{"id":420,"date":"2012-05-15T18:59:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T18:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/?p=420"},"modified":"2012-05-15T18:59:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T18:59:54","slug":"dont-fear-the-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/dont-fear-the-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Fear the eBook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Fear the eBook<br \/>\nA public services perspective<\/p>\n<p>Presented by the Computer and Technical Services Division of SCLA<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t escape from them, can\u2019t avoid them and can\u2019t run from them. Library systems have started adopting and adapting to this new digital marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>Support and service may be easier than you think.<br \/>\nCome join us as we talk about how libraries are teaching patrons and distributing this technology and how we might be using it in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The program will describe the basic barriers that patrons and staff face connecting patrons to our eBook collection. Presenters will also talk about their success in distributing eBook readers to their patrons and their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Ingram-Northport-East Northport Public library<\/p>\n<p>Ellen Druda-Half-Hollow Hills Library<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Story -Elwood Public Library<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gessner-Middle Country Library<\/p>\n<p>Bring you devices and we will do our best to help you understand this cutting edge technology.<\/p>\n<p>The program will take place at Middle Country Public Library&#8217;s Centereach Building in the Community Room.<br \/>\nFrom 10:00-12:00 on Tuesday, June 5th.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcpl.lib.ny.us\/about\/general-information\/hours-location\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mcpl.lib.ny.us\/<wbr>about\/general-information\/<wbr>hours-location\/<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><br \/>\nAll are welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Fear the eBook A public services perspective Presented by the Computer and Technical Services Division of SCLA You can\u2019t escape from them, can\u2019t avoid them and can\u2019t run from them. Library systems have started adopting and adapting to this new digital marketplace. Support and service may be easier than you think. Come join us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebook","category-presenations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scla.net\/cats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}