“In Palm Beach County, our MackinVIA Shared Collection supports our Battle of the Books competition by making sure all students have access to at least one copy of the books involved. By strategically promoting both our MackinVIA collection and our Battle of the Books competition, participation in both grew dramatically. Once we tapped into our district promotions for summer reading and winter break reading our usage skyrocketed. Students will engage in eBooks if you give proper attention to training your media specialists and creating reasons for those collections to be used.”

“A third grader joined us mid-year from Kenya. She shared with her teacher that she loves MackinVIA. She logs on at home and reads to her mother. She explained that her mother speaks very little English and that her mother is learning English through MackinVIA!”

“I have had MackinVIA for over a year and find it just great. The MARC records for our eBook collection flow seamlessly into our cataloging system and I have a link to it on my library web page. MackinVIA also houses nearly all our databases and students and staff can access our eBook and database resources anytime/anywhere with Internet access. Service is also top-notch. I have not had any difficulties, but if I did experience problems, with customer service at Mackin, I would be able to talk to a real person!”

“I just want you folks to know that your new system for audiobooks is a big win. The ability to purchase them, have them in our collection, and allow users to access them through MackinVIA on their own devices is a tremendous leap forward, and for the first time in ten years, I’m considering budgeting for audiobooks in my collection beginning next year.”