Drew StoryLibrariandrewmstory@gmail.com

“Wait, don’t close. I just brought a Kindle.

I want to download ebooks from the

library.”

“Sorry. We’re closed.”

Don’t turn

around!Don’t

doit!

RUN!!

No, not the box!!!

Anticipating the inevitable

• Experience from 2010-2011 holiday season.

• Overdrive’s announcement that they had reached a deal with Amazon.

• Predictions that eReaders/tablets would again be the hottest selling items during the 2011-2012 holiday season.

• Elwood Library’s proximity to Barnes and Noble and Best Buy.

Meeting the demand for information and training

• I personally decided to purchase an eReader as a gift.

• Read reviews, visited Best Buy’s eReader/tablet kiosk. Reviewed info from Overdrive/Amazon on downloading ebooks from the library.

• Discussed a plan with the other librarians to get everyone involved to meet the patron demand that was coming soon.

eReader training

• Beginning December/January 2011-2012. Advertised one on one eReader assistance by appointment. – Appointments were offered in the morning,

afternoon, and evening based on anticipated patron need and staff schedules.

• Group classes for downloading to the Kindle, Nook, and iPad.

Step by step instructions

• Staff recognized a need for printed instructions that could be handed out to patrons as well as a script for us to follow.– Adapted presentations from the group classes

into a brochure style handout. – Dispayed them in the library and posted them

in pdf format on our website.

eReader Guides

• Kindle

• NOOK

• iPad

Results

• Embraced our fear.• 24 one on one eReader

appointments from December 2011 to March 2012.

• 26 students in group classes in January 2012.

• Distributed over 200 hard copies of the eReader guides.

Future plans and possibilities

• Instruction and technical support.

• Circulating eReaders preloaded with specific genres, i.e classics, mystery, romance, etc.