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Nooks and the Print Disabled (the elephant in the room)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by

I’ve been thinking about the issue of providing access to materials for the hard of sight while balancing those needs with those of the Library and the community. This stemmed from a bunch of comments on the ALA Council Listerv, … Continue reading →

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Libraries – Arguments for the Check-Out of eReaders.

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

This is the post where I defend our library’s decision to Loan Nooks and make the argument that we should drop eBook circulation altogether. I know there are a bunch of reasons why people are going to argue that we … Continue reading →

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Librarians, Tell Amazon to Piss Off And Go Buy Nooks!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Libraries need to get away from Amazon and Kindles and jump on board with Nooks. I’m not saying this for any reason except that Barnes and Noble is a much better company for libraries to partner with. If you want … Continue reading →

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Starting an E-Reader Lending Library

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

This is my grant narrative for the East Palo Alto E-Reader Lending Library. This opportunity arose because a neighboring library had a friends group with unspent funds from a grant. The money needed to go towards the implementation of some … Continue reading →

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