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No-Book Library? BiblioTech is Coming (1070L)

out who will provide the equipment and has requests for proposals out for the e-

Notes on my thoughts,

readers and other equipment.

reactions and questions as I

read:

Currently Amazon and Barnes & Noble offer services on their respective e-

readers which work at libraries. You can take out books on the e-reader devices

and then check them back in to the library remotely.

"You will be able to check out a book, read it on-site. It will be a learning

environment -- you'll be able to learn about technology itself as well as access a

tremendous amount of information," Wolff said. There will also be a children's

area with interactive tables and interactive walls. Wolff also said the library is

exploring adding other media to the library, like movies and music.

"That could be a real possibility. This is a new venture -- we are starting with the

basics -- but we will have the opportunity to add on to that," he said in a phone

interview.

But it won't be a completely paper-free library. "The only thing I believe we will

charge for is if you want to print out something," Wolff said. "We will charge

for the copies you would want to print out."

Conceptual renderings of Bexar County's digital-only BiblioTech library. (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

Stern, J. No-Book Library? BilblioTech is Coming. ABC News. January 14, 2013.

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