[ISLMA-Share] eRead Illinois in JH and High School

[Gibbs, Marji]

We are a HS-only district using 3M Cloud Library, which fits well with our
1:1 ipads. We opted not to use permission slips. We do use the YA filter
that Lesley set up for Cloud Library. There was not a lot of set-up on my
part for the filtering-- it's all handled through Cloud Library by Polaris
patron code. It's worked very well for high school. Students have not
complained at all about the filtered selection. At first last year,  I ran
a Polaris report to see what ebooks were checked out, but all seemed fine
so I don't run it  any more.

Lesley at Eread Illinois has been so helpful about setting up! If you are
in IL Heartland, just contact her. It's been a really affordable option.
Sometimes students mumble about the wait list but there are a LOT of books
from which to choose.

To soften the news about end-of-the-year book turn-in, we have been saying
"Your print books will be due soon for the end of the year, but you can
keep checking out your ebooks now & all summer."

Marji Gibbs            gibbsm at salemhigh.com
Salem Community High School Media Center
1200 N. Broadway Salem IL 62881
618/548-0727 Fax 618/548-0727
www.salemhigh.com/mc/index.htm


On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Yes, eRead is very friendly and tries to help. Natalie is great. It just
> was a mess for us and doesn't seem to work well at all for us. It might be
> great for others, it just depends...
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We are a 1:1 high school with Chromebooks.  Unfortunately, eRead is not
>> currently compatible with Chromebooks, which is a huge disadvantage for
>> us--however, we DO still subscribe.  I have been told that they are working
>> on a Chromebook solution.
>>
>> The cost is fairly inexpensive for schools and the subscription provides
>> an extensive library that can fill gaps in your collection.  (Students can
>> access the books with their phones or other devices.)  Another advantage of
>> having eRead is that you can set up an "unbound collection," which is just
>> for your library.  This means you can purchase titles of special interest
>> to your patrons and extra electronic copies of popular Lincoln titles, for
>> example.  Only your students can access the unbound titles, and the access
>> is completely seamless!
>>
>> Do call eRead for more information--they are friendly, helpful, and
>> boundlessly enthusiastic!
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I am in a high school and we have eRead.  We do not limit but it is
>>> really easy to do.  Also, the eRead people  are really easy to work with
>>> and will help you with anything you might need.  I also have a consent form
>>> if you are interested.  Email me at bielby at shg.org.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
>>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We've had increasing interest and requests for ebooks in our libraries
>>>> so I'm looking at subscribing to eRead Illinois for our JH and HS
>>>> libraries.  For those of you that already participate, how do your schools
>>>> handle the accessibility students have to all types of content, such as
>>>> adult/mature titles in a JH setting, etc.?  I've learned that eRead has a
>>>> 'scoping' feature to limit the titles they can browse, have you found this
>>>> to be effective?  Do you have parental consent forms?
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to be prepared with solutions when our administrators or
>>>> parents express their concerns on this point.  Thanks so much for your
>>>> help!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Katrina Quattlander
>>>> District Librarian
>>>> Pana CUSD #8
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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