Short Presentation Conditions and Challenges of Implementing an e-Book Platform at a Technical College Library more

Sat, Dec 18, 17:00-17:25 Asia/Tokyo

This presentation reports on the implementation of an e-book platform to support remote learning and encourage extensive reading activities at a technical college in Japan. Even though the college requires students to read graded readers in the library during class time, books are rarely checked out for out-of-class reading. Because classes were conducted remotely for much of 2020, an e-book platform was introduced in 2021 as students had no access to the campus library. Over one semester of operation, results of student surveys revealed that while they acknowledge some of the merits of e-books, such as convenience, most students did not read them. This presentation will discuss some of the findings and challenges of the e-book library.