Ebook provider ebrary this week released its third survey in two years of attitudes toward ebooks, this one measuring students’ perception and use of the emerging medium. Completed this May, the survey reveals few major surprises for librarians, confirming the continuing rise of web-based resources in students’ lives—and also suggests that the book on the book is not closed when it comes to print. “Print books still command respect,” noted Allen McKiel, dean of library and media services at Western Oregon University. In fact, a passion for print books emerged from the survey. That surprised McKiel, who has analyzed all of the recent ebrary surveys. “Lack of interest is perhaps too mild a characterization for the reaction that some students have to ebooks,” McKiel noted in his analysis. “The loss of print books is personal. Books are loved. Ebooks threaten them. I think it is important to acknowledge that for many students, faculty, and librarians, perhaps most acutely for librarians, e-books threaten the loss of something approximating the loss of a personal friend.”
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