Library now has eBooks
by Judith Ross, assistant librarian
Launch the media gallery 1 playerBancroft-Rosalie students and families in sync with today’s wireless devices may now find their favorite authors and books online and check out titles in portable paperless print because Bancroft-Rosalie is now a local member of a regional digital school library association administered by Nebraska Educational Service Unit 2.
"We live in a Wi-Fi world. Schools realize students reluctantly have to unplug when they cross the threshold and, so, are increasingly looking at feasible options that will engage students in learning through captivating technology," said Diane Wolfe of ESU2, regional library adminstator and digital learning services director for ESU2-affiliated schools. "Moreover, especially in our more rurally situated districts, students exposure to books--not textbooks, but to quality age-appropriate literary fiction and nonfiction--may be limited to their school's collections."
To get a digital library card ID and synced for e-reading, students should contact local school library assistant Judith Ross.
The ESU2 Regional E-Library was initiated in 2012 with digital media distributor and book publisher Baker & Taylor and is the first "regional school association" model in the state of Nebraska. To date, the association has 35 patron schools and more than 3,000 K-12 book titles circulated over 7,500 times.