Friday, March 15, 2013

EBOOKS!!!!

Such excitement in Liberty Hill....we have eBooks at the Library!  Couple ways you can log in and get your books (and yes, you must have a library card).

1.  go to http://ctdl.lib.overdrive.com.  Log in using your card number.  Include ALL the letters and numbers, letters in all caps.  Use your phone for password....no dashes, just the last seven digits.

2.  the simple way?  Go to our catalog at https://libertyhill.biblionix.com/atoz/catalog/ and upper right hand corner....log in your account.  digits only for account login, phone for password, again digits only.  Click the OverDrive logo bottom right side, VOILE!  You are IN!

Things to keep in mind....loads of videos to help you and you may  need help.  Downloading OverDrive Media Console and Adobe Digital Editions is something you will need to do.  You will need to create an account with Adobe.  Best thing?  Once you are in our Digital Collection, the left side has a GET STARTED tab.  Click it and, well, get started!

Actually is very easy, just got to do the set up once and you are set.  EBooks check out for 14 days and you are limited to five.  But....I figure one at a time for me.....someone else is waiting and we are part of a consortium, so I appreciate ppl reading and passing on the books fast, so I want to do the same.  Yes....you CAN return items as soon as you are done, which is appreciated, rather than waiting for it to disappear at the end of the two week loan.  It moves wait lists faster. 

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

So much is going on!!




The Liberty Hill Public Library would like to invite you to stop in and say hi and see what we’ve been up to!  Inside you will notice that slat wall has been added to increase our display space and add warmth to the library.  Our collection continues to grow as we stay on top of the latest best sellers, and yes, they are here.  If you don’t see them on the shelf, they are circulating, get on the wait list!  The newest release that everyone is chatting about is THE STORYTELLER by Jodi Picoult.  Hint….waiting list is the only way you will get this one for a while.  Give us a call or go online to reserve it!

Through the amazingly generous donation of ONE local family, we now have over 2,000 DVDs.  Yes, we are your only source of DVDs in Liberty Hill (well apart from the one RedBox).  DVDs check out for seven days and all you need is your library card, which is free.  

The biggest changes in the library are still ongoing and not “seen” upon entering.  First, we have access to the TexShare databases again.  This is a collection of approximately 50 databases full of information: academic and scholarly journals, medical, legal and genealogy databases, and so much more.  This is much deeper than Google and the info won’t be found in general web searches.   Accessible at the library or at home, all you need to do to gain access is log in to your library account and click on the TexShare logo.  Alternatively, you can call the library and get the login and PIN for access if that is best.

And the most exciting and talked about change?  Not here yet, but on the way…….EBOOKS!!!!  We have joined a local consortium to get ebooks for our members.  Right now, all the behind the scenes stuff is happening, set up on the corporate end, tech wizardry, staff training…..  Give us a bit, but our goal is by May 1 to be circulating ebooks. 
Hard to believe we are already in March, but NOW is the time to plan your garden and start planting.  Come in and scavenge our collection of gardening books.  Many are central Texas specific and will help you identify what is in your yard as well as what you’d like to add to your yard.  April will bring our annual convention and lots of new exciting ideas and book, May the launch of ebooks and believe it or not…..SUMMER READING is looming!  

We are accepting sponsorships, monetary as well as goods/services for our summer program and at this time, we have gained the phenomenal support of Union State Bank, Classic Bank and First Texas Bank in sponsorships for our program and it will be bigger and better this year!  We will be having quality entertainment/programs weekly and some wonderful prizes for kids, teens and adults.  Kids aren’t the only ones getting to have fun this summer!  SPOILER ALERT!!!!  Big prizes for summer reading?  Each age level (kid, teen, adult) will have the opportunity to win a FLIP VIDEO CAMERA!  That is just the start. 

Lots of excitement coming to the library and we want YOU to be a part.  Instructors are always needed in a variety of topics.  If you have a special skill or interest, contact me!  I’d love to see local interest groups starting up and information sharing.  Interested in knitting or crochet?  Let’s get classes up and running!  Are you skilled at teaching people to use the computer?  Contact me if so, because you are in big demand!  We will be purchasing some laptops for training purposes and hope to hold some basic classes locally.  While not qualified to teach computer classes, I CAN teach computer 101 or mouse 101.  Basic computer skills are my limit.  I am planning to do an intro to Facebook (or “Keeping up with the Grandkids”) class as well.  BUT….bottom line is we need your talents.  

This is YOUR library.  We are here for you.  Ask for classes and programs you would like to see.  If you have talents and resources, we’d love if you’d share them with the community, so many will benefit.  

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