introduction/Background

Anebook,electronicbookordigitalbookisatextandimagebasedbookpublishingindigitalformthatcan
bereadoncomputers,tabletsandsomemobilephones.ThefirstEbookwasmadebyacompanycalled
ProjectGutenbergin1971,whichwasdrivenbyacollegestudentnamedMichaelS.Hart.Hisambitious
weretocreateawebsitewhereeverybodywereallowedtoreaddigitalbooksanywhereatanytime(1).E
booksareusedinmanydifferentuniversities,forinstanceinFinland.Finlandisoneoftheworld'stop
countriesintermsofschoolgradesandtechnology(2).Thisinspiredustoalsomakeuseoutofthis
development.Today,Ebooksarerarelyusedbystudents,professorsofJU,whichworriesus.Thestudent
shouldbeabletotakepartofallthebooksthatareavailable,butthatisnotpossiblewhentheoriginalbooks
arelimited.Bystudyingotherlibrariesthatusetheebookshasseengreatbenefitsfromit.Whenthestudents
havebeenabletosavemoney,timeandhastheopportunitytoborrowmanyquantitiesofthesamebook(3).

PROBLEMFORMULATION:
AstheCaliforniaStateAuditorReportstates,Increasesintextbookpriceshavesignificantlyoutpaced
medianhouseholdincome,whichmakesitmorelikelythatsomestudentswillforgoordelayattending
collegebecauseofthefinancialburdenthatpostsecondary
In2013,InsideHigherEdwroteanarticleaboutdoublespendingatuniversities.Thearticlereportedthat
studentsofuniversitiessuchasStanfordarespendingover$100,000collectivelyeachsemesteroncourse
materialsthatarealreadyfreelyavailabletothemonthethousandsoflibrarydatabasestheydontknow
st
theyhaveaccessto.Untilthebeggingof21 centurybooksweretheonlymethodtotransferknowledge
widely,butnowdaysinternetisthefirstandmostpowerfulsourceofinformationavailableintheworld.
Accesstoinformation,andinthisparticularcase,educationcontentsisdynamicallychange,leading
universitytoreinventtheirknowledgedistributionchannel.Universityworldwide(andJonkopingUniversity
isaclearexample),areslightlymovingfromaninstructionbasedonpaper(physicaltextbook)toan
electronicone(slidesforclasses,electronicarticles,videoconferences,internetbaseworkingplatformfor
studentsPingPong).TheclearestexamplesofthistransactionaretheonlineUniversitythatprovidesall
thematerialsandthelectureonline.Wearespecificallyfocusingontheelibrary,ordigitallibrary(Adigital
libraryisaspeciallibrarywithafocusedcollectionofdigitalobjectsthatcanincludetext,visualmaterial,
audiomaterial,videomaterial,storedaselectronicmediaformats(asopposedtoprint,microform,orother
media),alongwithmeansfororganizing,storing,andretrievingthefilesandmediacontainedinthelibrary
collection.)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_libraryThisnewideaisavailablethankstothewideuseof

