Nearing The End

Justin doing a great job up the front

This morning we visited Masterton Library and were greeted by 18 people keen to learn about borrowing ebooks and the latest ereaders.

Justin Matich from Hutt City Libraries led the session, ably supported by Michelle Clausen and Jeremy from Masterton Library.

Masterton Library has a range of popular ereaders and tablets for customers to test in the library and are more than happy for customers to bring their own devices in if they would like assistance in downloading ebooks or audiobooks from epukapuka.

Ereader examination

The audience today were interested in making thorough comparisons between different devices. There was a lot of interest in comparing an ipad with a Samsung Galaxy tablet with discussions covering how it felt in your hands, the intuitiveness (is that a word?) of each one, and the way the menu options were displayed.

Comparisons were also made between the Sony

Intense discussions

Touch and Kobo Touch – searching within a book, usability, and highlighting words. And the final comparison was made between dedicated ereaders and tablets – weight, screen size, readability plus other functionality. I’m sure the local shops will be selling a few more ereaders after this session. 🙂

Masterton have also added some photos from Wednesday’s session on their facebook page.

Nearing the end

The last two sessions of the tour are at the War Memorial Library and Hutt City Libraries staff will be running these. My job is done. The tour isn’t quite over, but my role on this leg is.

Thank you to everyone involved in the tour, especially Shane O’Connor from Hutt City Libraries who made sure we got where we needed to go, the local experts and library managers. But the biggest thank you of all goes to all the wonderful customers we met along the way, the stories we shared and the discoveries we made together.

Best wishes for the festive season and may you Travel Light This Summer With Library Ebooks.