The Impact of COVID-19 on E-book Reading Behavior: The Case of the Municipal Library of Prague
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/721402" target="_blank" >https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/721402</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/721402" target="_blank" >10.1086/721402</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Impact of COVID-19 on E-book Reading Behavior: The Case of the Municipal Library of Prague
Original language description
COVID-19 has changed the behavior of consumers of all services, including public library readers, related to the unavailability of services during lockdown periods and other restrictions precluding physical presence in the library. The aim of this case study was to learn what effects the COVID-19 pandemic had on e-book readers and their behavior. This article presents the results of the analysis of data from empirical surveys undertaken in August 2019 and August 2020 in the Municipal Library in Prague (Czech Republic). Findings revealed that readers do not prefer e-books due to the pandemic situation. Paper book preferences still prevail. The results show that the pandemic slightly adjusted the preference of book genres. The pandemic did not change readers' willingness to pay for library services but rather forced public libraries to adjust their service offerings and distribution channels.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50803 - Information science (social aspects)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Library Quarterly
ISSN
0024-2519
e-ISSN
1549-652X
Volume of the periodical
92
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
388-404
UT code for WoS article
000883688200007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85140071418