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One other revelation on ebooks, however. For myself, the books that I most
enjoy on an ereader our things I don't want others to know I am reading. (I
love a good self-help book on decluttering, although you'd hardly know it
from looking at my home or office.)

To that end, this summer I will invest in some sex-ed and queer materials
for our high school. (I am buying e-duplicates of the items that we own
paper copies of already.) These are items that are infrequently checked out
and more often stolen. The beauty of the e-copy is nobody has to see you
check it out; you don't have to carry it around; it's never overdue---so
your parents don't get an email notice that you've been reading it.



Leah Krippner
Librarian, Harlem High School
I am currently reading *Invisible Fault Lines* by Kristen-Paige Madonia

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We bought a handful of Kindle fires. This has been pretty much a disaster.
> (Follett assured us that there would be an app). There is, but in order to
> use the app you need to leave the Kindle pretty "open" in terms of what the
> kids have access to. (Spoke to the tech support at Amazon--for a per
> month/per head subscription fee we could dial down the access. I opted
> against.)
>
> Although our network at school is filtered, what kids can do with these
> off site is pretty frightening.
>
> My impression is they don't really use these devices for reading our
> ebooks. They either read fan fiction (I got no problem with that) or watch
> porn.
>
> It isn't "readers" who check them out even. It's really low level kids who
> like to be perceived as readers.
>
> So far, my best success has been since the school opened a wifi network
> for student's own devices. I have a few kids who will download onto their
> phones. They usually need a one-on-one lesson to do this.
>
> Most still prefer paper copy, however.
>
> Leah Krippner
> Librarian, Harlem High School
> I am currently reading *Invisible Fault Lines* by Kristen-Paige Madonia
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Over the past few years, we have purchased a number of eBooks through
>> Follett.  I'm trying to figure out the easiest and most cost-effective way
>> to circulate them. Issuing students iPads or Kindle Fires to take home is
>> out of the question. I had thought the base-line Kindle would be a good
>> alternative (not a theft target, minimal computer access), but the platform
>> doesn't seem to be supported.
>>
>> How do you handle this?
>>
>> Thanks -
>>
>> Chris Wilson
>>
>> --
>> 'The first rule of Knit Club is nobody talks about Knit Club. The second
>> rule of Knit Club is no Faire Isle sweaters.' T.S. Easton in *Boys Don't
>> Knit*.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christine Wilson,  Media Assistant
>> Avon Center School
>> CCSD 46
>>
>>
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