Trends in E-book Research

  • Rajendra Kumbhar Department of Library & Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune - 411 007
Keywords: E-book use, E-book research, E-book collection development, E-book promotion

Abstract

The research intended to identify current trends in research on e-books. Specifically it aimed to know the facets of e-books attended to by the research published during 2016. It also intended to review significant results and their supportive or contradictory nature with reference to each other.

For this review research literature on e-books was searched from LISA, Emerald, Ebsco, Google Scholar and other databases using the statement ‘e-books OR ebooks’. The query was restricted to journal articles published in English language during January to December 2016. The review finds that the focus of current research on e-books is clearly on usage of e-books. Themes such as e-book collection development and management; search and discovery are also paid more attention to. Usage of e-books by children is emerging as a prominent area of e-book research. Designing of e-books and e-book reading devices are also topics of interest to e-book researchers. Many non-LIS disciplines and professions have interest in researching e-books.   

 

Author Biography

Rajendra Kumbhar, Department of Library & Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune - 411 007
Dr Rajendra Kumbhar is working as Professor in the Department of Library & Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly, University of Pune). He has been teaching to the various courses in Library and Information Science for over 30 years. Research method, classification’ and reading habits are topics of his interest. He has over 50 research articles and 10 plus books to his credit.
Published
2018-05-04
How to Cite
Kumbhar, R. (2018). Trends in E-book Research. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 38(3), 162-169. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.38.3.12382
Section
Papers