School uses library budget for ebooks

Friday, February 21st, 2014

St Paul’s Catholic School in Richmond, New Zealand, is dedicating about half of its library budget to ebooks this year.

Principal John Dorman said the electronic books were generally cheaper and the children engaged with them more.

He said about half of the $4000 library budget would be used to purchase ebooks this year, which students could read on the school’s iPads or their own devices. continue reading

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