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Check out a Kindle!

Check out a Kindle!. Dan Holden. Background to Project. Queen’s Annual Fund application in January 2010 Advice from: Duke University Oregon State University Stanford University MIT Texas A&M University Also considered Sony Reader and iPad Targeted planning students

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Check out a Kindle!

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  1. Check out a Kindle! Dan Holden

  2. Background to Project Queen’s Annual Fund application in January 2010 Advice from: • Duke University • Oregon State University • Stanford University • MIT • Texas A&M University Also considered Sony Reader and iPad Targeted planning students Duration of project is academic year 2010/11

  3. Aims of Project Provide students with opportunity to experience new technologies Investigate whether functionality of Kindles benefits students with disabilities Enable students to use library books in more flexible ways Improve student access to high-demand library books

  4. Acquisition of Kindles and E-books Purchased 5 Kindle DXs, cases and UK mains chargers 33 e-books chosen by academic staff E-books purchased using Library’s Amazon account Publisher restrictions on maximum number of Kindles can load a title

  5. Circulation (1) Kindles available from August 2010 Limit of one Kindle per student or member of staff Loan periods: • Undergraduates/taught postgrads - 4 weeks • Research postgrads/staff - 12 weeks Can be renewed and reserved Overdue fines charged

  6. Circulation (2) Upon return of Kindle: • Check condition of Kindle and accessories • Check all titles still available • Check ‘deregistered’ • Check Wireless is switched off • Delete ‘My Clippings’

  7. Circulation (3) Other considerations: • Password protection • ‘Manage Social Networks’ and Web browser • ‘Create New Collection’

  8. Support Publicized on Library website (http://bit.ly/b4Qgou), Twitter, etc Flyers distributed at beginning of lectures Print/electronic ‘Getting Started Guide’ available Dedicated email address: kindle@qub.ac.uk Printed and online survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QVXT5JL

  9. Usage: 27 September 2010 to Date Total no. of Kindle borrowers = 27 (14 planners) Average no. of times print copies loaned = approx. 4

  10. Survey Did you find the Kindle useful? • Yes = 8 (6 planners) • No = 5 (2 planners) ... no page numbers on the e-books [...] impossible to reference ... I think iPads and Nooks are better A wider variety of books would have been more interesting including a few from Project Gutenburg I was not happy with the display quality as well as the user interface

  11. Survey Would you borrow a Kindle again or recommend it to a friend? • Yes = 6 (4 planners) • No = 7 (4 planners) Need more books, possibly organised by theme I found it too frustrating to use, but the screen readability is good I have since purchased my own kindle ... I've realised I like being able to flick through books and physically bookmark pages

  12. Survey How can we make the Kindle service more useful to you? Make people more aware of it, I only stumbled on it by accident Make more kindles available Wider variety of books ... Allow loading of research material by the borrower

  13. Short-Term Developments Publicize service more widely Resolve accessibility issue Assess latest generation Kindle Assess free e-books

  14. Long-Term Developments Determine whether Planning want to develop service Determine whether other schools want to become involved Assess whether to loan USB cables Convene group to devise long-term strategy including assessment of iPad, Sony Reader and NOOK

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