Check out a Kindle!

Dan Holden

Loan periods of Kindles:

◦Undergraduates/taught postgrads - 4 weeks

◦Staff/research postgrads - 12 weeks

Can be renewed and reserved

Overdue fines charged

Borrowing

Library website http://bit.ly/b4Qgou Flyers distributed at beginning of lectures ‘Getting Started Guide’ available Dedicated email address kindle@qub.ac.uk Printed and online survey

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QVXT5JL

Support

Total no. of Kindle borrowers = 27 (14 planners) Average no. of times print copies loaned = approx. 4

Usage: 27 September 2010 to DateKindle Loans Days not on Loan1 8 62 5 43 6 284 7 135 5 0Total 31 51

Did you find the Kindle useful?◦Yes = 8 (6 planners)◦No = 5 (2 planners)

... no page numbers on the e-books [...] impossible to reference

... I think iPads and Nooks are better A wider variety of books would have been more

interesting including a few from Project Gutenburg I was not happy with the display quality as well as

the user interface

Survey

Would you borrow a Kindle again or recommend it to a friend?◦Yes = 6 (4 planners)◦No = 7 (4 planners)

Need more books, possibly organised by theme I found it too frustrating to use, but the screen

readability is good I have since purchased my own kindle ... I've realised I like being able to flick through books

and physically bookmark pages

Survey

How can we make the Kindle service more useful to

you? Make people more aware of it, I only stumbled on it

by accident Make more kindles available Wider variety of books ... Allow loading of research material by the borrower

Survey