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eReader Lending
Beyond Hope Library Conference3:30-4:45pm, Monday June 6, 2011
Sarah Felkar
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Presentation Outline
• Program Development• Training• Program Feedback• Future Directions• Questions
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Part 1: Program Development
• Planning• Purchasing• Cataloguing• Processing• Circulating• Staff feedback
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Planning
• What eReader to offer?• How many?• How to configure?• Why? (impacts collection development)
From: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kindle_2_-_Front.jpg
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and http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenwarburton/4001407508/ by steven warburton
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Purchasing
• Make a budget part of your proposal• Good way to use:
o Year-end fundso Grants o Donations
• If you haven’t yet thought about how you allocate your materials budgets…
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Cataloguing
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Processing
• How many stickers?• Folders?• Parts?
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WVML Kindle & Packaging
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North Vancouver City Library - Kobos and Kindles (Sonys coming soon!)
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GVPL Kobo Processing
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Circulating
• Can they be returned through the bookdrop?• Can they be renewed?• How long is the loan?• What cost for late/damage?• Do you have to sign a waiver to check-out?• Do you lend to minors?
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Staff Input
• Involve all of your departments• What does circulation think would be easiest?• Who will be answering troubleshooting
questions?• Where will the devices be kept?
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Advertising
• How do you let people know about your new program?
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Part 2: Training
• Staff and patrons
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Training Staff
• Before the program launches• Have instructions available• Offer refreshers
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Training Patrons
• Necessary• Be flexible!
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Online Resources
• What to link to?o Local, reliable, accessible and free
• What to create?o Make sure to have documentation for any local or
specialized content
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http://www.sites.google.com/sites/westvanlibraryebookwiki
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Part 3: Program Feedback
• Evaluation
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Feedback
• “Thoroughly enjoyed my first experience with kindle. Thank you for supplying!”
• “It was very good and I learned a lot of new vocabulary from it. Thank you to the library. I wish we could keep it longer or have another chance.”
• “came from Kitsilano to borrow this. Great fun to try. While I wouldn't say "no" if given one as a gift, I don't intend to buy one right now. The size is very convenient.”
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Feedback
• “it would be nice to be able to choose the books for the kindle.”
• “I would consider buying one if I could load it with material at the library. It was pleasant to set the text size.”
• “I have mac degen - it was very difficult to read key pad and had to change the pages every sentence/paragraph”
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Feedback: Focus Group
• Like having a “no pressure” option• Love having the library support the program• Don’t want to lose the regular book collection!
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Part 4: Future Thoughts
• Where do we go next?
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Future Thoughts
• Overdrive eBook lending was up 200% in 2010 over 2009
• Amazon announced that eBook sales are greater than physical books
• Tablet PCs and Smartphones are in the market and expanding quickly!
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Questions?
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Thank You!
• Slides & Handouts: see conference website