Sentences with phrase «library patron respondents»
The vast majority of library patron respondents owned a desktop or laptop computer, as well as a cell phone.
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84 % of respondents said that their library's patrons were using tablets such as the Apple iPad, Kindle Fire, or Google Nexus tablets, while 78 % said that patrons were using dedicated e-reader devices such as the Kindle, Kobo or Nook.
The study also seems to confirm a general decline in the use of ebooks by library patrons: «Over the past 12 months, 96 % of survey respondents read at least one print book, while 44 % read at least one ebook.»
Additionally, library ebook lending grew significantly in the time period, with as many as five percent of respondents stating that they had borrowed an ebook, while 31 % of those in the survey answered that they knew that library patrons were able to borrow ebooks.
Another major focus was for the role of librarian to garner more much - needed understanding or respect from library users, and respondents sought ways to communicate their effectiveness to the patrons.
About 55 percent of respondents said that their devices were preloaded with ebooks, while 25 percent said that their library offered preloaded devices and also enabled patrons to download their own content.
Most library staff respondents said that they feel the availability of e-books brings new patrons into the system, although they generally did not feel that the advent of e-books necessarily brought younger readers into contact with the library more often.
As a result, many respondents (both patrons and librarians) longed for e-book titles to be integrated into the main library catalog in order to streamline the process.
The patron respondents in our opt - in sample were frequent visitors of both their library's physical branch and website.
Among the librarians who answered our online questionnaire, the vast majority of respondents said their library offered at least some form of instruction on e-readers and e-books for patrons.
Boopsie's spring survey appears to corroborate Capira's usage data, with 94 percent of respondents saying that patrons use their app for account management and 90 percent saying that they use it to access information about the library, compared with 82 percent saying it is commonly used for catalog searches.