Using eBooks and eReaders in Your Library

The Creekview High School Library (a/k/a The Unquiet Library) staff in Georgia have been documenting the library's process of acquiring and lending Kindles and Kindle book editions on The Unquiet Librarian blog and in a series of YouTube videos, which are listed below.

• Arrival and Setup of The Unquiet Library's New Kindles
• Preparing Kindles for Circulation
• Cataloging the Actual Kindle eReader Device
• Interview with the First Student Who Checked Out One of the Library's Kindle

ALA TechSource Workshop: Using E-Books and E-Readers in Your Library. From the blog post announcement:

With the recent explosion in the popularity of eReading devices, many librarians are grappling with how to effectively integrate these devices into their services and collection. In  two 90-minute sessions on January 25th and February 1st, 2011 at 4:00pm Eastern, Sue Polanka [Head of Reference and Instruction, Wright State University Libraries] will provide practical guidance on how to begin purchasing eBooks for your library to lend electronically and how to purchase eReader devices for patron use.

Details here.

End Note: Jennifer Wondracek, Instructional Services Reference Librarian, Univ. of Florida's Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center, provides an overview of law eBooks and apps on RIPS Law Librarian Blog. See her Ebooks and Apps in the Legal Realm (Nov. 30, 2010) and this follow-up to her initial post, Ebook Apps update (Dec. 8, 2010). [JH]