posted on 2024-07-13, 01:01authored byAnnika Hinze, Dana McKay, Nicholas Vanderschantz, Claire Timpany, Sally Jo Cunningham
Little is known about how readers select books, whether they be print books or ebooks. In this paper we present a study of how people select physical books from academic library shelves. We use the insights gained into book selection behavior to make suggestions for the design of ebook-based digital libraries in order to better facilitate book selection behavior.