During the first week of school, I gave students in grades 1-5 a survey to measure how many people had either computers or digital devices at home and how many read e-books on their devices. The results would help determine whether we should purchase more e-books for our library. Over 86% of students have either a computer or digital device at home. Of those students between 38% and 54%, depending on grade level, read e-books on their devices. At the moment, we have a several e-book titles in our collection plus a subscription to
Tumblebooks. Based on these results, we will purchase more to keep up with demand. I don't think e-books will ever replace print books, especially at the elementary level. But, if kids are reading on devices, we'll need to give them digital reading options.
