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Bringing eBook Readers to our patrons

Bringing eBook Readers to our patrons. The experience of the River Forest Public Library (Illinois). INTRO. River Forest- Suburban Chicago community of 12,00 residents. Circulating Kindles since 2008, Sony Readers since early this year. TODAY I”LL BE TALKING ABOUT:. Initial Challenges

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Bringing eBook Readers to our patrons

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  1. Bringing eBook Readers to our patrons The experience of the River Forest Public Library (Illinois)

  2. INTRO River Forest- Suburban Chicago community of 12,00 residents. Circulating Kindles since 2008, Sony Readers since early this year.

  3. TODAY I”LL BE TALKING ABOUT: • Initial Challenges • Nuts and Bolts of Circulating Kindles • Kindles- How it’s going and patron response • Sony Readers- How it’s going and patron response • DRM, legality and lending issues for digital content • The future of ebook readers in the public library

  4. OUR INITIAL CHALLENGES Ability to purchase content is linked to an amazon account and credit card number De-registering Deciding on content We went with themed Kindles with pre-selected content Letting patrons choose what books they want on the Kindle?

  5. HOW IT’S BEEN GOING and PATRON RESPONSE • Held up well to circulating • Issues we were able to resolve: • patron registered it to themselves • would not turn on • returned with no books on it • returned with cracks • Did not do any formal feedback gathering • Overall patron response has been positive…

  6. “NUTS and BOLTS” • Patrons age 18 and older. Three weeks. No renewals. Overdue fines are $1 per day. • Kindles circulate in covers with chargers in a zippered bag. Labels on bag list loan period and fine information as well as replacement cost. • Kindle devices cataloged, not Kindle titles. • Circulation Staff checks device when it is checked in or out.

  7. SONY READERS • Purchased two in January of this year • Most Basic Edition- PRS 300 Pocket • Thought we could use with Overdrive but… • We have a selection of titles and patrons can choose which books they want on the reader • Device and titles are checked out to the patron • Same lending rules as the Kindle

  8. HOW IT’S BEEN GOING and PATRON RESPONSE Slow start but has picked up, 21 circs since January Circulating more labor intensive than Kindles One already broken- lines on the screen We have had a couple of patrons who came up to me and said they really like using it…

  9. DRM, LEGALITY AND LENDING ISSUES WITH DIGITAL CONTENT Digital content- easy to copy, loss of $ and rights DJ Hoek article-The Download Dilemma published in American Libraries. Amazon’s Ambiguity?

  10. FUTURE OF eBOOK READERS eBooks we owned instead of licensed… Overdrive is good but… Compatability issues- different formats, devices, etc. Things need to change to make it really work for libraries.

  11. LINKS No Shelf Required- Blog Amazon vs Book Publishers The Download Dilemma

  12. Blaise DierksRiver Forest Public Library 708-366-5205 ext 318 blaise.dierks@riverforestlibrary.org Feel free to contact me if you are interested in my full notes or if you have any comments or questions!

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