Successfully adding Kindle Fire to Library Collection for Checkout

Wed Mar 7 14:51:18 EST 2012

A related issue came up in a discussion with a library association
member who is writing a paper proposing an e-reader lending program. One
library I know that is doing this has to "clean" each Kindle when it
comes back to remove any personal material that has been saved to it -
inadvertently or otherwise. I suppose it is a work load that has to be
planned for going in.

Melanie Amy Hogue, Manager of Online Resources

Chattanooga Public Library, Chattanooga, Tennessee

hogue_m at lib.chattanooga.gov

423-757-5114

From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Behalf Of Sharon Foster
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 12:07 PM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Successfully adding Kindle Fire to Library
Collection for Checkout

I don't have any hands-on with the Kindle Fire, but if it's like
previous Kindles, you can deactivate the Amazon account before you check
it out. Actually, you can leave it deactivated until such time as you
need to add another title to it.

When it is returned, you may want to make sure that the the patron
didn't activate it to his or her own Amazon account. I don't know if
there's any way to prevent their doing that.

Sharon
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Sharon M. Foster
Digital Resources Librarian

"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man's
own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes
on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part
of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came."
~Tom Paine

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Doug Cataldo
<DCataldo at huntleylibrary.org> wrote:

I am asking for replies for both side of the coin. We have successfully
added regular Kindle devices to our collection for patrons to check out.
However the Kindle Fire relies upon an active amazon account. If you
were to circulate a Kindle Fire or have done it successfully, I would
like to know how you did it without allowing the patron that checks out
the device to utilize the active Amazon account.

In simpler terms, how do you stop the person(s) checking out the Kindle
Fire from purchasing books on the active account that the Kindle Fire
has to have. Does that make sense?

Doug Cataldo

Marketing & Technology Specialist

Huntley Area Public Library

11000 Ruth Road

Huntley, IL 60142

(847) 669-5386 ext. 29 <tel:%28847%29%20669-5386%20ext.%2029> 

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From: Web technologies in libraries [mailto:WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On
Behalf Of Sharon Foster
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 10:51 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] Successfully adding Kindle Fire to Library
Collection for Checkout

Are you asking a cataloging question or a policy question?

There are at least a couple of ways to catalog it so that patrons can
find it, but the pros and cons will depend on how your OPAC displays
search results lists and individual items.

For example, go to http://www.ryepubliclibrary.org and type in the word
"kindle" in the top search box.

The search results show only the last item added to the Kindle, but if
you click on one of them, you'll see a list of the contents. Click on
the "MARC Display" button to see how the 505 Note and 700 Added entry
fields are populated.

Try a title search for "The Help" and the last two results are Kindle I
and Kindle II, but the title shown is not "The Help." You have to see
the item detail to find that "The Help" is indeed there.

You may have to try some experiments with your OPAC to find the best way
to catalog an e-reader. Also look at the MARC displays for other
libraries that have the same ILS and that have cataloged e-readers to
see how they did it.

Hope this helps,
Sharon
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Sharon M. Foster
Digital Resources Librarian

"All accumulation, therefore, of personal property, beyond what a man's
own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes
on every principle of justice, of gratitude, and of civilization, a part
of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came."
~Tom Paine

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Doug Cataldo
<DCataldo at huntleylibrary.org> wrote:

Has anyone had success adding a Kindle Fire device to your library's
catalog for checkout to patrons?

I'd love to hear pros/cons.

Thanks!

Doug Cataldo

Marketing & Technology Specialist

Huntley Area Public Library

11000 Ruth Road

Huntley, IL 60142

(847) 669-5386 ext. 29 <tel:%28847%29%20669-5386%20ext.%2029> 

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www.huntleylibrary.org <http://www.huntleylibrary.org/> 

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