E-book Culture at Rajshahi University Students in Bangladesh

Q3 Social Sciences

International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs Pub Date : 2019-10-14 DOI:10.11648/J.IPA.20190302.13

Purnima Banik, Md. Armanul Haque, P. Sultana, Md. Rayhan Kobir

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In the era of Information and Communication Technology, E-books are the blessing for the present world and it has drawn worldwide popularity besides the printed books among the readers. This paper aims at identifying the usage of E-books among the science and engineering faculty students at Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. A total of 150 respondents were chosen randomly and distributed with a structured questionnaire where 141 respondents returned the questionnaire. Simple percentage calculations were used to analyze data. The study finds that 100% of the surveyed students used E-books. Most of students used E-books by Laptop and Smartphone by borrowing from friends and accessing central library databases for improving and gaining knowledge of research and course work in the department. However, most of the students mentioned that they prefer printed books to E-books. Majority of the students agreed that the library should enrich the collections of E-books as well as the users and library professionals should be properly trained up Rajshahi University.

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孟加拉国拉杰沙希大学学生的电子书文化

在信息和通信技术时代，电子书是当今世界的福音，它在读者中除了印刷书籍之外，也受到了全世界的欢迎。本文旨在确定孟加拉国Rajshahi大学理工科学生对电子书的使用情况。随机抽取150名调查对象，发放结构化问卷，其中141名调查对象填写了问卷。使用简单的百分比计算来分析数据。研究发现，100%的受访学生使用电子书。大多数学生通过笔记本电脑和智能手机从朋友那里借电子书，并访问中央图书馆数据库，以提高和获取本系研究和课程作业的知识。然而，大多数学生提到他们更喜欢纸质书而不是电子书。大多数学生都认为图书馆应该丰富电子书的馆藏，并对图书馆的使用者和专业人员进行适当的培训。

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International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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