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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - The "Short Story Dispenser" from the company "Short Edition" sits in a corner of the emergency room at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage. At the push of a button, it dispenses free, printed stories, in different lengths. The reads that last one minute, three minutes, and five minutes. The device was recently donated by the valley non-profit Rancho Mirage Writers Festival.
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Have you ever heard of a machine that dispenses short stories? Neither had these passersby. #CapilanoU #CapU50 #CapUPride #NorthVan #literatureonthego #bcedu @short_edition
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Last week, there was a new first – Doylestown Health was the first healthcare system in the United States to offer Short Story Dispensers. Two Short Story Dispensers were installed, one at Doylestown Hospital and the second at Pine Run Retirement Community. Each gives a patient, visitor or Villager choices to print and read short stories varying in length from one, three or five minutes.
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Penn State launched the short story dispensers on campus and in Schlow Library earlier this year to become the first institution to collaborate with Short Edition of Grenoble, France.
The dispensers allow you to choose a short story that takes anywhere between one and five minutes to read. Two of the four dispensers on campus are located at the entrances of the Pattee and Paterno Libraries.
“Since Schlow has a Short Edition dispenser from the start, it made sense to explore the possibility of adding community stories to our community content,” said Hailley Fargo, student engagement librarian for Penn State University Libraries.
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Doylestown Health recorded many firsts during its nearly 100-year history on the way to national recognition for excellence in health care. This week, there’s a new first – Doylestown Health is the first healthcare system in the United States to offer Short Story Dispensers. Two Short Story Dispensers will be installed, one at Doylestown Hospital and the second at Pine Run Retirement Community. Each gives a patient, visitor, or Villager choices to print and read short stories varying in length from one, three or five minutes. “We know from our childhood and throughout our adult years that a good story has the power to change us,” said Laura Wortman, Vice President and Chief Development Officer.[...] Offering short stories as a brief respite is simply another way we put the needs of our community first.”
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The dispenser delivers literature, both classic and contemporary works of art, in a vending machine style. Users can select whether they want a one, three or five-minute story by pressing a simple button. The dispenser will then print a randomly selected short story on a scroll type paper. “This machine allows our community to take printed literature on the go,” said Rebecca Bichel, UTA dean of Libraries. “We want to encourage literacy and the short story dispenser allows us to present great writing easily packaged for instant gratification. This is a way for the library to support and encourage literacy in a new way.”
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The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries recently installed the first short story dispenser in the state of Texas.
“This machine allows our community to take printed literature on the go,” said Rebecca Bichel, UTA dean of Libraries. “We want to encourage literacy and the short story dispenser allows us to present great writing easily packaged for instant gratification. This is a way for the library to support and encourage literacy in a new way.”
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Philadelphia International Airport appears to be on a mission to improve the traveler experience: first they made a quiet room, and now they're offering free reading material for it. [...]“Our goals are to create excitement about reading in unexpected places throughout the city and to increase public awareness of the Free Library’s programs and services,” said Reardon. “Having a kiosk at Philadelphia International Airport in the Library space there continues our outreach to people who may not be Free Library regulars, but who would enjoy a quick, accessible read."
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Being stranded at the airport usually means scrolling through social media, or picking up a newspaper or magazine. But those doesn't need to be your only options at Philadelphia International Airport, where a free, no-WiFi-required alternative was unveiled Friday: a Short Story Dispenser, put in place by the Free Library of Philadelphia. The five-foot-tall, screenless kiosk is in the concourse between Terminals D and E. "We have the best — and the first, by the way — relationship between a city airport and a library," said Chellie Cameron, CEO of the airport and Philadelphia's director of aviation.
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