1. SACRAMENTO PUBLIC LIBRARY'S EREADER PROJECT Check out eReaders!

2. Michael Stern Hart (1947-2011) Founder of Project Gutenberg and inventor of the eBook Photo credit and obituary: http://worldlibrary.net/blog/post/2011/09/08/In-loving-memory-of-Michael-S-Hart-(1947-2011).aspxhttp://worldlibrary.net/blog/post/2011/09/08/In-loving-memory-of-Michael-S-Hart-(1947-2011).aspx

3. Thank you for supporting this project!

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

5. WHAT'S THE DEAL? Digital divide

6. 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)

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

8. HOWDY, PARTNER

9. THE COLLECTION

10. Devices & Content Program Launch: April 2011 108 Classic Nooks - Circulating 30 Classic Nooks – Staff Training 20 titles / device September 2011 306 Nooks - Circulating 168 Nook Touch 138 Nook Classic 10 Nook Touch - Replacements 50 titles / device

11. 6 NOOKS : 1 TITLE

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

13. TITLE SELCTION

14. GenreHolds 4/18/11 (launch week, 108 Nooks) Holds 8/22/2011 (final week, 245 Nooks) Holds:Nook ratio Best Seller782487.1 Biography21905.0 Children191448.0 Fiction4819210.7 Mystery471114.6 Nonfiction2918110.1 Romance161068.8 Science Fiction251206.7 Spanish6132.2 Teen2014011.7 Urban Fiction127111.8 Total 32114165.8

15. STAFF TRAINING & CIRCULATION

16. 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

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

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

19. ASSESSMENT Surveys Interviews Focus groups

25. 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.)

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

28. Final report to the California State Library: http://www.saclibrary.org/ereader (available soon!) Please contact us with questions! Denise Davis, Deputy Library Director ddavis@saclibrary.org Amy Calhoun, Electronic Resources Librarian acalhoun@saclibrary.org Megan Wong, Technology Librarian mwong@saclibrary.org Manya Shorr, Outreach & Community Services Supervisor mshorr@saclibrary.org Joseph Spink, Library Services Assistant jspink@saclibrary.org http://www.saclibrary.org/ereader