student's information sources in the digital world - december 2011
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Investigations into the information sources used by UK students in December 2011, including their purchasing of materials in print and in digital, the sources they use and their views on digital vs print materialTRANSCRIPT
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Students (still) like books!
Some key findings from Students’ Information Sources in the Digital World, December 2011
Jo Henry, Managing Director of BML Bowker
Presentation for the APSBG, March 2012
BML18-20 St Andrew Street
London EC4A 3AG020 7832 1782
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Methodology
13th December 2011 to January 3rd 2012
1008 respondents
Undergraduate students at HE Institutes in the UK
Quotas for sex / year / 6 main subject groupings:• Arts & Humanities• Business & Management• Law• Medicine• Science & Technology • Social Sciences
Online via OpinionPanel
How do students learn?
Study resources used at all, by >25% of students
Under 25% = Printed course packs, online discussion forums/workshops, PC-based databases, digital course packs, CD-Roms, other online/printed resources
Online/websites for specific textbooks
Lecturer websites
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
Accredited websites
Online databases
Open Access websites
Printed journals
Wikipedia articles
eBooks
Online/digital journals
Lecturer hand-outs
Printed books
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
25
27
31
33
36
36
42
49
62
79
87
88
Base: All students
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Study resources used at all, 2011 vs 2003
PC-based databases
Printed course packs
Online databases
Online/digital journals
Printed journals
Printed books
Lecturer hand-outs
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
17
24
36
79
42
88
87
42
57
62
66
66
95
96
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Base: All students
Study resources used most (up to 3)
Base: All students
Under 5% = Printed course packs, lecturer websites, online/websites for specific textbooks, online discussion forums/workshops, PC-based databases, digital course packs, CD-Roms, other online/printed resources, e-books
Accredited websites
Printed journals
Open Access websites
Wikipedia articles
Online databases
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
Online/digital journals
Lecturer hand-outs
Printed books
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
6
7
8
9
10
12
41
42
62
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Study resources used most, 2011 vs 2003
In 2011: % saying that resource is one of three used the most In 2003: % rating their use of that resource 3 or 4 out of 4
Online/digital journals
Printed coursepacks
Printed journals
Online databases
Lecturer hand-outs
Printed books - borrowed (2003 only)
Printed books (owned in 2003)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
41
24
7
10
42
62
23
23
26
28
62
65
73
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Base: All students
Purchasing of resources – all students
Base: All students
% buying Ave. no/student Ave. spend/student
73
3
71
49
1.6
1720
0.7000000000000014
18
1.1 2
16
0.7000000000000013
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0.4 1
New printed 2nd hand books Printed course packs E-book extradctsComplete e-books Digital course packs
Purchasing of resources – all students
Base: All students
% buying Ave. no/student Ave. spend/student
77
4.1
71
54
2.1
19
30
1.4
8
Core texts Other recommended texts Other
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How students usually acquire printed books
Base: All using printed book (884)
Borrow from other students
Other
Buy second hand
Buy new
Borrow from library
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
1
1
20
29
48
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How students usually acquire e-books
Base: All using e-books (624)
Other
Borrow from other students
Buy new
Borrow from library
Download for free
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
2
3
9
38
48
12
How students usually acquire online resources
Base: All using online resources (967)
Pay to subscribe yourself
Have free personal subscription
Use free resources
Institution subscribes on behalf of students
0 20 40 60
2
8
29
60
Effect of e-book use on print buying – excluding 1st year students
Base: All non-first year students using e-books (418)
I did not buy printed books before I started using ebooks
11%
My expenditure on new printed books
has increased in spite of using ebooks
11%
My expenditure on new printed books has not really changed at all
54%
My expenditure on new printed books has reduced but I still buy printed
books too19%
I have stopped buying new printed books, and am only using ebooks
now5%
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Appendix 1: Additional analysis available in full report
Students’ Information Sources in the Digital World: December 2011 now available from BML Bowker; includes detailed key findings section from Linda Bennett to contextualize the information plus:
• Job status, by course, sex, year and university type• Study resources used: variations by type of course• Finding out about and acquiring resources: variations by type of course• Purchasing of each type of resources by course and year*• Purchasing of core/recommended/other, by course and year*• Average price paid for each type of resource. by type of course• Purchase sources used at all and most, for print and digital• Value for money of core/recommended resources by type of course, sex, year and type of university• Importance of features in which resource to buy• Specific online resources used• Devices used to read e-books• Print vs. e-book benefits• Most value e-book functionalities• Pricing of e-books• Digital study resources required• Use of social media in study• How lecturers recommend core texts
*includes % who buy and estimates of maximum number bought, average number per student, maximum spent, average spend per buyer, average spend per student
Full report contents
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