The purpose of the paper is to determine how undergraduate students at the University of Namibia perceive and use e-books. This paper aims to report on the result of a study that investigated the adoption of, views about and use of e-books at the University of Namibia.,The study used a mixed-method approach. It used three methods, namely, focus group interviews, observation combined with the think aloud and a survey to investigate how undergraduate students use e-books.,Major findings of the study indicated that students use and prefer e-books for course and research purposes. But they mainly use non-library search engines such as Google, Yahoo and commercial sites. Lack of searching skills, slow/unreliable internet and limited or lack of relevant content of e-book collections were the major hindrances affecting e-book use.,The findings of the study could be used to understand the use of e-books at the University of Namibia and at academic institutions with similar context to Namibia. The study contributes to the knowledge base of library and information science (LIS) by providing a detailed analysis on the views and use of e-books at the University of Namibia. The recommendations of this study can be adopted by libraries in other countries with similar socio-economic conditions like Namibia.

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电子书：是或否？纳米比亚大学本科生案例研究

本文的目的是确定纳米比亚大学的本科生如何看待和使用电子书。本文旨在报告一项研究的结果，该研究调查了纳米比亚大学对电子书的采用，看法和使用。该研究采用了混合方法。它使用了三种方法，即焦点小组访谈，观察与大声思考相结合以及通过调查来调查大学生如何使用电子书。研究的主要发现表明，学生出于课程和研究目的使用并偏爱电子书。但是他们主要使用非图书馆搜索引擎，例如Google，Yahoo和商业网站。缺乏搜索技能，网络缓慢/不可靠以及电子书收藏的相关内容有限或缺乏是影响电子书使用的主要障碍。该研究的结果可用于了解纳米比亚大学和与纳米比亚有相似背景的学术机构对电子书的使用。这项研究通过对纳米比亚大学对电子书的观点和使用情况进行详细分析，为图书馆和信息科学（LIS）的知识库做出了贡献。这项研究的建议可以被具有类似社会经济状况的其他国家的图书馆采用，例如纳米比亚。