本研究旨在探討大學生之實體閱讀和數位閱讀行為,以及對於電子書閱讀器功能之使用需求與其未來應用於圖書館服務的看法。研究對象為在學之大學生,使用研究者自行編製的問卷,分別針對閱讀行為、電子書閱讀器需求及圖書館應用服務三大面向進行調查。研究以便利取樣方式進行施測,總計獲得有效問卷76份。而根據統計結果顯示,大學生在不同閱讀目的下所需要的電子書閱讀器功能有所不同,當在學術閱讀目的下偏重「搜尋」、「標記」、「檔案管理」;休閒閱讀則偏重「檔案管理」、「多媒體」等功能。此外,當同時有紙本書、線上電子書與使用閱讀器觀看的電子書,受試者表示從事學術閱讀會優先選擇紙本或線上電子書,從事休閒閱讀則優先選擇紙本書籍,但受試者仍可接受於休閒閱讀時採用電子書閱讀器。未來圖書館若提供閱讀器租借服務,大部分受試者均有意願租借使用。
This study investigates college students' reading behaviors and attitudes toward print and electronic carriers of books. With the prosperity and variety of ebook readers currently, it is important to understand the genuine needs of the users to better leverage the features and functions of the ebook readers. The methodology of survey research is conducted to explore 76 undergraduate students' experiences, preferences and appraisals toward reading via the print books and ebook readers. Generally the college students possess positive attitudes toward and are willing to take advantage of the ebook and ebook reader services provided by libraries, but the current rate of use is low. The results suggested that student adoption of ebook readers are affected by their goals of reading. The college students prefer ebook readers significantly for leisure reading, and highly demand the functionality of multimedia presentations and file management. When reading academic contexts, the college students preferred hardcovers and online ebooks via the Web browser, and they value the functions of searching, marking and file management on ebook readers especially.