[ISLMA-Share] Kindles in the Library

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I suggest you call someone at RAILS to see how it is set up there. I borrow
ebooks for my Kindle from Overdrive through my public library and the loan
goes from and returns to Amazon.

Kay Maynard


On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We have nooks in our library available for students to check out. While
> they also require a credit/debit card number, we have activated the setting
> requiring that purchases can not be made on the device without also typing
> in the account's password (which of course the students don't know). I'm
> not familiar with Kindles, but perhaps they have a similar feature in their
> settings.
>
> -Monica Fumarolo
> Librarian
> Lake Forest High School
>
> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
> Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> We are trying to set up Kindles for student checkout in our library. We
>> have set up a generic account and a student account on the Kindle. When we
>> try to download the Overdrive app that they will use to access the books,
>> it asks us for a credit or debit card. Has anyone tried to use this in
>> their library? How have you worked around that ? I appreciate any thoughts
>> or insights!
>> Thank you!!
>>
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>
> --
> Monica L. Fumarolo
> B.A. - English, Secondary School Teaching
> M.S. - Library and Information Science
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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