ASCOT Library Zabali Campus

Bachelor of Science in Forestry

Abstract

At Aurora State College of Technology, the use of E-books is encouraged during the time of pandemic when students cannot physically go to the library. It is important to know the status of E-books usage among students so that the administration, especially the library, will know what services and strategies will be provided to maximize the use of E-books, and thus the conduct of this study. E-books as reading materials among forestry students of Aurora State College of Technology was surveyed from August to December 2022. Survey questionnaire were administered via Google Forms. The respondents were 250 forestry students. Data revealed that most of the students are using Facebook and Google websites for gathering information where education and entertainment are the most common types of e-books read by the students. Regarding the duration, they usually consume about one to two hours a week reading E-books. Furthermore, the study revealed that E-books according to the students, were helpful to their learning and educational experience, easily accessible, and affordable. However, the students expressed certain issues and limitations in using E-book such as the limited time for reading E-book due to health purposes, in the ability to use E-book when the internet connection is poor, and the expensiveness of some E-books. Finally, the students raised some strategies to improve their experiences using E-books, including the enhancement of internet connection in the college and information literacy to maximize the use of E-books.

Based on the results, it is concluded that Facebook is the common source of reading materials, educational E-books are the type of E-books usually read, most students read E-books for one hour once a week, watch videos in E-books especially tutorials for educational purposes, easily access books from the internet just by searching them on the net, download reading materials in E-books freely, cannot abusively use their gadget for it directly affects their health, cannot browse E-books when the internet connection is poor, and cannot use E-books for so long for these burns money fast specially (for premium books).