DoD Launches New E-Library

Week of October 06, 2008

A new Department of Defense initiative makes Defense Department library materials available online and expands DoD's library program beyond the 197 libraries located on military installations. The new endeavor will bring library materials to military members and their families, including those in the National Guard and Reserve, wherever they live and whenever they want -- at no charge. Since the initiative's soft launch in July, Military OneSource distributed 8,723 e-books and 1,860 audio books. New accounts through Military OneSource and the service library portals show a 68-percent increase in new accounts with Peterson's Lifelong Learning Database, a 33-percent increase in the number of online CLEP tests taken, and a 115-percent increase in the number of practice ASVAB tests taken thanks to the new initiative. For more information, contact your local military library.