<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hi,</span><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">My library will be purchasing a handheld device (Ruby XL HD) which will allow VI students to better see and read printed material. It will likely cost between $700 - $900, so naturally, we want to be careful with it. Does anyone have experience with purchasing equipment like this? How do you handle access to it? By checking it out to students? For how long? Do you allow it to leave the library? Do you require those who check it out to sign a waiver?</span><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thanks so much!</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">-- </span><br></p></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><i>Sarah L. Hood</i></font></b> 
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