Avaliação do uso dos livros eletrônicos do acervo da Universidade Federal do Ceará pelos estudantes dos Programas de Pós-Graduação

Abstract

The academic environment undergoes rapid dissemination of information to the introduction of new media communication consequences of new technologies that facilitate the production and access to information. Among these supports is the electronic book, the newest form of the book, which has been innovating over time. The Federal University of Ceará - UFC, in 2009, came to include such books in their collections and make them available as an alternative source of information for research, teaching and extension. It is the intention to know the practical use of those books that a survey was developed with the basic objective is to investigate the effective use of electronic books purchased and available at the library system of the UFC , by students of the postgraduate programs of the institution. The research methodology works with quantitative and qualitative data, collected through electronic questionnaires, developed and applied through Google docs tool. This is an exploratory study using a non- probability sample comprising 163 students participating. The method of supporting the data analysis is the functionalist, conducted through case studies. The results show that 60 % of respondents are unaware of the collection of electronic books UFC. The main reason for who don’t know the existence of this of collection is revealed the weakness in the dissemination of this collection. However, students who responded said they know of such collections have been aware at the UFC website and the main reason that led them to use it was to be free access. With regard to the question importance, both students who have knowledge and those who responded did not know this stock evaluate it as very important to the university community. In conclusion, we believe that being in a new electronic book form is not properly absorbed by this audience, perhaps the culture of use of the printed book.