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Jun 07 2010

NCSU Libraries EBook Readers June Update

In April the NCSU Libraries started loaning out 30 iPads on 4-hour loan. This has been a popular service with over 3,200 iPad checkouts in the past 8 weeks.

The NCSU Libraries has 38 eBook Readers for loan through the D. H. Hill Library’s Technology Lending program. 35 Amazon Kindles (5 Kindle DXs, 12 Kindle 2s, & 18 original Kindles) have a user-developed collection of 340 popular titles. Two Sony eBook Readers each have 100 volume Classics Libraries (Sherwood Anderson to Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henrik Ibsen to Emile Zola). All of these 37 devices can be checked out for a week.

Kindle 36 is a 4 hour loan Newsreader with TIME, Newsweek, The News & Observer, The New York Times, & Wall Street Journal updated daily. Pick up the Newsreader Kindle at the Circulation Desk.

In May the following 16 titles were added to the NCSU Libraries Kindles by library users:
(Move your mouse over a book cover to see the title; click on a cover for more information)

Orbital Mechanics: For Engineering StudentsTalent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody ElseThe Lunatic CafeThe Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Girl Who Played with FireUgliesEat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and IndonesiaDear JohnThe ChoiceClub DeadGetting Organized in the Google Era: How to Get Stuff out of Your Head, Find It When You Need It, and Get It Done RightChelsea Chelsea Bang BangI, Alex CrossHouse of Many WaysThe HobbitNation