Reading on smartphones and other devices: a survey of library professionals and students in Denmark

Gitte Balling; Theresa Schilhab; Anežka  Kuzmičová

Reading on smartphones and other devices: a survey of library professionals and students in Denmark

Gitte Balling, Theresa Schilhab, Anežka Kuzmičová

Abstract

The increasingly popular smartphones change not only how we read, but also where we read. Reading on the go is not new as the printed book has long been a treasured item for entertainment during travel (Marshall 2010). Still the digitization of texts and the introduction of smartphones with reading-quality screens creates a new situation where we potentially have constant access to all kinds of reading materials. This development forms the backdrop of our survey study, conducted in Denmark in Winter 2016/2017 among library professionals and Library and Information Science students.

Translated title of the contribution	Læsning på smartphones og andre apparater: en undersøgelse af bibliotekarer og studerende i Danmark
Original language	English
Publication date	2018
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	IGEL 2018 - University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway Duration: 25 Jul 2018 → 28 Jul 2018

Conference

Conference	IGEL 2018
Location	University of Stavanger
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Stavanger
Period	25/07/2018 → 28/07/2018

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities

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