Palo Alto Library to loan out Google Chromebooks alongside real books (Engadget)
Google has teamed up with the Palo Alto Library to offer its Chromebooks on
loan, as part of a pilot program slated to kick off in January. As _Wired_
explains, the Silicon Valley library has long offered laptops for visitors to
use, though these devices were only available for two-hour windows, and were
forbidden from leaving the premises. A few months ago, however, Google
approached the library about offering Chromebooks for longer periods, in the
hopes of bringing the device’s cloud-based “shareability” to a wider audience.
Palo Alto’s librarians tried out 21 Chromebooks over the course of one month
before deciding to loan them out for one-week periods, beginning next year.
The notebooks have been available for on-grounds use for the past month,
though according to Senior Librarian Jessica Goodman, the institution’s
Windows-based laptops are still more popular among patrons. “People would try
it and say, ‘That was pretty cool. I wish I could do word processing with
that,’” Goodman told _Wired_, adding that the forthcoming one-week loans
should give users more time to familiarize themselves with the device, and
“spark a little bit of interest.” East Coasters, meanwhile, can reap similar
benefits at the Samsung …
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