The topic is the library's role in providing access to electronic content.
TheElectronic Databases and Other Electronic Resources page in Kilgore Memorial Library's web site lists a selection of resources. Some are provided at no cost by their publishers and sponsors. For example, the York News-Times archive at Newsbank (March 2000 to date) is provided by the newspaper.
The Nebraska Library Commission's NebraskAccess program provides several to Nebraska residents and users of Nebraska libraries.
Kilgore Memorial Library's materials expenditures include subscriptions to the following:
- Britannica Online
- NOVELIST; a fiction "readers' advisory."
- PriceIt - database of sales results for antiques and collectibles
- ReferenceUSA - business and personal "directory" type information
- Salem Health and Salem History coordinate with print resources from Salem Press
- NetLibrary's e-audiobook service was added this spring.
The service provides Kilgore Memorial Library's cardholders access to a wide-ranging selection of downloadable e-audiobooks. They can be "borrowed" for three weeks, with a three-week "renewal." A user can have up to ten titles "on loan" simultaneously. The service includes the option for individual users to download and install the NetLibrary Media Center which provides search, loan tracking, and download assistance. E-audiobooks can be transferred to, and played on a variety of MP3 compatible devices.
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