eRead Illinois Program
By Russell, Renee
September 12, 2014
West Central CUSD #235 brings expanded access to e-books to the school through the eRead Illinois Program
September 2, 2014 – West Central School District #235 is participating in the eRead Illinois Program, designed to increase access to e-books across Illinois. Illinois Heartland Library System and Reaching Across Illinois Library System have partnered with the Illinois State Library and Baker & Taylor to provide this access. eRead Illinois is a two year statewide program designed to increase access to e-books for Illinois residents and grow e-book expertise among library staff, library system staff, and Illinois residents. Initial funding for eRead Illinois was provided by a grant from Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White through the Illinois State Library.
Axis 360 is a digital media platform, providing libraries and their patrons with a state-of-the-art system for circulating digital e-books from the eRead Illinois shared collection for Illinois libraries. Patrons at libraries participating in eRead Illinois will the cloud-based delivery across a number of devices including iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows, NOOK® and Sony ReaderTM devices, and many more.
“RAILS selected Baker & Taylor’s Axis 360 platform for the eRead Illinois grant because of the breadth and depth of available titles, the flexibility of options to meet the diverse needs of our libraries across Illinois and the ADA compliance of the Baker & Taylor Blio ereader. Equal access for all users in RAILS member libraries is very important to us,” said Dee Brennan, Executive Director of Reaching Across Illinois Library System.“
West Central’s access to Axis 360 Digital Media Library is via this URL:
http://cusd235.axis360.baker-taylor.com and connects to the homepage or Magic Wall. Click Login in the upper right hand corner. The next page will ask for your Library Card ID. This is the barcode that begins with D4010 _ _ _ _ _. The PIN is the 4 digit number beside the letters WC.
eRead Illinois Lending Policies
How to Checkout a book from Axis 360 on a Computer
How to Checkout a book from Axis Reader
Getting Started with Axis Reader on an Android Device
Getting Started with Axis Reader on an iOS Apple Device
How to download from Axis Reader with a Kindle Fire
