ABSTRACT
En comparaison d???autres zones g??ographiques pr??sentant des pratiques culturelles diverses, le Qu??bec a fait peu de place aux livres num??riques (LN) jusqu????? r??cemment (Labrousse et Lapointe, 2021a). Exception faite de la p??riode correspondant au d??but de la pand??mie de COVID-19, les ventes de LN au Qu??bec sont relativement stables ou diminuent. Toutefois, les services de pr??t des biblioth??ques se trouvent en premi??re ligne pour constater non seulement l???augmentation de l???offre, mais aussi de la demande, qui les a incit??s ?? acc??l??rer le d??veloppement des collections immat??rielles (Labb??, 2016). Dans ce contexte, Biblioth??que et Archives nationales du Qu??bec (BAnQ) a voulu faire le portrait des emprunteurs de LN au sein de l???institution et le comparer ?? celui des emprunteurs de livres physiques (LP) et d???emprunteurs hybrides. Les donn??es analys??es proviennent de trois sources : BAnQ pour les LP, ainsi que les deux principales plateformes d???emprunts de LN de BAnQ, soit Pretnumerique et OverDrive. Ces donn??es sont de trois types, d??termin??s selon leur objet : les abonn??s, les emprunts et les livres. Les profils des trois types d???emprunteurs (LN, LP et hybrides) sont examin??s ce qui permet d???identifier des sp??cificit??s propres ?? chacun. En plus de soulever des enjeux tels la f??minisation des emprunts, les r??sultats per-mettent de constater que certaines tendances, telles la diminution des emprunts de LP et l???augmentation des emprunts de LN, s?????taient d??j?? install??es avant la pand??mie.??Compared to other geographic areas with diverse cultural prac-tices, Quebec has had little exposure to digital books (DL) until recently (Labrousse and Lapointe, 2021a). Except for the period corresponding to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of e-books in Quebec are relatively stable or decreasing. However, library lending services are at the forefront of both the increase in supply and demand, which has prompted them to accelerate the development of intangible collections (Labb??, 2016). In this context, Biblioth??que et Archives nationales du Qu??bec (BAnQ) wanted to draw a portrait of LN borrowers within the institution and compare it to that of the physical book (PL) and hybrid borrowers. The data analyzed come from three sources: BAnQ for LPs, and BAnQ???s two main platforms for borrowing LNs, Pretnumerique, and OverDrive. These data are of three types, determined according to their purpose: subscribers, borrowers, and books. The profiles of the three types of borrowers (LN, LP, and hybrids) are examined, which makes it possible to identify the specificities of each. In addition to raising issues such as the feminization of borrowing, the results show that certain trends, such as the decrease in LP borrowing and the increase in LN borrowing, were already in place before the pandemic.