Solinet 1 and 2 collections. Below you will find recent reports we have prepared.

Total  LSU Accesses by Subject, Most Used to Least Used of the Solinet 1 Collection from Beginning to April 29, 2002
         
Subject: Counts:   Subject (cont'd.) Counts:
Computer Science 1772   Fine Arts 55
Economics and Business 1307   African-American/African Studies 46
Literature 1270   Music 43
Technology and Engineering 760   Physics 42
Medicine, Health, Wellness 695   Geography 38
Languages 533   Cooking, Nutrition, Home Economics 31
Library Science, Publishing, Bibliographies 397   Zoology 30
Education 367   Latin American/Caribbean Studies 29
Sociology 297   Botany 24
Philosophy 257   Arts and Crafts 22
American History 254   Geology 21
Religion 224   Military Science 17
Recreation, Leisure, Sports, Outdoors 196   Ecology/Environmental Studies 15
Philology and Linguistics 188   Classics 13
Biology, Natural History, Microbiology 175   Architecture 12
Psychology 170   Social Science General 12
Mathematics 156   Astronomy 10
History 146   Gay/Lesbian Studies 10
Political Science 130   Biography 7
Agriculture 125   Photography 6
Law 111   General 4
Family, Marriage, Parenting 110   Statistics 3
Women/Gender Studies 105   Archaeology 2
Chemistry 72   Fiction 2
Science General 65   Naval Science 1
Film/Media Studies 60   Oceanography 1
Anatomy and Physiology 59   Not Classified 0
Anthropology 55      

 

LSU Use of Netlibrary Solinet 2 Collection by Most-Used to Least-Used Subject
Subject 26-Dec-01 26-Jan-02 26-Feb-02 26-Mar-02 26-Apr-02
All Subjects Running Totals: 100 162 348 512 991
Computer Science 10 27 154 240 376
Economics and Business 41 65 72 88 167
Technology and Engineering 10 18 32 37 91
Literature 1 4 13 16 50
Library Science, Publishing, Bibliographies 1 2 11 14 34
Political Science 0 0 0 29 34
Sociology 8 8 9 12 32
Psychology 9 11 12 12 26
Religion 0 0 1 8 23
Medicine, Health, Wellness 2 3 3 5 21
American History 5 5 6 7 12
Education 1 1 2 3 11
Law 2 2 2 3 11
Family, Marriage, Parenting 0 0 0 0 9
Physics 0 1 1 2 9
Cooking, Nutrition, Home Economics 1 2 4 5 8
History 1 1 1 2 8
Languages 0 0 4 4 8
Geography 0 1 3 3 7
Botany 0 0 0 0 6
Philology and Linguistics 0 0 1 1 5
Recreation, Leisure, Sports, Outdoors 0 0 1 1 5
African-American/African Studies 2 2 2 2 4
Biography 0 0 0 0 4
Astronomy 3 3 3 3 3
Ecology/Environmental Studies 0 1 1 1 3
Music 0 0 1 1 3
Women/Gender Studies 0 0 1 1 3
Agriculture 0 0 0 2 2
Anatomy and Physiology 0 0 1 1 2
Biology, Natural History, Microbiology 0 0 0 1 2
Mathematics 0 1 1 2 2
Philosophy 0 0 0 0 2
Zoology 2 2 2 2 2
General 0 0 0 0 1
Latin American/Caribbean Studies 0 1 1 1 1
Military Science 0 0 1 1 1
Naval Science 1 1 1 1 1
Oceanography 0 0 1 1 1
Science General 0 0 0 0 1
Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0
Archaeology 0 0 0 0 0
Architecture 0 0 0 0 0
Arts and Crafts 0 0 0 0 0
Chemistry 0 0 0 0 0
Classics 0 0 0 0 0
Fiction 0 0 0 0 0
Film/Media Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Fine Arts 0 0 0 0 0
Gay/Lesbian Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Geology 0 0 0 0 0
Not Classified 0 0 0 0 0
Photography 0 0 0 0 0
Social Science General 0 0 0 0 0
Statistics 0 0 0 0 0

Prepared by Marilyn Christianson

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