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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:26:27 -0500
From: Katharine Wall <kwall_at_oplib.org>
Subject: RE - Amazon's Kindle
Our approach here is that we are not circulating hardware.
We have downloadable audio books that patrons can "check out"
and load on their own devices from their own computers. We are
looking into eBooks that work the same way (beyond reference materials)
but several of us have our own Sony EBook Readers!
Katharine
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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:34:04 -0500
From: Rick Anderson (Univ. of Utah) <rick.anderson_at_utah.edu>
Subject: RE - Amazon's Kindle
We purchased one at the U. of Utah a few months ago, to test it out. At
this point we're still passing it around amongst the staff members to
get a feel for it and see how we think it might be received by patrons.
So far its reception has been fairly enthusiastic. It's not yet clear
how we'd use it to implement patron service, but if everyone agrees it's
user-friendly we'll be coming up with some ideas.
---
Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dir. for Scholarly Resources & Collections
Marriott Library
University of Utah
rick.anderson_at_utah.edu
801-721-1687
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Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:51:58 -0500
From: Karl Bridges (Univ. of Vermont) <kbridges_at_uvm.edu>
Subject: RE - Amazon's Kindle
One issue with this is that it might be very difficult to find out
exactly what is available. I've asked Amazon for a spreadsheet listing
what's available, for exactly the purpose you're suggesting, and they
refused -- except to say "90,000 titles and growing." In addition, if
you will read the terms of use of the Amazon website it forbids you
from creating any kind of resource from that site which might be useful
e.g databases, spreadsheet, etc. without their express written
permission.
I'm fascinated by the Kindle, but actually doing any kind of
professional analysis of what content is available, what the overlaps
with the existing paper collection, etc. would seem very difficult to
do at present. But, then, maybe you'll have better luck with them.
I don't know about the "loaded" Kindle issue, but I do know, from
brief conversations with people at Amazon, that they purposed this
product for individual rather than institutional users. I wouldn't be
surprised if there is some very stiff language in the Kindle terms of
use regarding loaning of kindles, use by multiple people, etc.
In a second posting Karl says:
Here you go...the kicker here is personal, non-commercial use. Since
library use is institutional not personal it doesn't seem you would be
even allowed to use a Kindle in a library setting. Even if you
consider it "personal" us, universities charge students fees, etc. and
so it probably would be considered "commercial" use.
I don't know, not a lawyer, but I think someone needs to consult a
Washington State lawyer on this one -- since the rest of the agreement
specifies that Washington State is the venue for any kind of legal action
so I suppose Washington State commercial law applies.
Use of Digital Content. Upon your payment of the applicable fees
set by Amazon, Amazon grants you the non-exclusive right to keep a
permanent copy of the applicable Digital Content and to view, use, and
display such Digital Content an unlimited number of times, solely on
the Device or as authorized by Amazon as part of the Service and solely
for your personal, non-commercial use. Digital Content will be deemed
licensed to you by Amazon under this Agreement unless otherwise
expressly provided by Amazon.
Restrictions. You may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast,
sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any
portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any
proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you
may not, and you will not encourage, assist or authorize any other
person to, bypass, modify, defeat or circumvent security features that
protect the Digital Content.
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:17:31 -0500 (EST)
> From: Jack Montgomery (W. KY Univ.) <jack.montgomery_at_wku.edu>
> Subject: Amazon's Kindle
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Several librarians here have expressed an interest in
> purchasing and eventually circulating the new Kindle machine by
> Amazon.com. I just wanted to see how other libraries are
> addressing and
> progressing on the institutional use of this product? There
> appears to
> be an issue regarding the circulation of a "loaded" Kindle to
> patrons.
> How have you addressed this? Are there other issues we need
> to address?
>
> Any help or advice will be really appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jack Montgomery
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