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The New Brunswick public libraries are planning to start offering e-books in the next few months to allow people access to more reading material in different formats.
There are more than two million library books in the various public libraries across the province, but the collection could jump a lot higher once e-books become available.
Tina Bourgeois, the regional director for libraries in the Albert-Westmorland-Kent Region, said people would eventually be able to download e-books from their home computer instead of visiting their local library branches.
Not sure exactly how that would work and neither do they yet.
Bourgeois said the libraries are getting more and more requests from patrons for e-books.
"Patrons will be go on and check them out and reserve them, if they are already checked out, like they can with any print material," she said.
Bourgeois said there are a lot of details still to work out on what can be offered and how people will be able to access it but she wants to make electronic books just as accessible as regular books.
When will Nova Scotia libraries get started on this I wonder.
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That's so interesting! I'm assuming it will be similar to "renting" movies from itunes, where the ability to access the file runs out after a set amount of time? I think giving people the materials they want in the format they want is a great way to keep people reading!
Just surfing through, and bumped into your blog. Very interesting thoughts! Hope you are still around, your last entry was several months ago.
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Yes, I am afraid my postings are very intermittent. I used to post pretty faithfully but have been so busy with other interests the last couple of years that I don't give enough time to my musings here. I don't have many readers so perhaps that is part of the problem. I sometimes feel as if I am talking to myself, more like a diary than a published work for an audience. So thanks for looking in. Your interest may prompt me to write more.
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