PERSPEKTIF: Journal of Social and Library Science
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): August

ANALYSIS OF THE USE ELECTRONIC BOOKS (E-BOOKS) BY USERS IN PUBIC LIBRARY

Pasaribu, Kiki Ramadayanti (Unknown)
Rohani, Laila (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2023

Abstract

The research method used is a qualitative method with a descriptive approach that uses interviews to describe the data obtained by researchers directly, to obtain a clear and detailed picture of how the use of electronic books (e-books) by users at the library and archives office of Labuhan Batu district. The data collection techniques used in this study were interviews and observations. Furthermore, the researchers conducted interviews with 5 informants, namely the users at the Library and Archives Service of Labuhan Batu Regency. The results of this study indicate that the use of electronic books (e-books) by users is that they use electronic books to get references and their information needs such as doing paper assignments given by lecturers. Obstacles experienced by users, especially in unstable networks, lack of collections of books in the e-book, and according to them the obstacles are the lack of experts in the field of e-books so that e-books are not optimal and lack of socialization to users so that some users do not understand in browsing the e-book.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

perspektif

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Library & Information Science Social Sciences

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PERSPEKTIF: Journal of Social and Library Science is a double-blind peer-reviewed publication devoted to disseminating all information contributing to the understanding and development of social humanities and library information science. Articles published on research results and literature review ...