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
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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
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