presentation given: eastchester rotary 2/8/12

1. LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY
Rob Caluori, Director of IT, Westchester Library
System

2. About Westchester Library
System
 38 Public Libraries in Westchester
 44 Total Locations
 Residents are never more than
7 miles from a library
 Over 1 million unique books, dvd’s
and music titles serving over
460,000 cardholders

3. How the Library System Works
 Each library has their own Director and Board of
Trustees
 Various types of libraries
 School
 Association
 Municipal
 Special District
 WLS saves libraries money through economies of
scale

4. Today…
eBooks

5. People Love eBooks

7. Publishers like them too…
Printing Cheaper New
Revenue

8. Here is how it works….
 The library system buys eBook licenses
 Each license owned = One simultaneous use
 If one is unavailable, you can be emailed when
it is
 Member libraries can supplement the
collection

9. We got an app for that too…
 Apple
 iPad
 iPod
 iPhone
 Android Phones and Tablets
 Windows Phone
 Blackberry

10. eBook Readers too…
 Amazon Kindle
 B&N Nook
 Sony Reader
 Kobo
 and many
others…

11. Its getting popular…
100,000
80,000
60,000
2009
40,000 2010
2011
20,000
0
Checkouts

12. Some notes:
 All graphics used in this presentation were
original or royalty-free obtained through a
Creative Commons license
 This presentation can be viewed on line:
Slideshare

13. Thank you!