Borrow a Kindle
SU Library has launched a pilot program to use Kindle DX e-book readers to make textbooks available. The Library has purchased two Kindle DX e-book readers and loaded them with 11 books. Some are textbooks for CPS, CSE, and ECS courses this fall and the remainder are computer science, information technology, and other engineering-based books that are regularly requested for interlibrary loan.
The Kindles may be borrowed from the main circulation desk in either Bird and Carnegie libraries. The loan period is one day; the unit is due by midnight the day after it was checked out. Each user will be given a comment card to make it easy for them to provide feedback on their experience with the device.
Through the pilot, the Library will gain practical experience with this new technology and determine whether an e-book reader loan program is of interest to users. There are a number of other objectives for the pilot, including:
- Explore additional options for access to curricular resources that are cost-prohibitive and frequently requested by library users.
- Test a new technology, i.e., Kindle DX, for delivery of ebooks.
- Gauge user reactions to ebook readers.
- Use Kindle statistics and user feedback to develop or modify services and technologies.
For more information on this program, please contact Melinda Dermody at 443-5332 or mderm01@syr.edu. Other members of the project team are librarians Suzanne Preate and Scott Warren.
