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Introduction 'Reading is the best policy' echoes from our childhood memories. All religions, civi... more Introduction 'Reading is the best policy' echoes from our childhood memories. All religions, civilizations and cultures support the 'reading'. Onovughe (2012) stated that every nation prides itself in the reading culture of its literate population. Reading helps individuals to find their identity, belonging to culture and helps them to explore new concepts for personal growth (Liu, 2005). A good reading culture in any nation is, therefore, an enviable virtue. 'Reading' word brings the concept of books in our minds. However, now reading has become a combination of multiple activities. Brown (2001) stated that the reading is not a univocal act. Our reading materials, contents and purpose differ from print-on-paper or e-text of newspapers, magazines, manuals, maps, professional journals, textbooks, scholarly monographs, novels, plays, and poems etc. Reading from printed documents tend to be comprehend the reader with brain activation, the contextual environment, cognitive focus and reading speed (Chen & Chen, 2014). It deepen the readers' understanding of the text, extracting a sense of its structure, plan for writing, cross-refer to other documents, and interweave reading and writing (Chou, 2012). Reading habits over past centuries has modified due to nature and amount of communication resources and has also changed us. However, regardless of the medium, reading is still most efficient method of acquiring knowledge and communication in ICT age (Liu, 2005). 'Reading from screens tends to be significantly different from reading printed text in text-saturated world of www' (Cull, 2011). In the 18 th century, the reading reached to common people due to massive printing production. The 19 th century witnessed the extensive reading of books, newspaper, and periodicals. Early 20 th century was of 'dedicated readers' doing page to page reading. Late 20 th century viewed 'flapping readers' with enormous availability of printed books, printed marketing materials, microforms, digital resources, and web pages. These flipping readers swiftly shift, title to title without in-depth reading. The 21 st century generation also known as generation Z, multimedia generation and the digital generation is of 'glancing readers', who go through highlights in multiple formats and devices (Guzmán, 2012). Cull (2011) stated that a typical screen
Library Philosophy and Practice, 2021
The aim of the study was to examine the difference of ease of use, accessibility, and future pred... more The aim of the study was to examine the difference of ease of use, accessibility, and future prediction of print format books (p-books) and eBooks among MBBS students. The quantitative research method and survey design was used for this study. The population of the study was the undergraduate medical students (MBBS) of Shalamar Medical & Dental College (SMDC) Lahore, Pakistan. For data collection the self-administered instrument was used and questionnaire was validated from field expert and Institutional Review Board of SMDC. For checking the reliability, pilot testing was conducted and Cronbach's Alpha value was 0.87. In SMDC, MBBS students were 600 from 1st year to final year and the data was collected from all enrolled MBBS students of SMDC. The data was analyzed by using of SPSS 23rd version. It was found that the majority of MBBS students used eBooks and p-books for study purposes. The Prof. M. Akhtar Khan library has a rich collection of both format books. The researchers, students can access and utilize the eBooks and p-books round the clock 24/7. It has been examined that students got easy access to eBooks and usage of eBooks. The majority of students were satisfied with the eBooks because they save their time, easily accessible, and their availably on their desktop and on android phones. The factor ease of use was significantly high in favor of the pbooks. The students have future preferences for both formats. The senior classes preferred p-books and junior classes were in favor of eBooks. The majority of MBSS students were satisfied with both kind of material.
Introduction 'Reading is the best policy' echoes from our childhood memories. All religions, civi... more Introduction 'Reading is the best policy' echoes from our childhood memories. All religions, civilizations and cultures support the 'reading'. Onovughe (2012) stated that every nation prides itself in the reading culture of its literate population. Reading helps individuals to find their identity, belonging to culture and helps them to explore new concepts for personal growth (Liu, 2005). A good reading culture in any nation is, therefore, an enviable virtue. 'Reading' word brings the concept of books in our minds. However, now reading has become a combination of multiple activities. Brown (2001) stated that the reading is not a univocal act. Our reading materials, contents and purpose differ from print-on-paper or e-text of newspapers, magazines, manuals, maps, professional journals, textbooks, scholarly monographs, novels, plays, and poems etc. Reading from printed documents tend to be comprehend the reader with brain activation, the contextual environment, cognitive focus and reading speed (Chen & Chen, 2014). It deepen the readers' understanding of the text, extracting a sense of its structure, plan for writing, cross-refer to other documents, and interweave reading and writing (Chou, 2012). Reading habits over past centuries has modified due to nature and amount of communication resources and has also changed us. However, regardless of the medium, reading is still most efficient method of acquiring knowledge and communication in ICT age (Liu, 2005). 'Reading from screens tends to be significantly different from reading printed text in text-saturated world of www' (Cull, 2011). In the 18 th century, the reading reached to common people due to massive printing production. The 19 th century witnessed the extensive reading of books, newspaper, and periodicals. Early 20 th century was of 'dedicated readers' doing page to page reading. Late 20 th century viewed 'flapping readers' with enormous availability of printed books, printed marketing materials, microforms, digital resources, and web pages. These flipping readers swiftly shift, title to title without in-depth reading. The 21 st century generation also known as generation Z, multimedia generation and the digital generation is of 'glancing readers', who go through highlights in multiple formats and devices (Guzmán, 2012). Cull (2011) stated that a typical screen
Library Philosophy and Practice, 2021
The aim of the study was to examine the difference of ease of use, accessibility, and future pred... more The aim of the study was to examine the difference of ease of use, accessibility, and future prediction of print format books (p-books) and eBooks among MBBS students. The quantitative research method and survey design was used for this study. The population of the study was the undergraduate medical students (MBBS) of Shalamar Medical & Dental College (SMDC) Lahore, Pakistan. For data collection the self-administered instrument was used and questionnaire was validated from field expert and Institutional Review Board of SMDC. For checking the reliability, pilot testing was conducted and Cronbach's Alpha value was 0.87. In SMDC, MBBS students were 600 from 1st year to final year and the data was collected from all enrolled MBBS students of SMDC. The data was analyzed by using of SPSS 23rd version. It was found that the majority of MBBS students used eBooks and p-books for study purposes. The Prof. M. Akhtar Khan library has a rich collection of both format books. The researchers, students can access and utilize the eBooks and p-books round the clock 24/7. It has been examined that students got easy access to eBooks and usage of eBooks. The majority of students were satisfied with the eBooks because they save their time, easily accessible, and their availably on their desktop and on android phones. The factor ease of use was significantly high in favor of the pbooks. The students have future preferences for both formats. The senior classes preferred p-books and junior classes were in favor of eBooks. The majority of MBSS students were satisfied with both kind of material.