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Where My Books Go: Choice and Place in Digital Reading

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George Buchanan,

Joanna LevittAuthors Info & Claims

JCDL '15: Proceedings of the 15th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

Pages 17 - 26

https://doi.org/10.1145/2756406.2756917

Published: 21 June 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Digital reading is a topic of rising interest in digital libraries, particularly in terms of optimizing the reading experience. However, there is relatively little data on the patterns of digital reading, including issues of where and what users read, and how they organize, plan and conduct their reading sessions. This paper reports the first data on mobile reading, combining insights from three different studies of users, including diary studies, interviews and ethnomethodological work. The data reveals that reading often depends on highly developed and rehearsed practices, especially when the reading is related to study or research. From this, we are able to identify a number of opportunities for further digital library research to better support the needs of users.

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Where My Books Go: Choice and Place in Digital Reading
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Digital libraries and archives
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Digital libraries and archives

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