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electronicdevicesandtheintroductionofdocumentformatsuchasebook(amazon)and.pdf(adobe).The
nextstepforthemtogetalongwiththeinnovationistosetadigitallibraryalongwiththeclassiconein
Universities.Thesechanges(alreadyinuseinmanyuniversities)willbringhugebenefitsforstudentsand
teachers.Studentshaveaccesstoamassivebooktextandarticles,withouttheneedtobephysicallyonthe
building,andwithouttheneedofloan(thephysicalbook),theycansearchforthematerialtheyneedonthe
platformdesignedforthispurposeandhavingaccesstobooks,magazine,articles,journalsthataredividedby
subjectsorfilteredthoughttheresearchersneed.Thefilecanbedownloadedintoadevice(pc/tablet/reader)
orcanbeconsultedonline(streaming),inthefirstcase,theuserisalsoabletotakenotes/highlightand
modifythefileforabetteruserexperience.Thedownloadallowstheusertobenefitofitforaperiodof30
days,afterthatperiod,thefilemustberedownloaded.Themultipleaccessatthesamefileallowthelibraryto
buyasinglecopyofthebookandthestudentafreeuse,notlinkedtounavailability(becausealreadyloaned),
additionallytheusercanchooseifdownloadtheentirebook,orasinglechapter/page.Thistechnologyhas
broadlyapplications,canbeeffectivelyusedbypeoplewithdisabilities,infactthedevicecanreadthebook
(throughanOCRandAudioSoftwareSystem)lettingtheuserlistenthebook.
TheactualSupplyChainSystemwilldrasticallychange;infact,thenewsystemforthefinalusertohave
accessatthebookwontpassthoughtreal/touchablechannel,butinavirtualone.
Publishinghousesprintandstorebooks,theydistributethegoodsusingtransporter(trucks)todelivertobook
shopsandlibraries.Librariesarephysicalbuildingandhaveexpenses,thecostumerusethesestructuresto
buy/loantheproductdeeded.Usingtheelectroniclibraryalltheprocedureschange:publishinghousesdont
printbutjustcreateaprotectversionoftheirbookinanelectronicformat(thisreducecostsrelatedtostorage
andactualworkoncreatephysicalcopies),distributionismadethroughvirtualsystem(protectsinternet
connection).Bothactivitiesresultintoanenvironmentalcareresult.Thefileisstoreintoserversandusers
(students)canaccessit,theaccessescanbemultiplesonthesamefile.Thisfilecanbefruitedonlineor
downloadforaperiodoftime(4weeks).

ResearchQuestions:
AslongasEbooklibraryinJUisnotthatbigasotherlibrariesinSweden.Also,somestudentscannotfind
whattheyneedinordertoborrowEbook.So,wedecidedtomakeitbetteranddoresearchquestionsby
askingstudentsandusingsomeinternetsources:DuringourmeetingwithDaniel(memberoflibraryinJU),
hetoldusthattheyhavegotapositivereacttoputEbooklibraryinservicesincelast7years.Sothat
studentsandeventeacherscanaccessanduseit.WhatarethebenefitsbyusingEbooklibrary?Inaddition,

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meandmygroupmemberswantedtomakeitclearaboutEbooklibraryforallJUstudents.Becausewhen
wemetastudentatJUlibrary,hetoldossthathedosenothaveanyinformationabouthowtoaccesstoE
bookandhowtouseit?InordertomakeiteasierthatstudentscanaccessEbook,JUlibraryshouldinform
studentshowtheycandownloadEbook?howlongtimedotheycanborrowit?

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Template for feedback on students texts.

Background and problem formulation:

Is the background and problem formulation addressing a problem that has within
research relevance and without research relevance. Are the three questions of
What do we know about this problem / What do we knot know about this problem
and Why is it relevant to know more about this problem addressed? Are there
references to 2-3 research publications? Are key terms explained?

The following aspects could be improved:

Purpose and research questions:

Is the purpose precise? Can it be fulfilled? Is it possible to understand: what will be

studied, how and with what kind of theory? Are the research questions coherent with
the purpose?

Suggestion of a reformulated purpose and RQs

Is there a tunnel structure to the Introduction: background, problem formulation,

purpose and research questions?

Method and execution:

Is the method described, and relevant for the purpose of the study? Are the
referencing made to the course book (Bell & Waters, 2014) or other adequate method
literature?

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Is it deemed possible that the empirical material will be possible to collect?

Project Plan

Does the project plan seem possible to execute? Are the three required tasks
(grammatical check, language check, referencing check and formatting JU-template)
included?

Report structure and formalities

If relevant: Are referencing in text and reference list done following the instructions
from the library?

Digital library in JU
PAPER WITHIN TMCG 16AUTHORS Omar Al Doory, Farman Babayev,
Andrea Giordano, Mustafa TUTOR: lisa BckvallJNKPING September
2016