NetLibrary was extremely easy to use and account setup was one of the easiest out of all of the other accounts that needed to be set up for this OCLWebThings Challenge. The fact that you can instantly start reading any book that is within their database is really cool. The only real drawback I can see is that there are some books that cannot be found. I tried to search for a book called "How To Drift: The Art of Oversteer" and it recommended two other books that had nothing to do with what I was trying to find.
I then ended up searching for computer books and found a book called "How To Do Everything With Your Ipod". The navigation setup for actually reading the books is a solid 8 out of 10. You have a frame on the left side of the page that allows you to switch between chapters very quickly and easily. There are also links in the table of contents to quickly jump to any pages you wish to view. The "Next" and "Previous" buttons are very useful but being able to click on the pages themselves in order to go to the next page would be a desirable feature.
This resource is very easy to use and would be quite simple to teach a customer to use proficiently. NetLibrary may very well be the future of all libraries as we move into this technology-driven world. There may come a time when all books are released as ebooks and no longer in paper format. Then again, that is an extreme view that is definitely not going to come into fruition for many many years.
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