University of Georgia: “E-readers may edge out traditional print, despite learning quality”

From The Red and Black (Student Newspaper at U. of Georgia):

I know the digital versions are cheaper, so if that helps students, then it works for me,” said Josh Dix, an international affairs doctoral student who served as a teaching assistant for a POLS 1101 course.
But Dix also said he personally does not like digital versions of textbooks because he prefers physically holding a book as well as writing in margins and highlighting text with real writing utensils.
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Nan McMurry, UGA Libraries director for collection development, said the library does not focus on offering digital versions of textbooks, but it does offer many e-book resources.
“The library has a collection of 332,000 e-books and electronic documents that include, but are not limited to, government publications, historical texts and contemporary mainstream books,” she said.
[Clip]When asked if students prefer digital formats to traditional print, McMurry said that it’s about an even split.

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