E-book surveys worthy of your time
June 29, 2009 | 2:57 am
By David Rothman
Kevin Herrera, head of library information technology at the University of Mississippi Libraries, hopes you’ll fill out the appropriate survey(s) below.
Respectively, the two surveys are for:
Whether you live inside or outside the U.S., here’s a chance to speak up on such issues as e-book costs vs. those for p-books. As described, the study concerns “use of e-books, e-book readers such as the Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader, and e-book software on portable devices such as smartphones.
“The information gathered will be used to consider ways in which libraries acquire and support e-books and how library users interact with the library in using e-books.”
Related: Why librarians need to care about DRM and e-book standards—and affordable hardware.
Photo: Kindle the eBook 2.0, CC-licensed from jurvetson.



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