For students looking to temper sober textbook readings with a literary escape into the world of vampires and zombies, Oregon State University is loaning out Amazon Kindle electronic readers stocked with the latest in popular books. In November, the university began lending Kindle eReaders to students and faculty willing to part from traditional page flipping and embrace a technology being tested on campuses nationwide.
The immediate demand for the electronic books forced Valley Library officials to alter Kindle policies created by a campus task force last summer. Because the library sign-up sheet now includes 189 students and faculty members waiting for their turn to use the Kindle, officials shortened the borrowing period from three weeks to two, and they bought 12 more Kindles in February to add to the original stock of six eReaders. Read more at: http://www.ecampusnews.com/2010/03/01/university-library-sees-demand-for-kindles-soar/
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