Ebooks @ the Library!

Thinking Library!

Carole Stanger

December 4, 2010

New Books Upstairs @ the library!

Port Mortuary by Patricia Cornwell

Santa in Montana by Janet Dailey

Trio of Sorcery by Mercedes Lackey

Hollywood Hills by Joseph Wambaugh

Decision Points by George W. Bush

At Home by Bill Bryson

Kennedy Detail by Gerald Blaine

Journey, My Political Life by Tony Blair

Coming Events @ the Library!

• Library Hours!

Monday – Friday 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Sundays—closed

• Check out our website http://www.atlantic.lib.ia.us

• Library Board Regular Meeting Monday, Dec. 13 5:30 p.m. upstairs

• Story Time Programs for 3, 4, & 5 year olds! No registration necessary! Free!
• Wed./Thurs. Dec. 1/2 Preschool Story Time 10-10:45 a.m.
• Wed./Thurs. Dec. 15/16 Preschool Story Time 10-10:45 a.m.
• The Library will be closed December 24, 25, and 26 for the Christmas holiday.

Did You Know… that the Atlantic Public Library has a copier for public use? It’s located on the ground level just inside the doors of the Children’s area to the right. You can pay at the desk.

Behind My Desk… Thank you to all the volunteers who helped with the Friends of the Library Book Sale in November! Great job! There was a lot of work to set up and organize all those items. I hope you were able to find some real bargains!

This week we started a new service for our patrons…downloadable ebooks! This is through the same consortium (WILBOR) that handles our downloadable audio books. Just for a little extra information the following ebook devices are compatible with this service: Barnes & Noble Nook™ 3G+WiFi, Barnes & Noble nook WiFi, Kobo™ eReader, Pandigital® Novel, Sony Reader Daily Edition™, Sony Reader Pocket Edition™, Sony Reader PRS-505, Sony ReaderPRS-700 and the Sony Reader Touch Edition…just in case you need an idea for a Christmas gift!

The Amazon®Kindle and the Amazon Kindle DX are not compatible. I still don’t know enough to help people, but I’m hoping to get some more instruction soon. Anyway, for those of you who have one of the compatible devices already, you should be able to check out the ebook titles for two weeks. There is a limit of three ebooks checked out per account at one time.

I am also pleased to announce that our early newspapers have been digitized and now available to anyone interested in searching on a computer the early newspapers of Atlantic. I’ve been “playing” with the search mechanism to see how to find information. Details of the Titanic sinking were in various editions of the newspapers in April 1912. H.S. Rattenborg and his family from Atlantic had booked passage on a later trip on the Titanic. They were planning a summer trip to Denmark. I find this kind of information fascinating and it makes history so much more personal.

During the same time frame, Clara Barton passed away; and no one present at the funeral represented the American Red Cross (she founded the organization…oops.)

During this busy holiday season take a little time for yourself and …Keep Thinking Libraries!