to our patrons The experience of the River Forest Public Library Illinois INTRO River Forest Suburban Chicago community of 1200 residents Circulating Kindles since 2008 Sony Readers since early this year ID: 326587
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Bringing eBook Readers to our patrons
The experience of
the River Forest Public Library (Illinois)Slide2
INTRORiver Forest- Suburban Chicago community of 12,00 residents.
Circulating Kindles since 2008, Sony Readers since early this year.
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Initial ChallengesNuts 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
TODAY I”LL BE TALKING ABOUT:Slide4
OUR INITIAL CHALLENGESAbility 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?Slide5
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…Slide6
“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.Slide7
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 KindleSlide8
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… Slide9
DRM, LEGALITY AND LENDING ISSUES WITH DIGITAL CONTENTDigital content- easy to copy, loss of $ and rights
DJ Hoek article-
The Download Dilemma
published in American Libraries.
Amazon’s Ambiguity? Slide10
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.Slide11
LINKS
No Shelf Required
- Blog
Amazon vs Book Publishers
The Download DilemmaSlide12
Blaise Dierks
River Forest Public Library
708-366-5205 ext 318
blaise.dierks@riverforestlibrary.org
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