ELM is a great site. It's a good idea to click around on the site occasionally to remind ourselves as librarians what's available. For instance, I selected "Alternative Health Watch" to access an article entitled "Teflon's Hidden Dangers: making the EPA's charges stick" about the dangers of non-stick coating and what DuPont knew in the 1980s.
I also looked at the libraries who have an app. Great concept and hopefully this will become widespread throughout the state. I'd like to know how much it costs to set up and maintain. This is exactly what every public library needs as people are expecting this level of "keeping up" from libraries. I see some apps had comments about the app being very slow or not functioning after an upgrade. The only thing worse than no app is one that really disappoints. Tweeking should be done ASAP to eliminate patron frustration.
My library has Zinio and OverDrive apps. We've had patrons who have had difficulty with both. We have instructional handouts, but even then, with individual devices one sometimes hit a roadblock. The OverDrive site is so good about support. They even have a list of specific devices/ models that do not yet work with OD. (or never will due to their age)
Full-steam ahead with tech advances....libraries can no longer ignore the digital world.
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