{"id":57,"date":"2013-06-05T23:22:10","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T23:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/adult_services\/?p=57"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:42:51","slug":"fairy-etales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/adult_services\/2013\/fairy-etales\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairy [e]Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 411px; background: #fff; float: left; margin: 0 15px 0 0;\">\n<p style=\"width: 411px; margin: 0; line-height: 0;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-59 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/adult_services\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/sites\/11\/2013\/06\/eBooks-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"robot-like character leaning against a stack of books\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/adult_services\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/sites\/11\/2013\/06\/eBooks-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/adult_services\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/sites\/11\/2013\/06\/eBooks.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; padding: 5px 10px; font-size: 0.9em; border: 1px solid #c2c5ca; border-top: none;\"><strong>Fun fact:<\/strong> 4500 eBooks and digital media are circulated monthly at the Pasadena Public Library.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Once upon a time, people read books on paper.\u00a0 Publishers made books, libraries made them accessible.<\/p>\n<p>But just as things seemed to be going so well, challenges arose.\u00a0 Kindles, Nooks, tablet computers and other eReaders \u2013 those devices that allow downloading lots of books from the Internet (no paper required); taking them on vacation or tossing them in their backpacks \u2013 showed up.\u00a0 People embraced the devices.\u00a0 In large numbers, they gave them to one another for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>As more readers and books went digital, libraries followed suit.\u00a0 Most libraries nowadays allow customers to check-out eBooks.<\/p>\n<p>At the Pasadena Public Library, we offer <a title=\"digital media\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofpasadena.net\/library\/ebooks-and-audiobooks\/\">digital media<\/a> for our patrons to check out through both the OverDrive and the 3M Cloud Library.\u00a0 The 3M Cloud Library delivers its content via the &#8220;cloud&#8221; giving you virtual access to a book downloaded from the 3M Cloud Library.\u00a0 Five eBook titles may be checked out at time, and are returned automatically after 21 days, the standard loan period for books and eBooks.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Library first started with OverDrive, it has circulated approximately more than 100,500 items.\u00a0\u00a0In the last couple of years, we have doubled annual circulation and it was over 35,000 digital media check-outs for 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Library&#8217;s average monthly circulation for digital media is about 4,500 \u2013 OverDrive is about 3,300 and 1,200 for the 3M eBooks.<\/p>\n<p>The Library went a step further; it provided eReaders for check-out!<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to read an eBook but were discouraged because you don\u2019t have an eReader?\u00a0 Come to the Library and we\u2019ll get you started.<\/p>\n<p>And the library patrons lived happily!\u00a0 Not ever-after\u2026 but \u201chappily\u201d for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fun fact: 4500 eBooks and digital media are circulated monthly at the Pasadena Public Library. 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