Kindle Medical E-Book Lending Program

Kindle Medical E-book Lending Program

SEFLIN Conference, Miami, FL. July 11, 2013.

Bohyun Kim - Digital Access LibrarianFrank Fajardo - Access Services Librarian

Florida International University Medical Library

Kindle Medical E-book Lending Program

O Funded by the Express Mobile Technology Project Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Southeastern/Atlantic (SE/A) Region.

O Launched January 2013.O 10 Kindle E-book readers with 30 titlesO A carrying case, a Power adapter and cable,

an instruction handout.O See

http://medlib.fiu.edu/mobile/kindle-medical/index.html

Implementation StepsO Prepare the device and load all e-books.O Many challenges in acquisition and the

device preparationO Determine the circulation workflow.O Borrowing policy.O Staff trainingO Launch and PromotionO Survey and usage trackingO Evaluation

E-readers and Titles