As spring and summer traveling begins, what's better than taking a good book along on your trip? Well, maybe taking a free e-book, a lot of people might agree.
Traverse Area District Library certainly does, with their new initiative offering local travelers easy access to the library's e-book collection. Accessing e-books can be tricky sometimes; you almost always need a library card to take advantage of local offerings, and the right software or file formats for whatever device you want to read it on. TADL is taking the hassle out of it through simple QR codes travelers can scan with their smartphone or e-reader.
In partnership with the Cherry Capital Airport and the Bay Area Transportation Authority, the QR codes will appear on signage in the airport and at BATA transit stations.
"TADL is reaching out to organizations within our community to help highlight library resources and facilitate access to information," says TADL director, Metta Lansdale, Jr. "It made sense to launch this initiative with Cherry Capital Airport and BATA because their customers include both residents and visitors to our area."
The library's Overdrive program allows access to more than 30,000 public-domain e-book titles, and the specific QR codes at the airport and bus stations direct travelers to a collection of literary classic e-books like the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Little Women, A Tale of Two Cities and War and Peace.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Metta Lansdale, Jr., Traverse Area District Library
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