Arizona: Pima County Public Library Doubles Funding for Digital Media
From the Arizona Daily Star:
The Pima County Public Library [Tucson area] is doubling down on its bet on the popularity of e-books.
It has recently doubled its $600,000 budget for electronic media, including digital versions of books that can be read on Amazon Kindles, Apple iPads and other digital devices.
The $1.26 million figure, which allows the library to lease the digital material from a third-party contractor, is a response to increasing requests for e-books from patrons.
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Two years ago, the county spent $110,271 just on e-books, and last year it spent $336,000. The library is projected to spend $540,000 in the current fiscal year for e-books.
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See Also: Pima County Public Library eBooks/Audiobooks Info Page
Filed under: Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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