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Going Beyond Loaning Books to Loaning Technologies
A Practical Guide for Librarians
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2015
Summary
Providing library users with actual pieces of technological equipment that they can borrow is a continuously expanding service at many libraries, especially as faculty and teachers require multimodal projects. For some libraries, loanable technology may include calculators, gaming devices, headphones, e-readers, laptops, and tablets. Increasingly though, there is also demand for all types of cameras, lighting, voice recorders, microphones, external storage devices, projectors, peripherals and converters, among hundreds of possibilities.
Based on their successful program at a large research institution, the authors provide a practical manual, complete with examples, forms, and templates that cover all aspects of establishing and maintaining a loanable technology program.
Going Beyond Books to Loaning Technologies: A Practical Guide for Librarians provides the nuts and bolts and the “behind-the scenes” details of developing a program and walks librarians and information technology professionals through even some of the complex decisions and processes, such as:
needs assessment
budget allocation
selecting, cataloging, processing and storing equipment;
circulation, billing, and troubleshooting
training
collaborating with others to offer consultation services
marketing, and
assessment
Practical and easy to understand, here is a one-stop guide for anyone interested in lending technology to patrons.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-4499-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-4500-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
158
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Contents No access
List of Figures and Tables No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
CHAPTER 1. Establishing a Loanable Technology Program No access Pages 1 - 6
CHAPTER 2. Identifying Need No access Pages 7 - 20
CHAPTER 3. Determining Types of Equipment to Purchase No access Pages 21 - 42
CHAPTER 4. Budgeting No access Pages 43 - 56
CHAPTER 5. Cataloging Items No access Pages 57 - 68
CHAPTER 6. Processing, Packaging, and Housing Loanable Technology No access Pages 69 - 90
CHAPTER 7. Creating Policies No access Pages 91 - 100
CHAPTER 8. Reserving, Checking Out, and Checking In Loanable Technology No access Pages 101 - 110
CHAPTER 9. Billing, Fines, and Communication with Patrons No access Pages 111 - 120
CHAPTER 10. Training and Support No access Pages 121 - 130
CHAPTER 11. Assessing the Program No access Pages 131 - 140
Appendix A. Stages of the Loanable Technology Program at the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois No access Pages 141 - 146
Appendix B. Sample Surveys No access Pages 147 - 150
