Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage
Exploring open access ebook usage statement of authorship this white paper was prepared by the book industry study group bisg as part of the andrew w.
Exploring open access ebook usage. Mellon foundation funded project understanding oa ebook usage. Brian o leary bisg and kevin hawkins university of north texas. Enter books at jstor open access collection in the search box and click search.
In 2019 the oa ebooks were used more than nine million times. Explore our growing collection of open access journals. Click the select collection button in the in my holdings column.
A statistical analysis of usage data for open access ebooks from two different publishers and from a free ebook distribution platform indicates that open access ebook usage is distributed following log normal statistics and meaningful analysis results after calculating the logarithm of the download counts. The impact of open access. Toward a common framework.
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The book industry study group bisg has published a white paper on exploring open access ebook usage. In 2016 only 5 percent of students reported using an e textbook created by the instructor. Exploring open access ebook usage oaebu this two year project acts upon the recommendations that resulted from five years of planning as documented within the exploring open access ebook usage white paper published by the book industry study group in 2019.
The other three categories mentioned interactive elements open access and instructor created also declined slightly in the two year period. These oa ebooks are being used at more than 11 700 institutions some of which might not otherwise afford access to publishers books including high schools and community colleges. Mellon foundation funded project understanding open access ebook usage.