The ebook situation in public libraries is one of the toughest new technologies that libraries have to face. All of the points that Farkas made in her blog were correct. Too many options, too many platforms etc. We have one person on staff right now that is wrestling with this project and there does not seem to be a clear cut solution for us as a small rural public library.
Farkas also made a excellent point that we had not considered. How will ebooks affect the availability of interlibrary loan materials? Just another idea we have to take into consideration.
I enjoyed looking at the Project Gutenberg site and the link below is for the first volume of the Slave Narrative from Texas. I really did not expect to find something like this on the site. I was pleasantly surprised.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30576/30576-h/30576-h.htm
I believe there has to be alot more clarity before small rural librarys can make room in their already tight budgets for ebooks.
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