Just before the move into the new library building, the Vernon branch reference supervisor and I had the opportunity to speak with Patti Shales Lefkos about the current digital revolution in libraries. Patti was compiling information for an upcoming article in Okanagan Life magazine, and was particularly interested in the role of ebooks and ereaders, and how libraries are responding to consumer demand for this new technology. The new library and its technology-related features were also discussed, and I was pleased to outline how flexibility for the future was a key component throughout the planning process.
Last spring when the Vernon branch offered one-on-one orientation sessions to ebooks and ereaders, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Patti signed up for one of these sessions, and her experience is described in the article. As an aside, we're planning to offer these sessions again later this year.
You can read this entire article, complete with photos, in the June issue of Okanagan Life. The text of the article only is available by clicking on the link below.
http://okanaganlife.com/2012/06/libraries-embrace-the-digital-revolution/
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