| The BiblioTech digital library in Bexar County Texas has officially opened their doors to the public. Patrons will be able to access to over 10,000 eBooks and residents will be able checkout 600 E-readers, 9 laptops and 40 tablets to read them on. BiblioTech branch manager Catarina Velasquez said if compared it to any other library, you’ll find one major difference. “The biggest difference that you are going to find is that you’re not going to see rows and rows of books. Instead, you’re going to see rows and rows of computers,” said Velasquez. “We have all of our content digital and online.” Good e-Reader spoke to Laura Cole, Special Projects Coordinator of BiblioTech who mentioned "Buxer County has never run a library before and all of the surrounding county's are limited to being established within city limits. We have been looking at ways to enhance the library services for people that normally don't have access. How could we address this in a cost effective manor? In the past five years the expansion of digital books and their availability to libraries is significant." She went on to say "We have a county owned facility that featured 4800 sq.ft that wasn’t even being used! This particular location is ideal, it's a underserved area of San Antonio. It features many schools nearby and a seniors center across the street." Residents at Bexar County will be able to access the eBooks from their own device, using their library card and the 3M Cloud Library app. The BiblioTech will be open from 12 to 8 Monday through Friday, and 10 to 6 Saturday and Sunday. If you live in the area, the address is 3505 Pleasanton Road, San Antonio, TX 78221, (210) 631-0180. BiblioTech Digital Library Opens in Texas is a post from: Good e-Reader |
Thursday, July 3, 2014
BiblioTech Digital Library Opens in Texas
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