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Lending e-Reader Devices at Your Library?
You may want to take a look at an advisory issued by the Institute of Museum and Library Services if you are currently lending, or are thinking about lending, e-Reader devices. The Department of Justice found that two libraries offering devices were in violation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. In its advisory, IMLS highlights applicable parts of the laws, outlines the settlement of the complaint against each library, and encourages libraries to think about these issues as they acquire new public access technologies
Librarians may want to view this free webinar: Extending access to e-books for public libraries: New strategies on April 30, 2013. This Webjunction webinar will discuss recent research and data around public library e-book purchasing and exploring strategies being developed around public policy, data collection and the library’s value in the e-book supply chain. More at
http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/Extending_access_to_ebooks_for_public_libraries.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Crossroads&utm_campaign=Crossroads