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Washington-Centerville Public Library’s eCollection Tutorials

Posted on July 15, 2013 by ebooksohiolibraries

It’s important to Washington-Centerville Public Library that a strong cohesive look was designed for the eCollection. Because eBooks, eAudiobooks, and other digital content are becoming more important to patrons, it was decided that an overhaul in design was needed. The focus was to create something that made it easy for patrons to find eCollection content from the home page, and also to allow for collection growth. Launched in January 2013, the new eCollection website has been a big success and patrons love it.

Washington-Centerville Public Library’s eCollection

In addition to the new eCollection, tutorials for downloading are maintained on the website for easy access for patrons at home.

Kindle Tutorial

Nook and other eRea ders Tutorial

Overdrive Media Console App Tutorial (for Android and Apple)

Overdrive Media Console Tutorial (for eAudiobooks w/ PC & Mac)

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Information about choosing a tablet or eReader by Andrea Adkins

Posted on July 10, 2013 by ebooksohiolibraries

The following are used in classes as well as handed out to patrons as needed.

Selecting an eReader PPT

Selecting an eReader Handout

Tablet Comparison Handout

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eBook handouts by Andrea Adkins

Posted on July 10, 2013 by ebooksohiolibraries

The following handouts are geared towards libraries using SEO Consortium’s Digital Catalog but applicable to all libraries using Overdrive.

eReaders (for computers and eReaders except Kindle)

Kindles (for all Kindles except Fire, use Tablet eBooks handout)

Tablets (for Digital Tablets, Smartphones, iPod Touches/iPads)

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eBooks and Digital Rights Management by Andrea Adkins

Posted on April 23, 2012 by ebooksohiolibraries

Librarians for the foreseeable future will continue to be the front line for eReader and eBook questions from the public, we need to be informed of the general Digital Rights Management (DRM) issues with eBooks. The following are links to articles as well as references to articles that can be found in EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier discussing this problem. I hope these will be of use in helping library staff understand DRM issues so they can explain them to library users.

Links
DRM is Crushing Indie Booksellers Online

Ebooks 101: DRM (Digital Rights Management)

Overlooked E-Book Chapter: DRM Makes Monopolies

Thinking Through a Strategy for Digital Rights Management

Will Hachette Be the First Big-6 Publisher to drop DRM on E-Books?

EBSCO
Griffey, Jason. 2010. “Ebook Sanity.” Library Journal 135, no. 13: 25-26.

Quint, Barbara. 2010. “The Still More Perfect Ebook.” Information Today 27, no. 5: 7-8.

Read, Samantha. 2011. “The Role of eBooks in Public Libraries (Session C15).” Feliciter 57, no. 4: 147.

Rosenblatt, Bill. 2009. “E-Publishing’s Ticking Time Bomb: DRM.” Seybold Report: Analyzing Publishing Technologies, January 20. 2-3.

Schiller, Kurt. 2010. “A Happy Medium: Ebooks, Licensing, and DRM. (Cover story).” Information Today 27, no. 2: 1-44.

Wendell, Sarah. 2011. “Romance in the Digital Age Almost as Sweet.” Kirkus Reviews 79, no. 4: 254-255.

Wikert, Joe. 2012. “A Call for a Unified E-book Market.” Publishers Weekly 259, no. 6: 18.