E-book awareness and usage among UiTMCPP students / Noor Aina Abdul Razak and Hayati Mokhtaram

Millions of dollars are spent each year by academic libraries to make electronic resources available to students for free. However, free access to e-books might not keep students interested in and using them. Thus, a small-scale online survey of e-book awareness and usage among Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Pulau Pinang (UiTMCPP) students was implemented. Its objectives are to identify the reasons of using and not using e-books. A total of 202 students in UiTMCPP responded to this survey about how they use e-books for learning, how they search for them, what devices they use to get them, and how they read and use them. Part of the survey shows that 62.9% of students found it is free and easy to access e-books, whereas 27.7% preferred printed books. In general, it can be concluded that most of the students are aware and make full used on the availability of e-books in the library