By Margaret Rock | Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:51 pm |
A Wisconsin library is offering iPads for its patrons to use while in the library as well as to sign out for a week at a time, as book lenders strive to stay relevant in a digital world.
Users, who will have to sign a contract for the iPad loan, can also download their own e-books or listen to music and watch videos on the library's devices, which will be wiped clean after every use. "The goal of the iPads program is to introduce our customers to a new technology they haven't used," said John Stoneberg, director of the library, to local TV station WEAU. Many libraries around the country already lend out e-books for those who have their own tablet or e-reader, as well as offering other digital media and Internet access, to easily allow people to access books and other materials easily from the comforts of home. Library apps are also available for those who already have their own iPads and other mobile devices, allowing them to "check out" digital content. And Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook also allow owners to borrow e-books from public libraries. Still, the Wisconsin library is apparently the first public library to loan mobile devices to patrons. The move could face resistance from an industry in which several publishers have a pure ban on library lending of e-books and others are setting restrictions on the number of times a particular e-book can be lent. It's not clear, for example, if this Wisconsin library has gotten special permission from publishers to "loan" the e-books that are loaded onto its iPads.
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Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:00 pm | By
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Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:55 pm | By
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