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Old 03-10-2011, 11:54 AM   #16
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Bwhahahah!! Sorry. Having worked in libraries before, I have to say that "properly taken care of" and "the public" are two phrases that don't go together.
Not to be dissing library patrons- most of them are really careful (they're library lovers, after all). But there's that remaining 20% who thinks because it's public property they can trash it...

Very interesting about the GVPL's experiment, though. I'm not sure how practical it is as of yet, but I'm sure it's the way of the future.
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Here's the GVPL's page about it: http://gvpl.ca/services/borrow-an-ereader/

I like the overdue fine of $5/day- ouch! I guess that really brings home the point that this is an expensive item.
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Well most library's have computers in them so you could use them to load them up.
No, actually, you can't. LibraryToGo won't let you download books to library computers; if you want to put your own books on that library kobo you have to do it from home.
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Anyway, these things have adjustable font-size and built-in text-to-speech, which seem like they would be great for people with vision difficulties who'd like to read the latest bestsellers without having to wait for the special Large Print edition to be made and bought (if it ever does get so).

Considering that every suburban branch I've ever been in has had a fairly large-ish Large Print section mostly filled with older stuff (lots of Danielle Steel, the occasional classic, Ye Olde Formerly Hot Now Forgotten Bestseller of Yesteryear), I can see how even having a few Kindles/Kobos/Sonys actually works out to being a cheap and cost-effective augmentation of that section
Excellent points. Large print books are horribly expensive (something like $40 for a book that costs $5 in a regular-print paperback). Also, ereaders are small and lightweight; one of the problems older people can have with LP books is that they're so big & heavy, which makes them hard to hold. With an ereader, you can have large print in light weight.

As for the text-to-speech, that could replace (or supplement) the audiobook collection; again, audiobooks are prohibitively expensive. Two or three books-on-CD being replaced with one Sony reader, you've got your money back.
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Excellent points. Large print books are horribly expensive (something like $40 for a book that costs $5 in a regular-print paperback). Also, ereaders are small and lightweight; one of the problems older people can have with LP books is that they're so big & heavy, which makes them hard to hold. With an ereader, you can have large print in light weight.

As for the text-to-speech, that could replace (or supplement) the audiobook collection; again, audiobooks are prohibitively expensive. Two or three books-on-CD being replaced with one Sony reader, you've got your money back.
Good point about the large print books, The dome in hardcover is over 1200 pages in regular print I can't imagine what it would be like in large print paper-back.
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Bwhahahah!! Sorry. Having worked in libraries before, I have to say that "properly taken care of" and "the public" are two phrases that don't go together.
Not to be dissing library patrons- most of them are really careful (they're library lovers, after all). But there's that remaining 20% who thinks because it's public property they can trash it...

Very interesting about the GVPL's experiment, though. I'm not sure how practical it is as of yet, but I'm sure it's the way of the future.

I realize that but the majority of people won't want to pay the fine of 150 so maybe they would be "nice to the thing" and really what else other that drop or get it wet can happen to it. I mean it has a $40 cover and a screen protector on it (I think but not sure) so drops shouldn't be much of a problem.
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