All Digital Library Now Open to the Public

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

No cookbooks? Wow! You have one of the largest digital collections in the country. Does Hennepin allow reciprocal borrowing with other libraries?

I had to go look, because while I've checked out a lot of books there I've never thought to look for a cookbook. Hennepin county has 2276 books under cooking & food, many are cookbooks.

I've been quite impressed with how they've grown their collection, and with the variety, over the past few years.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

They are, and so is OverDrive. I wouldn't worry about it. There's plenty of room for both types of libraries - traditional and all-digital.

I think "cloud-based" was meant to imply online reading only, with downloading and reading offline not allowed.

[Ken Maltby]

I hope you all enjoy my tax dollars at work.

I doubt I'll be using it.

Luck;
Ken

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

I think "cloud-based" was meant to imply online reading only, with downloading and reading offline not allowed.

I see that now. The collection is downloadable, just like libraries that use OverDrive. This library just happens to use 3M and OneClick instead.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

I hope you all enjoy my tax dollars at work.

I doubt I'll be using it.

I wouldn't use it either. The audiobook collection it totally inadequate and I have libraries with much larger collections.

Why wouldn't you use it?

[Tarana]

No cookbooks? Wow! You have one of the largest digital collections in the country. Does Hennepin allow reciprocal borrowing with other libraries?

I'm actually in Anoka County, not Hennepin. I just have to apply to Hennepin to get a card so that I can check out their ebooks. By the way, I was wrong. We have 8 cookbooks in ebook format through my library. I haven't figured out how to access it yet. Apparently, it is part of the 3M cloud thing and I didn't know anything about that. Yet.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Tarana

I'm actually in Anoka County, not Hennepin. I just have to apply to Hennepin to get a card so that I can check out their ebooks. By the way, I was wrong. We have 8 cookbooks in ebook format through my library. I haven't figured out how to access it yet. Apparently, it is part of the 3M cloud thing and I didn't know anything about that. Yet.

3M isn't compatible with Kindle, so it's a non-starter for me. Besides, only one of my libraries uses it; but is also uses OverDrive.

Hennepin is a huge library. Collection wise, it's #1 for ebooks and #11 for audiobooks.

[Barbara1955]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

3M isn't compatible with Kindle, so it's a non-starter for me. Besides, only one of my libraries uses it; but is also uses OverDrive.

Hennepin is a huge library. Collection wise, it's #1 for ebooks and #11 for audiobooks.

It works with Fires!
http://3m-ssd.implex.net/cloudapps/d...%20Slideme.pdf

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Katie1

It works with Fires!
http://3m-ssd.implex.net/cloudapps/d...%20Slideme.pdf

I meant in Kindle format. As such, it won't work on the eink Kindles. It works on the Fires because of the 3M Android app.

[Edward_R]

The nation’s first all-digital, book-free public library system has opened in San Antonio, with patrons lining up to peruse on online catalog on Apple touch screen computers and check out books on e-readers.

Originally Posted by John F

Huh?
If they are "book-free" (I assume that means no books), how can they check out books?

On e-readers meaning by download, unless they physically let you check out readers as well.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Edward_R

On e-readers meaning by download, unless they physically let you check out readers as well.

They do both. You can download over the net or physically go to the library and check-out one of the 600 ereaders they have.

I'm impressed that San Antonio and Bexar County were the first to do this. San Antonio, though a large city, I think the 3rd largest metroplex area in the state after Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston, is rarely even mentioned in the news. If they built this library on the south side, that is the poorer part of town. I guess it makes sense to build there since more library users there will not own their own devices. At any rate, it is good to hear San Antonio making the news and great that they are being cutting edge.

[gracie]

Tried it. Downloaded a book to my tablet... But, how do I find the epub file so I can open it with the reader I want instead of whatever this thing is that it's open in? Where's the epub file on the tablet?

[dkperez]

If you're successful getting a library card for Hennepin County that will allow to access their ebooks as a non-resident, let us know... 'Cause, supposedly, last year, after being able to use my Hennepin card as a Dakota county resident for YEARS, Hennepin decided that "non-residents" would no longer be allowed to access their ebooks...... And, of course, the librarians' excuse is it's not THEM, it's Overdrive... They're just poor, innocent victims of the rapacious policies of the evil overlords at Overdrive...

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by dkperez

If you're successful getting a library card for Hennepin County that will allow to access their ebooks as a non-resident, let us know... 'Cause, supposedly, last year, after being able to use my Hennepin card as a Dakota county resident for YEARS, Hennepin decided that "non-residents" would no longer be allowed to access their ebooks...... And, of course, the librarians' excuse is it's not THEM, it's Overdrive... They're just poor, innocent victims of the rapacious policies of the evil overlords at Overdrive...

Interesting, because I can still borrow ebooks and audiobooks from libraries where I'm not a resident. I wonder why OverDrive would be so selective?