Research Database
This is a database of scientific reports about literacy, reading and reading promotion. Many EURead members are involved in scientific research, and they share results and discuss research agendas in the EURead Research network. This database will be growing fast in the near future.
Experiencing literature on the e-reader: the effects of reading narrative texts on screen
Annika Schwabe, Lukas Brandl, Hajo G. Boomgaarden, Günther Stocker | University of Vienna Abstract Background The digitalisation of literature is proliferating, and the increasing spread of digital reading devices and the availability of digital texts is likely to make books on screen a lasting phenomenon, but little attention has been paid to the consequences of […]
Book readers in the digital age
Reading practices and media technologies Annika Schwabe, Lukas Kosch, Hajo G. Boomgaarden and Günther Stocker Abstract With the rising popularity of digital reading media, leisure reading is undergoing a transformation process. However, the reasons for readers to adopt e-book reading or to stick to traditional printed books are mainly unknown. Therefore, we explored demographic and motivational differences between print readers, digital readers, […]
Reading in Scotland: My Life as a Reader report
Readers in Scotland are as varied as the country itself in everything from their history and access to books, to their favourite genre or format. Our research team asked a panel to tell us what and why they read, and to reflect on the role of reading throughout their life.
The impact of book gifting in Scotland
Scottish Book Trust’s two national book gifting programmes support families to read, sing and learn together. After 12 years of Bookbug and six years of Read, Write, Count, we undertook a mixed method evaluation of the cumulative impact these programmes have had on children and families who received the book bags.
Effect Study BookStart (NL)
Point of departure for the researchThis publication contains the results of research into BoekStart, the programme to promote reading.As a follow-up to the first effect study of 2014, research commissioned by the Dutch ReadingFoundation (Stichting Lezen) was carried out into the long-term effects of BoekStart. Attention wasalso given to specific effective characteristics, to ways of […]