The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 6, No. 25 - June 16, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................9 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Father and Son Photos...12 Film Review..........................2 Legals....................................8 Real Estate...................10-11 Sports....................................5 TerriAnn in Torrance..........6 Weekend Forecast President Bill Clinton at the Torrance Cultural Arts Center On June 4, President Bill Clinton stopped by the Torrance Cultural Arts Center (TCAC) for a rally on the Torino Festival Plaza on behalf of his wife, Hillary. Never before has a president stopped by Torrance during ‘campaign season’. It is an event we won’t soon forget. Photo By TerriAnn Ferren • Friday Sunny 72˚/61˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 76˚/64˚ Sunday Partly Cloudy 83˚/67˚ Library To Be Equipped with New E-Books, Digital Audiobooks Platform By Cristian Vasquez becomes very convenient. A three-year agreement with Baker & Taylor, “E-book and digital audiobooks automatically LLC., was approved by the city council that return themselves and cannot be damaged, will provide eBooks and digital audiobooks lost, or stolen,” states the staff report. “As a platform and services for the Torrance Public result, replacement and processing costs are Library. lower. E-books frequently provide enhanced The contract sets the cost at $220,000 with features, such as the ability to enlarge fonts, services scheduled to begin July 1 and expire adjust brightness and contrast, highlight text, on June 30, 2019, but includes the option to take notes and perform quick dictionary renew each year. The agreement with Axis360 searches.” EBook and Digital Audiobook will service While digital audiobooks and e-books the city’s library system, which includes the provide easy access to various materials for Katy Geissert Main Library and five individual patrons, the format does pose some challenges branches spread throughout the city. for the library, such as: the lack of a standard “The combined libraries are home to over delivery system of said digital materials. The 480,000 physical materials which circulate cost associated with digital materials is at 1.5 million times annually,” states the staff report signed by City Librarian Hillary Theyer. “E-books and digital audiobooks allow the The 1984 Olympics Keep Library to circulate materials via the Internet to patron computers or mobile devices such on Giving 32 Years Later as smart phones and tablets.” An e-book only service was launched at By Rob McCarthy and Lawndale Youth Football and Cheer, the Torrance Public Library in 2012 with The 1984 Summer Olympics were so the Inglewood Police Activities League a donation by the Friends of the Library, successful that 32 years later the profits (PAL), Torrance Swim, and the TGA Golf which was supplemented with monies from are keeping Southern California kids and Foundation all have received financial the library’s operational budget. By 2013 the after-school sports programs running. support. The gifts ranged from $10,000 city council authorized a purchase order with The funding drive by LA84 owes its for football and cheer to $22,000 for Baker & Taylor for two years, at $80,000 for longevity to the L.A. Olympic Organizing after-school golf lessons in Hawthorne. Axis360 E-books service. By 2015 the council Committee that wisely hired business “The LA84 Foundation is a living legacy approved a change order for Axis E-book executive Peter Ueberroth to take charge. of the 1984 Olympic Games hosted in Los services for the library, which extended their The ‘84 Games and Los Angeles did what Angeles, made possible by the surplus we services for an additional year, set to expire no other Olympics host city had done were able to achieve,” said Ueberroth, on July 1, 2016. before. It turned a massive profit, which now a foundation board member. He was Providing materials in such formats allows it split 60-40 between the U.S. Olympic named Time’s Man of the Year for his library patrons to access and check out several Committee and the LA84 Foundation. tight-fisted management of the Summer books on their electronic device. In addition, That nonprofit still hasn’t run out of Games, which used existing stadiums for patrons who don’t have easy access to the money for youth sports leagues, coaching, and arenas as Olympic venues to avoid library, or make use of a physical copy of a facilities, gear and equipment. El Segundo See Olympics, page 2 book or reading material, electronic formats times higher than hardcopy items. In many instances there are certain titles not available in digital format and some patrons are in need of training in order to access library content. “During the last four years, e-books have proven very popular, with circulation steadily increasing from fewer than 200 checkouts per month to almost 1,000 check-outs per month,” states the staff report. “In addition, patrons began requesting digital audiobooks. Digital audiobooks are similar to a Book on CD but can be downloaded or streamed to a portable device such as a Smartphone or tablet.” In an effort to obtain a better understanding of the audiobook marketplace the library formed See School Board, page 8
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