• Overview

• Background of Research

• Research Aim & Questions

• Methodological Considerations

• Significance of Research

• Conclusions

• Questions

• What is an e-book?

• What is an e-reader?

• How do public libraries do programing?

• Who are young adults?

• Defining a generation

• Technology as a tool

• E-Books, E-Readers, & Literacy

• Public Libraries and YA Programing

• Nicholas & Lewis, 2008• Net Generation or Millennials

• Born between 1981 and 2001

• Sense of entitlement• “Helicopter parents”• Highly supervised experiences• Very involved in all decisions

• Technology is ever present

• Self-expression

• Social-networking to connect

• Comfortable working in teams• Collaboration and participation

• YA’s generally dissatisfied with e-books• Study conducted a decade ago

E-Books, E-Readers, & Literacy

• Zucker, Moody, & McKenna, 2009• Interactive or animated to engage• Customizable learning experience

• Larson, 2008• Electronic reading workshops • Online discussions and technologically based

culminating activity (i.e. WebQuest)• Larson, 2009

• 5th grade class used e-books and electronic journaling

• Insightful responses from students

• Scharber, Melrose, & Wurl, 2009• 9 out 10 YA’s are online• Read and Talk Clubs then online book

clubs• Online community=IM chats, message boards,

etc.

• Maynard and McKnight, 2001• Interview children’s librarians about e-

books• Developed high “visual literacy” skills

• Visual literacy = meaning in imagery

• Loertscher and Woolls, 2002• Study of studies

• Bishop and Bauer, 2002 • Most conducted research and

volunteered

• Mary Chelton, 1999• Negative interactions between librarians

and teens

Are Missouri public libraries integrating e-books and e-

readers into their young adult programing?

• Are librarians using e-books and e-readers in Missouri public libraries for young adult programing?• If yes, how are they using e-books and e-

readers?• Have the services or events been successful?

• Is there a correlation between e-book/e-reader usage and the socio-economic status of the community served by the library?

• Is geographic location of library a factor in e-book/e-reader usage among young adults? (i.e. rural versus urban)

• Quantitative research• Deductivist and objectivist

• Gather statistics to measure or find relationships between variables

• Epistemological orientation• Positivistic

• Ontological • External and objective

Gathering statistics to test:•Relationship between the socio-economic status of a community and its e-book and e-reader usage•Relationship between geographical location of a community and usage of e-books and e-readers

HypothesisWe want to test the hypothesis that Missouri public libraries are implementing e-books and e-readers

into their young adult programing so as to meet the aspirations of their technologically adept clientele.

• Survey Monkey • 5 minute survey• Chance to win $100 Amazon gift card

• 2 weeks to complete• Follow up sent after 2 weeks

• Sent to all 149 public library directors• Forwarded to YA librarians or person with similar

responsibilities

• Exported to Excel and IBM’s SPSS data analysis software

• Less intrusive• Efficient• Cost effective• Fits travel and time restraints• Bias of researchers is not incorporated• Easy to set up, administer, and collect• The results do not require any extra coding or

transcription• The recording of data is processed by Survey Monkey• Respondents may feel less pressure and answer

honestly

• Institution name• Position • Community size• E-book information

• How are they obtained?• Who provides?

• E-reader information• What kind?• Who provides?

• Programing information• How often?• How successful?

• E-mail (for drawing only)

• Privacy notice• Consent information• Incentive information• Purpose of survey

Provided by Us Provided by Them

• Validity:• Pre-testing

• Sent to libraries in the Kansas City, Kansas area

• Reliability:• 108 out of the 149 library districts need to respond• 193 respondents out of the 388 library branches • 95% confidence level with a +/- 5% confidence interval• Need variance to draw conclusions

• Objectivity• Self-completed questionnaire• Wording of questions

• Approval from IRB

• Consent forms

• Privacy• Contact information will only be used for

drawing then destroyed• Library information will be accessible by team

members only• Password protected data analyzing software

• Surveys are anonymous

• LIS • Scholarship and practice with data to improve the

usage of e-books and e-readers

• Public libraries • Sharing of knowledge concerning their

implementation of e-books and e-readers into young adult programing

• ALL librarians • Better understanding of how to serve their YA

patrons through services and programing

• It is expected that the larger the public libraries, the more e-books will be available to patrons.

• Many Missouri public libraries are using OverDrive software which does have access to some young adult titles, and we will be interested in what role this plays as well.

• Our group predicts that most libraries have reading groups for teens, but are unsure if any use e-books as an integral part of group activities or discussion.

• Based on our literature research we found a void our project will fill. There are some public libraries already implementing e-book programs-for example Trails Regional Library-Lexington Branch did this http://trlblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/instructions-long-story-short/

• We wish to study trends like these.

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