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Paula Alston, Director Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Christiansburg, VA palston@mfrl.org

Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender be: E-Readers and Library Policy. Tammy Hines, Reader Services Librarian Longwood University Farmville, VA hinestm@longwood.edu. Paula Alston, Director Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Christiansburg, VA palston@mfrl.org.

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Paula Alston, Director Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Christiansburg, VA palston@mfrl.org

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  1. Neither a Borrower Nor aLender be: E-Readers and Library Policy • Tammy Hines, Reader Services Librarian • Longwood University • Farmville, VA • hinestm@longwood.edu Paula Alston, Director Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Christiansburg, VA palston@mfrl.org

  2. How we became eBooks experts. We’re not.

  3. Who are our users in the public library world? OverDrive surveyed users in 11 libraries around the country in May 2011, including Fairfax County Public Library. They had 1500 responses and here is what they discovered: • 77% of the eBook and downloadable users are female • 47% are between the ages of 40-59 • 65% earn $60K or more; 78% have at least 2 years of college or more • 30% never visit a physical library • 81% use a Windows environment • After downloading to a computer, 70% download to an MP3/iPod and 60% download to an eBook reader. • What this means: we need to target men, teens/children and non-library users • Good news: 60% of them heard about the service from library websites.

  4. Who are our users at Longwood(No surveys have been done on the academic side) • 38% of use was students • 37% of use was faculty, admin and staff • 17% of use was library staff • 8% of use was other (graduate, friends)

  5. Let’s rename them! • Digital Fugitives – born before digital and resist and avoid at all costs • Digital Immigrants – born before digital, but have learned to use it • Digital Natives – born to digital, completely at home in digital world

  6. Southwest Virginia Public Libraries Consortium has 1,651 ebooks; they have circulated 18,192 times, for a turnover rate of 11.01. MFRL patrons have checked out 2,997 ebooks for a steady growth

  7. Southwest Virginia Public Libraries Consortium has 1529 ebooks; they have circulated 16,817 times, for a turnover rate of 10.9. MFRL patrons have checked out 2,632 ebooks for a steady growth.

  8. Longwood University has 28,490 ebooks: Only 112 of these are recreational titles. These titles have circulated 389. This represents 0.5 % of the circulation at LU this year.

  9. How long are eBooks checked out?

  10. What device(s) do we buy and do we circulate it?Why?

  11. How are the purchasing decisions made? And what about patron driven acquisitions (PDA)?

  12. Let’s discuss issues • Buying or leasing content • HarperCollins policy • Other publishers currently not selling to libraries • Bridging the gap between those with devices and those without • Budget • Workflow • Ebook formats/platforms • ADA compliance • ILL considerations

  13. Resources: Information on Longwood’s current pilot: http://libguides.longwood.edu/ereaders?hs=a COSLA: eBook Feasibility Study for Public Libraries, Final Report. June 30, 2010. Polanka, S. No shelf required : e-books in libraries. 2011 Price, Kate and Haveral, Virginia, ed., E-books in Libraries: a practical guide. London: Facet Publishing, 2011.

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