Presentation given for the TechSpace program at Southeast Florida Library Information Network Regional Conference on Jul 11, 2013.

1. Kindle Medical E-book
Lending Program
SEFLIN Conference, Miami, FL. July 11, 2013.
Bohyun Kim - Digital Access Librarian
Frank Fajardo - Access Services Librarian
Florida International University Medical Library

2. Kindle Medical E-book
Lending Program
O Funded by the Express Mobile Technology
Project Award from the National Network of
Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
Southeastern/Atlantic (SE/A) Region.
O Launched January 2013.
O 10 Kindle E-book readers with 30 titles
O A carrying case, a Power adapter and
cable, an instruction handout.
O See http://medlib.fiu.edu/mobile/kindle-
medical/index.html

3. Implementation Steps
O Prepare the device and load all e-books.
O Many challenges in acquisition and the
device preparation
O Determine the circulation workflow.
O Borrowing policy.
O Staff training
O Launch and Promotion
O Survey and usage tracking
O Evaluation

4. E-readers and Titles