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eBooks, eReaders , eNjoy !:

eBooks, eReaders , eNjoy !:. Susan Currie, Director, Tompkins County Public Library Marisa Iacobucci, Adult /Outreach Services Finger Lakes Library System. eReaders and the Public Library. Who are we?.

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eBooks, eReaders , eNjoy !:

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  1. eBooks, eReaders, eNjoy!: Susan Currie, Director, Tompkins County Public Library Marisa Iacobucci, Adult /Outreach Services Finger Lakes Library System eReaders and the Public Library

  2. Who are we? Located in Ithaca, NY, Tompkins County Public Library serves community residents at each stage of their lives by providing free and open access to the world's wisdom, knowledge, and information. The Finger Lakes Library System provides the OverDrive downloadable media service to it’s 33 member libraries and their patrons. This service extends to five counties in Central New York– Cayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins.

  3. What Services are out there?? http://www.overdrive.com/ http://www.netlibrary.com/ http://www.myilibrary.com/

  4. How do I get to the digital downloads? Go to….www.FLLS.org And click on….

  5. And now you’re ready to browse for titles!

  6. Lodi-Whittier Library serves a population of 1,476 in a rural area. TCPL serves a population of 96,501 the majority of which is in an urban setting.

  7. Check out an eBook….

  8. No paper pages to flip, but otherwise, it’s exactly like the print copy of the book. Title page… Illustrations… And the story begins…

  9. What are digital rights? • Digital Rights “describes the permissions of individuals legitimately to perform actions involving the use of a computer, any electronic device, or a communications network.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights • Each format of downloadable media has different digital rights.

  10. Most eBooks on the OverDrive service do not allow you to copy or print any portion of the book.

  11. The exceptions are those titles that are in the public domain. For example…

  12. Who has access to the service? If you live within the FLLS service area and have a library card from one of the following libraries, you can use this service! Apalachin Library Seymour Public Library District, Auburn Aurora Public Library Berkshire Free Library Candor Free Library Lang Memorial Library, Cato Kellogg Free Library, Cincinnatus Cortland Free Library Southworth Library, Dryden Fair Haven Public Library Groton Public Library Phillips Free Library, Homer Interlaken Public Library Tompkins Count Public Library, Ithaca Lansing Community Library Lodi Whittier Library Peck Memorial Library, Marathon Lamont Memorial Library, McGraw Powers Library, Moravia Tappan Spaulding Memorial Library, Newark Valley Newfield Public Library Cady Library, Nichols Ford Library, Ovid Coburn Library, Owego Hazard Library, Poplar Ridge Port Byron Library Seneca Falls Library Spencer Library Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg Springport Free Library, Union Springs Waterloo Library Waverly Free Library Weedsport Free Library If you live outside the FLLS service area, go to: http://search.overdrive.com/ListLibraries.aspx, to search for a library near you who provides this service.

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