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Hi Leigh, The Art + Architecture Library at Virginia Tech has 20 iPads for circulation. Currently, there is a 1 day loan period for students (undergraduate and graduate) and a 3 day loan period for faculty, though I am working with a few faculty on longer loan periods for course-embedded projects. The iPads come preloaded with several apps, both of a general sort (note-taking, Keynote, Pages, etc.) and of an architecture and design-oriented nature (e.g. Sketchup, goBIM), with the understanding that patrons can download additional content or apps if they wish at their own cost. The iPad is restored to a default setting upon return. Although the semester hasn't started yet, they will also be used in instruction sessions, since our library isn't ideally designed for instruction and only has ten computers. Hope this helps. I'm happy to answer more questions if you have them. Patrick Tomlin Head, Art + Architecture Library Virginia Tech 100 Cowgill Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061-9001 540.231.9272 [log in to unmask] From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Leigh Gates Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:11 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] iPads in the Library: Summary Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry yesterday about lending iPads loaded with textbooks in our library. Here is a summary of the replies, plus some considerations to keep in mind: Harrye B. Lyons Design Library, NCSU Libraries, loans iPads; the main library loans Kindles and Sony e-book readers loaded with content Notre Dame University has a business class for which students are loaned iPads loaded with course readings. The library will experiment this fall with films from iTunes loaded onto iPads for viewing film reserves. Art and Architecture Library, University of Kansas, checks out e-book readers Considerations: Security Compliance with copyright and licensing requirements Availability of content Some interesting articles and links: "May a library lend e-book readers?" http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2010/06/may-a-library-lend-e-book-readers.html Kindle Review http://ireaderreview.com/2009/06/16/libraries-lending-kindle/ Leigh Gates Director of Library Services Harrington College of Design 200 W. Madison St. Chicago, IL 60606 312.697.8021 P 312.697.3318 Front Desk www.harringtoncollege.com<http://www.harringtoncollege.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~