Library patrons will now have the option to request titles, have the book printed for free, read it and return it to the library collection, or they may choose to keep the book and pay a printing fee. If the requesting patron is at the Book Espresso location and wants to pay for the book, it can be printed immediately while they wait.
"Growing our collections based upon patron on-demand choices is a new concept for our library system," said Jan Kuebel, Manager of Grace Mellman Library. "Rather than relying solely on interlibrary loan, we now have a way to immediately respond to patron requests for materials outside of our current collection."
Available book titles will be obtained from Lightning Source, with over 500,000 titles available, and Google Books, who has partnered with over 20,000 publishers to make their content available for on-demand printing.
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