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Space Update
Mobile
shelves have arrived downstairs and were promptly assembled. About half of the
fiction section is being moved downstairs and has already seen an increase in
usage, undoubtedly from browsing and visibility. In the next year, the library
will look at moving the entirety of fiction downstairs for usage and logistical
reasons.
eBook Update
The
library has enlisted the largest eBook service in schools to provide Sage Hill
with an eLibrary. OverDrive is now fully operational, and a private beta was
introduced to the faculty over the break. It will be rolled out to the students
over the month of January. OverDrive provides ebooks and audiobooks in several
formats for use on private devices as well as school-provided computers.
Technology in the Library
One of
the two iPads purchased at the end of last year for library use was stolen from
the downstairs library on a busy service learning day. The remaining iPad is
still available for community check out but is locked to a desk upstairs unless
requested. The iPad’s ability to switch languages in settings has been used to
write a paper and several of our print subscriptions are also available to read
with its updated operating system. Laptop use in the library is slowly climbing
every month.
