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Book review: Christine Urquhart, Faten Hamad, Dina Tbaishat and Alison Yeoman (eds)., Information Systems: Process and Practice

Book review: Christine Urquhart, Faten Hamad, Dina Tbaishat and Alison Yeoman (eds)., Information... Book reviews 535 University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, USA, 3–6 February barriers to achieving Winston’s ‘radial potential’ of e-books. It could be argued that these factors must be considered in Secker J and Coonan E (2014) A New Curriculum for Information any recommendations arising from e-book research. Literacy. Available at: http://newcurriculum.wordpress. The empirical work for the research presented in this com/ (accessed 26 April 2018). book is largely based on surveys and interviews. These provide useful insights from the actors in the e-book sup- ply chain including authors, publishers, booksellers and librarians. A chapter on ‘Reading and Readers’ provides a Books on Screens: Players in the Swedish E-Book Market useful introduction to the perspectives, attitudes, opin- Annika Bergström, Lars Höglund, Elena Macevicuite et al. (eds). ions and use of e-books by readers. However, this is a Gothenburg: Nordicom, 2017, 238pp., €30.00. very broad area of research, the literature review is not ISBN 9789187957697 comprehensive and the chapter conclusion doesn’t spe- cifically address the research questions and so this may Reviewed by: Laura Muir, Associate Professor, Centre for Social have been an ambitious topic for a single chapter in this Informatics, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK book. Reading http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Librarianship and Information Science SAGE

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SAGE
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© The Author(s) 2018
ISSN
0961-0006
eISSN
1741-6477
DOI
10.1177/0961000618780028
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Abstract

Book reviews 535 University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, USA, 3–6 February barriers to achieving Winston’s ‘radial potential’ of e-books. It could be argued that these factors must be considered in Secker J and Coonan E (2014) A New Curriculum for Information any recommendations arising from e-book research. Literacy. Available at: http://newcurriculum.wordpress. The empirical work for the research presented in this com/ (accessed 26 April 2018). book is largely based on surveys and interviews. These provide useful insights from the actors in the e-book sup- ply chain including authors, publishers, booksellers and librarians. A chapter on ‘Reading and Readers’ provides a Books on Screens: Players in the Swedish E-Book Market useful introduction to the perspectives, attitudes, opin- Annika Bergström, Lars Höglund, Elena Macevicuite et al. (eds). ions and use of e-books by readers. However, this is a Gothenburg: Nordicom, 2017, 238pp., €30.00. very broad area of research, the literature review is not ISBN 9789187957697 comprehensive and the chapter conclusion doesn’t spe- cifically address the research questions and so this may Reviewed by: Laura Muir, Associate Professor, Centre for Social have been an ambitious topic for a single chapter in this Informatics, School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, UK book. Reading

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Published: Sep 1, 2021

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