Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- File Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
The Library Is Our Lab: The Case For Print Books In An Academic Library, Peggy Ellis, Fran Gray
The Library Is Our Lab: The Case For Print Books In An Academic Library, Peggy Ellis, Fran Gray
Western Libraries Presentations
Humanities researchers consider the library to be their laboratory, and its print collections their essential research equipment. In spite of anecdotal evidence that both students and faculty in the Humanities prefer print materials over e-books, academic libraries are allocating a steadily increasing proportion of their acquisitions budgets toward the purchase of e-books across all disciplines.
At Western University in London, Ontario, Peggy Ellis and Fran Gray surveyed Arts & Humanities faculty members and graduate students to gain a better understanding of their attitudes toward e-books. The objectives of our research are three-fold: to determine whether researchers in the Humanities departments …
The Library Is Our Lab: The Case For Print Books In An Academic Library, Fran Gray, Peggy Ellis
The Library Is Our Lab: The Case For Print Books In An Academic Library, Fran Gray, Peggy Ellis
Western Libraries Presentations
Humanities researchers consider the library to be their laboratory, and its print collections their essential research equipment. In spite of anecdotal evidence that both students and faculty in the Humanities prefer print materials over e-books, academic libraries are allocating a steadily increasing proportion of their acquisitions budgets toward the purchase of e-books across all disciplines. What is the impact of this trend on the work of these researchers? At Western University in London, Ontario, we surveyed faculty members and graduate students in the Arts and Humanities faculty and those in the History department to gain a better understanding of their …