Comments on: In Cushing’s Defense http://raypalin.info/blog/archives/274 Some info about info ... and maybe some other things. Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rpalin http://raypalin.info/blog/archives/274/comment-page-1#comment-88 rpalin Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:10:02 +0000 http://raypalin.info/blog/?p=274#comment-88 Adding content to the Kindle is a problem, unless your library has an amazon credit card. (See my earlier post about this). ... Once you register Kindles to the same amazon account, you can buy and download books directly to your Kindles. You can also download to a computer and then sync the books to the Kindles. You can put the same book on multiple Kindles, I believe. There must be a limit, though. Managing 65 devices seems very challenging. ... Any reference set would have to be in Kindle format. I think more reference works will become available as amazon looks to expand use of the new, bigger Kindle, targeted at education. I should say that you can sync PDFs to the devices, though. So you could put individual ebook PDF files on the Kindles. ... We are still figuring out student check-out. We have circulated to staff. Student use is a priority for this fall. Initially, anyway, I envision Kindles for research content only and a check-out of one week. ... I don't think this is necessarily the model. If it is, and ebooks begin to dominate, I imagine that competition (e.g. Sony) will bring down prices, which would let all districts participate at some level. I think it's also a question of priorities. I had to sacrifice a sizable portion of my print budget in order to get the ebook reference collection off the ground. ... Good luck with the changes! Having recently through it, I know you're facing a lot of work. Adding content to the Kindle is a problem, unless your library has an amazon credit card. (See my earlier post about this). … Once you register Kindles to the same amazon account, you can buy and download books directly to your Kindles. You can also download to a computer and then sync the books to the Kindles. You can put the same book on multiple Kindles, I believe. There must be a limit, though. Managing 65 devices seems very challenging. … Any reference set would have to be in Kindle format. I think more reference works will become available as amazon looks to expand use of the new, bigger Kindle, targeted at education. I should say that you can sync PDFs to the devices, though. So you could put individual ebook PDF files on the Kindles. … We are still figuring out student check-out. We have circulated to staff. Student use is a priority for this fall. Initially, anyway, I envision Kindles for research content only and a check-out of one week. … I don’t think this is necessarily the model. If it is, and ebooks begin to dominate, I imagine that competition (e.g. Sony) will bring down prices, which would let all districts participate at some level. I think it’s also a question of priorities. I had to sacrifice a sizable portion of my print budget in order to get the ebook reference collection off the ground. … Good luck with the changes! Having recently through it, I know you’re facing a lot of work.

]]> By: Bob http://raypalin.info/blog/archives/274/comment-page-1#comment-87 Bob Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:35:34 +0000 http://raypalin.info/blog/?p=274#comment-87 Ray, How do you use the Kindle in the library? Do you have to download a copy to each Kindle? How could that work if you did have 65 of them? How long are they checked out for? How would you purchase a multi-volume reference set (even if it was an e-book collection) and put it on the Kindle? Sorry for all the questions: I'm trying to bend my mind around this. It seems like poor districts will be left out once again if this is the model that will be used for years to come. Thanks, Bob Ray,

How do you use the Kindle in the library? Do you have to download a copy to each Kindle? How could that work if you did have 65 of them? How long are they checked out for? How would you purchase a multi-volume reference set (even if it was an e-book collection) and put it on the Kindle?

Sorry for all the questions: I’m trying to bend my mind around this. It seems like poor districts will be left out once again if this is the model that will be used for years to come.

Thanks,
Bob

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