ZBIEJCZUK SUCHÁ, Ladislava, Jitka BARTOŠOVÁ, Josef KOCUREK, Jan MARTINEK, Alexandra JAKABOVÁ, Daniela LUŇÁČKOVÁ, Matěj MÁLEK and Vojtěch VOJTÍŠEK. Digital social reading and web books: from instant to undistracted reading. In 14 th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries. 2022.
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Original name Digital social reading and web books: from instant to undistracted reading
Authors ZBIEJCZUK SUCHÁ, Ladislava, Jitka BARTOŠOVÁ, Josef KOCUREK, Jan MARTINEK, Alexandra JAKABOVÁ, Daniela LUŇÁČKOVÁ, Matěj MÁLEK and Vojtěch VOJTÍŠEK.
Edition 14 th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 2022.
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Changed by Changed by: PhDr. Ladislava Zbiejczuk Suchá, Ph.D., učo 65170. Changed: 1/3/2023 13:56.
Abstract
New technologies and digital services influence the current forms of reading, and libraries respond to these possibilities by offering new services based mainly on ebooks. The constraints resulting from the recent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic have reinforced this trend. This work introduces the development process of new library services based on open web books experimentally developed at Masaryk University and the Municipal Library of Prague. Our initial research focused on people's behavior when reading a book in a browser, on elements of user interface interactions, but also on the overall context of reading on different types of devices, especially mobile. Through a Research through Design approach, qualitative inquiry and prototyping, we have identified interesting patterns in reading behavior and library users' needs, to which we have responded by designing a new service. We converted the concept of the new service into interactive prototypes in the Figma tool, which we further tested and iterated. Testing helped to uncover additional elements of user behavior when reading book excerpts. In particular, we focused on the emotions associated with reading fiction in the context of interrupted vs. uninterrupted reading. The research contributes to supporting reading in the digital world and brings new information about reading behavior in the age of instant digital services.
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TL04000391, research and development projectName: Redesign knihovních služeb 2020: webové knihy (Acronym: Redesign2020)
Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic
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