Going beyond loaning books to loaning technologies : a practical guide for librarians /
Sander, Janelle, 1982-
Going beyond loaning books to loaning technologies : a practical guide for librarians / Janelle Sander, Lori S. Mestre, Eric Kurt. - Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xvii, 158 pages). - Practical guides for librarians ; no. 13 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Establishing a loanable technology program -- Identifying need -- Determining types of equipment to purchase -- Budgeting -- Cataloging items -- Processing, packaging, and housing loanable technology -- Creating policies -- Reserving, checking out, and checking in loanable technology -- Billing, fines, and communication with patrons -- Training and support -- Assessing the program -- Appendix A. Stages of the Loanable Technology Program -- Appendix B. Sample surveys.
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.
9781442245006
2021677002
Library circulation and loans.
Multimedia library services.
Libraries--Special collections--Audio-visual equipment.
Libraries--Special collections--Nonbook materials.
Electronic Books.
Z712 / .G656 2015
Going beyond loaning books to loaning technologies : a practical guide for librarians / Janelle Sander, Lori S. Mestre, Eric Kurt. - Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xvii, 158 pages). - Practical guides for librarians ; no. 13 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Establishing a loanable technology program -- Identifying need -- Determining types of equipment to purchase -- Budgeting -- Cataloging items -- Processing, packaging, and housing loanable technology -- Creating policies -- Reserving, checking out, and checking in loanable technology -- Billing, fines, and communication with patrons -- Training and support -- Assessing the program -- Appendix A. Stages of the Loanable Technology Program -- Appendix B. Sample surveys.
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.
9781442245006
2021677002
Library circulation and loans.
Multimedia library services.
Libraries--Special collections--Audio-visual equipment.
Libraries--Special collections--Nonbook materials.
Electronic Books.
Z712 / .G656 2015