Impact of English-Language and French-Language Students and Faculty Populations on the Use of E-Monographs in a Bilingual Canadian University

Abstract

Abstract This article reports the results of a quantitative and systematic analysis comparing usage rates between English-language and French-language e-monograph titles at Laurentian University, Canada. Full-text viewings were compared to faculty and student population sizes. The majority of e-monograph usage was recorded by the English-language e-monograph collection, with English-language e-monograph viewings accounting for 91.2% of the total number of viewings. Both English- and French-language doctoral students shared very strong linear relationships with their respective e-monograph collection. The English-language e-monograph collection demonstrated a greater level of relative use by English-language student and faculty populations. English- and French-language e-monograph collections are used at different rates by their respective language-based populations.