2008 Awards for Excellence

Citation

(2008), "2008 Awards for Excellence", Collection Building, Vol. 27 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/cb.2008.17127daa.003

2008 Awards for Excellence

Article Type: 2008 Awards for Excellence From: Collection Building, Volume 27, Issue 4

The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award for Collection Building

``Electronic books and the humanities: a survey at the University of Denver''

Michael Levine-ClarkPenrose Library, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

Purpose - To identify levels of awareness and patterns of usage of electronic books by scholars in the humanities.Design/methodology/approach - A survey of the University of Denver community assessed knowledge about and usage of electronic books. The results for humanists are presented here.Findings - Scholars in the humanities have a higher level of awareness of e-books than their colleagues across campus but use e-books at the same rate. Their patterns of use are different, with humanists using less of the e-book than do other groups. Humanists still prefer printed books to electronic texts at a higher rate than do other groups and care less about added features, such as searchability, than they do about content.Originality/value - Humanists conduct research differently than do most other scholars, using the library catalog and browsing as primary means of finding information, and valuing the book more than other resources. No previous research has assessed whether humanists have similarly unique patterns of usage for electronic books.

Keywords: Academic libraries, Electronic books, Information research, User interfaces, User studies

www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/01604950710721548

This article originally appeared in Volume 26 Number 1, 2007, pp. 7-14, of Collection Building

The following articles were selected for this year's Highly Commended Award for Collection Building

"Assessing collections using brief tests and WorldCat Collection Analysis''

Jennifer Benedetto Beals and Ron Gilmour

This article originally appeared in Volume 26 Number 4, 2006 of Collection Building

"GLBTQ content in comics/graphic novels for teens''

Devon Greyson

This article originally appeared in Volume 26 Number 4, 2007 of Collection Building

"Libraries as repositories of popular culture: is popular culture still forgotten?''

Robert P. Holley and John H. Heinrichs

This article originally appeared in Volume 26 Number 2, 2007 of Collection Building

For the second year running, Emerald has decided to name and reward the outstanding reviewers who contribute to the success of the journals.

The following has been singled out by the Editors. He is:

Robert HolleyWayne State University, USA