此提案是99年電子書重點研究計劃”以生態分析理論設計與評估融入電子書的閱讀學習環境”(NSC 99-2631-S-008 -003)的接續研究計劃，本提案將擴充99年計劃的研究成果到電子圖書館應用情境，因為電子書未來可能在圖書館中廣泛的被使用，因此本提案計畫將特別著重在圖書館中電子書的學習情境。許多教育研究者指出電子媒體對於孩童的認知發展影響甚大，因此，計畫將集中研究孩童在電子圖書館中的需求。然而目前電子圖書館的資訊環境並不能完全符合孩童的需要，例如，其資訊搜尋系統如關鍵字搜尋等大部分是根據成人的觀點而設計，孩童並不能使用這種複雜的搜尋機制，因此有必要重新設計孩童使用的電子書查詢機制。再者，電子書如何在圖書館中的閱讀活動(如故事時間)被有效的使用仍不清楚，因此本提案計畫將結合來自資訊科技、閱讀研究與人因工程的七位學者調查電子圖書館應如何支援孩童閱讀電子書，具體的研究問題包括： (1) 電子圖書館如何支援孩童搜尋電子書已增加其閱讀興趣？ (2) 電子圖書館的閱讀活動應如何使用電子書以提升孩童之閱讀能力？ (3) 如何設計適性化的電子書適合孩童的閱讀習慣？這些研究結果將能提供給家長、設計者、教育者、與圖書館相關的建議，以便能了解如何有效的使用電子書來提升孩童的閱讀興趣與能力。 The current proposal is to proposal a follow-up study for the one-year project (NSC 99-2631-S-008 -003) entitled “Development of E-Book Learning Environments: An Ecology Theory Approach”. The proposed study aims to extend the results obtained from the project to the digital library context. The new study will be focused on the learning scenarios with digital books in the library because digital books may be widely used in by libraries in the near future. More specifically, we will focus on children’s need in the library because educators and researchers have indicated that digital media profoundly influence the cognition development of children. However, the current information environment of digital library does not fully address the need of children. For instance, the information searching interfaces are often designed from the perspectives of adults rather than according the need of children. It is necessary to provide a searching mechanism that can stimulate children’s motivation to read. In addition, how the digital books can be used to enhance the reading ability of children is still unclear. Therefore, the proposed study will examine how digital books can be used by children in the library. More specifically, the current project will investigate the research questions: (1) How can the information searching utilities of the digital library support children to search digital books? (2) How can digital books be used in the reading activities in the library to enhance children’s reading ability? (3) How can digital books be adaptive to the individual differences of children with different reading preferences? The results of this project may provide suggestions to parents, designers, educators and librarian so that they can understand how to use digital books for enhancing children’s reading ability and motivation. 研究期間：10008 ~ 10107
