The Qualibooks Pocket Library (online reading platform)
Since 1992, our priority has been to provide quality library book resources to schools and communities recognizing the importance of developing reading cultures, especially among our school children. In 2020, we developed our Digital Library Platform, or Pocket Library as it is known. This is a brand-new venture in Qualibooks’ ever striving
effort to enable school children access to quality library resources. This platform offers learners (their parents) and educators the opportunity to access a variety of library books anywhere, anytime and on any device, via a paid-for business subscription (School / Department or Corporate). Please view our YOUTUBE introductory video at https://youtu.be/Lpu8eMg8z3Q, which offers a useful overview of this project. This Pocket Library contains hundreds of fiction and nonfiction books across most South African languages. It covers publications from various local and international publishing partners as well. This platform is subscription-based and the content can therefore not be downloaded or bought online, but only accessed through a valid subscription.
• Unlike other websites, access to these books will be available to all children (from a subscribing school) for the duration of the subscription period, 24hrs a day.
• Each school will receive a username and password unique to the school.
• Like banking apps, the user will automatically be logged out after no activity.
• Subscription terms are between 6 - 36 months, payable before or on the date of activation.
• The subscription will allow each learner to continue reading even when not at school, i.e. at home, on their parent’s cell phones, Smart TV’s, tablets, or laptops. This can be done through free Wi-Fi spots at school, public libraries, community centres, book clubs etc. In this manner, an accelerated path to developing a reading culture among our children will be attained.
• NB: Comprehensive reports will be available per school, indicating the number of users; type of device used (cell/tablet/laptop); how many times users log in; how many books read; most popular books etc. This will provide each school (and the investor) with valuable and detailed data to track and evaluate the impact of this endeavour. This is a particularly important component that has been lacking in the past. For more information, visit our website and complete the "Enquire here" tab or email us at [email protected].
