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WEBVTT CIOTTI EXPLAINS, IT'S ALLPART OF THE COUNTY'S NEW DIGITALINITIATIVE.JENNIFER: AT THE BALTIMORECOUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, YOU CANFIND MORE THAN JUST NEW BOOKS INTHE NEW YEAR.>> THERE'S A VERY COOL FACTOR TOTHIS.JENNIFER: THE BALTIMORE COUNTYBUDGET THIS YEAR INCLUDES A HALFA MILLION DOLLARS TO LAUNCH AWHOLE COLLECTION OF E-DEVICESTHAT LIBRARY USERS WILL BE ABLETO BORROCHROME BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLEAT 19 LOCATIONS.SOME YOU CAN USE FOR TWO HOURSAT A TIME INSIDE THE LIBRARY,BUT OTHER CHROME BOOKS CAN BECHECKED OUT FOR A WEEK.>> THOSE WILL CHECK OUT, YOU CANTAKE THEM HOME.KIDS CAN DO THEIR HOMEWORK,PARENTS CAN TAKE THEM ONVACATION. JENNIFER: BALTIMORE COUNTY NOWHAS OVER 200 E-READERS THAT AREPRE-LOADED WITH A MINIMUM OFFIVE BOOKS THAT YOU CAN CHECKOUT FOR 3 WEEK>> IT'S VERY EASY TO USE.YOU CAN JUST SWIPE TO GO TO THENEXT PAGJENNIFER: ONE OF THE COOLESTPIECES OF TECHNOLOGY COMING TOTHE BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLICLIBRARY SYSTEM IS THIS LITTLETHING RIGHT HERE.IT'S CALLED A GO CHIP AND ITWILL LET YOU STREAM MOVIES ANDTV SHOWS WITHOUT USING YOUR DATA.THIS IS A PROTOTYPE, AND IT'SABOUT THE SIZE OF A CANDY BAR.>> THE GO CHIP HAS ABOUT FIVEMOVIES AND/OR ABOUT ONE OR TWOSEASONS OF A TV SERIES LOADED ONIT AT ONE TIME.YOU ACTUALLY GO TO YOUR WI FISETTINGS TO CHANGE I TO THE GOCHIP WANT.ONCE YOU'VE DOWNLOADED THE APPYOU CAN SEE THAT IT JUST LOADED

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Don't have a computer and you live in Baltimore County? Now you can go to the library and check one out as part of the county's new digital initiative. At the Baltimore County Public Library, visitors can find more than just new books in the New Year. "There's a very cool factor to this,” Paula Miller, director of Baltimore County Public Libraries, said. The Baltimore County budget this year includes $500,000 to launch a whole collection of e-devices that library users will be able to borrow, including Google Chromebooks, which are now available at 19 branches. Library officials said some of the devices can be used for two hours at a time inside the library, but other Chromebooks can be checked out for a week. “You can take them home,” Miller said. “Kids can do their homework. Parents can take them on vacation.” Baltimore County now has more than 200 e-readers that are pre-loaded with a minimum of five books that can be checked out for three weeks at a time. Also available through the library system is a GoChip that will let people stream movies and TV shows without using their data on their smartphones. The chip is about the size of a candy bar and has about five movies and/or up to two seasons of a TV series loaded on it at one time. “You actually go to your wifi settings and change it to the GoChip wand,” Miller said. “Once you've downloaded the app, you can see that it just loaded automatically.” Then you can watch the videos anywhere at any time. The Go chip is coming early this year, but people can check out the Chromebooks and e-readers now. All anyone needs is a library card.