Libraries

We are delighted that you are interested in our model for libraries: An electronic lending process of eBooks for your users - 24/7 from any place on earth.

How does it work? Choose those titles from our range that you want to offer to your users for lending. We provide the technology.

What does the offer look like for the user?

Your users can choose eBooks from the library's homepage and download the requested titles immediately. We provide the technological service.

Being downloaded the eBook file is automatically encrypted and the loan period is determined. When the loan period expires the eBook is automatically returned.

What are the book contents that I can offer to my users?

You can choose from a very broad range of titles. Just take a look into this Online-Shop to find out.

Are there any refernces that I can check?

If you want to see that model "live", please visit the webpages of Munich University Library or Fachhochschule Giessen-Friedberg.

What are our benefits as a library?

Our library-model for eBooks is aimed at supporting you as a comprehensive and modern information service provider. This includes four key advantages for you:

(1) Lending eBooks allows your visitors to reach you immediately 24/7 from any place on earth. No matter, if your users acceed the service from home or on-campus, the eBooks are available within seconds.

(2) No storage space and no staff is needed, no hardware or software of your own is necessary. We take care of all that - also including customer support through our trained and experienced experts.

(3) You are innovation leader as a library and find yourself on top of technological development Your users gain access to an electronic service which is unrivaled in Europe.

(4) The experience gained so far clearly show that eBooks reach a far higher loan rate than printed issues.

Interested? Simply call us or ask for further information via email!

Your Contact Person:
Dr. Werner-Christian Guggemos
Margarete Rathe
Tel: +49 89 / 28 70 06 30
library@ciando.com