SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY'S EREADER PROJECT Check out eReaders!

Michael Stern Hart ( ) Founder of Project Gutenberg and inventor of the eBook Photo credit and obituary:

Thank you for supporting this project!

Denise Davis, Deputy Library Director Amy Calhoun, Electronic Resources Librarian Megan Wong, Technology Librarian Manya Shorr, Outreach & Community Services Joseph Spink, Library Services Assistant

WHAT'S THE DEAL? Digital divide

SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY 1.4 million residents 28 locations (1 bookmobile) $3 million collection budget (falling fast) Subscribe to Overdrive (3,500 eBooks) Weekly Book a Librarian appointments for eReader help (200 people in 12 months)

THE GRANT (OR, FREE MONEY IS NEVER FREE) $100,000 LSTA Partnership Preloaded Assessment

HOWDY, PARTNER

THE COLLECTION

Devices & Content Program Launch: April Classic Nooks - Circulating 30 Classic Nooks – Staff Training 20 titles / device September Nooks - Circulating 168 Nook Touch 138 Nook Classic 10 Nook Touch - Replacements 50 titles / device

6 NOOKS : 1 TITLE

Fiction Biography Mystery Science Fiction Nonfiction Lucky Day Romance Children & Teen SpanishBestsellers Urban Fiction

TITLE SELCTION

GenreHolds 4/18/11 (launch week, 108 Nooks) Holds 8/22/2011 (final week, 245 Nooks) Holds:Nook ratio Best Seller Biography Children Fiction Mystery Nonfiction Romance Science Fiction Spanish Teen Urban Fiction Total

STAFF TRAINING & CIRCULATION

Staff Training All front line staff trained 6 training sessions /6 different locations Circulation procedures Basic Nook functions Branch Nooks for staff Point person for staff questions Accessible information

Circulation Pre-circulation issues Security Forms Check-out period Renewals Damage Late fees Special rules

Troubleshooting Broken Nooks Transporting devices Navigating classic Nook user interface “Frozen” Nooks: factory reset or user error? Issues with the devices Touch v. Classic

ASSESSMENT Surveys Interviews Focus groups

Public Comments I was excited to be able to try it. I've been wanting to try an e-reader, but didn't want to commit to buying one without seeing how they actually work. Thanks for making it available. I was dead set against buying an e-reader, but trying it out through you guys make me really want one now! Also, I really wish I could load things to the e-reader...you guys, should think about a graphic novel one. The nook is very convenient because it has more than one story in it. There's no need to get a bag for 20 different books, and its much easier to keep up with one item. Due to replacement cost of $250 should something happen to the nook I am very hesitant to borrow one from the library again. I have an iPad and will explore eBooks for that instead. Such a long wait time. Make more available. (More comments will be available in the final report.)

WHAT'S NEXT? We own the content/archiving The refresh challenge Serving special populations User driven content Legacy devicesPolicies & procedures

Final report to the California State Library: (available soon!) Please contact us with questions! Denise Davis, Deputy Library Director Amy Calhoun, Electronic Resources Librarian Megan Wong, Technology Librarian Manya Shorr, Outreach & Community Services Supervisor Joseph Spink, Library Services Assistant