Raising eReaders—Rising Above Your Reluctancy

Terese Brennan, Secondary 6—12Ann Myers, Grades 3 – 8

Marie Rossi, 9—12

Paige Jaeger, librarydoor.blogspot.cominfolit4U@twitterpaigejaeger@gmail.com

Not your mother’s library

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Overdrive.com – used with permission

Now is the time Download-ability and device ownership considerations:

As of September 2013:•24% of Americans ages 16 and older own an e-reader•35% of Americans ages 16 and older own a tablet computer

http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx

“Accommodate

rather than equip.”

“One in four teens are ‘cell-mostly’

internet users” - PEW, Teens and Technology 2013

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teens-and-Tech.aspx

Many digital models, but few have the ability to manage DRM

LibraryCatalog

DiscoveryStation!

Overdrive… DRM for Popular Fiction

DRM & No DRMFree & Fee

Lending Models:

For popular fiction, you can’t beat Overdrive

From: Pew Internet Studies-http://pewinternet.org/Infographics/2011/Generations-and-gadgets.aspx

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What is my current

situation?

Do we have

anything eReady?

What might be out there

already for free that I can

add to my catalog?

Convince them and

market your idea!

What are possible funding

sources?

Advocacy Plan:

• Can database funds be reallocated, if no new money can be found?

• Can we forgo print purchases for one year, to launch virtual download?

• Can we develop a campaign to build a virtual library?

• Are there Title I funds available to build a collection supporting classified students (as a jumpstart)?

• Can this be funded via technology funds? (think partnership)

“Can we buy books for the library that only our kids can

check out?” …Marie Rossi 2009

• Leverage together for discounted rates, if possible

• See OverDrive for single library vs. “regional” consortium pricing.

30 districts 84 libraries 66 librarians

“Sure. We can do that.”

-OverDrive

COPPA Laws

“I want to do Overdrive, but I don’t want my students to checkout the blood,

guts, sex, and more. I don’t even want them

to see that.” - Sue, Elementary Librarian

2010

“Sure. We can do that.”

-OverDrive

Use in Schools

‘Hot spots in most of our libraries. Three districts are wireless

throughout the buildings.

Marie Rossi Ballston Spa High

Glens Falls Middle School Ann Myers

Ebooks: helping bridge the achievement gap?

Background

•A 20 year study on “Books and Schooling” indicates:•Children from book-oriented home environments develop valuable learning tools (vocabulary, information, comprehension skills and many others).•Each addition to a home library helps children get a little further in school (years of schooling)•The greatest impact is on book-poor homes. There is more “bang for your book” with each additional book in these homes/families.

(Evans, M.D.R. et al.)

What does this mean for educators?

• For schools and teachers, the message is clear…

• “We need to get more books into the home and into the hands of students.”

(Evans, M.D.R. et al.)

GFMS uses eBooks for…

• Poverty level is over 40% district-wide (as defined by free & reduced lunch)

• Large Special Ed and AIS population

Student Population

Academic Intervention Services (AIS) ELA CLASSROOM

Reading in A.I.S. (often enhanced with Overdrive audiobooks)

“HIGHLIGHT” and then

“LOOK UP”

Increase comprehension …use the built-in dictionary

The X-Ray feature is helpful for books with many characters.

Short description of character

Finds where character is introduced and subsequent occurrences.

Cambridge Jr – Sr High School

Terese Brennan will talk

about her eReader

programs in Cambridge

Caveats & Considerations

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Great

Statistics:

Every year our statistics go up exponentially.

Credits

• http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx

• http://www.pewresearch.org/data-trend/media-and-technology/device-ownership/

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