How to Use OverDrive With Your iPhone or iPad

This is a very good video explaining how to use OverDrive to download and read ebooks from the library on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad:

Baby Rhyme Time

Starting: Friday, April 15 @ 11:00 a.m.

Babies and their caregivers are invited to gather at the library to explore language and books in a fun setting. This program is for ages from birth to 18 months.

We will participate in activities that support language acquisition and bonding between adult and child. This weekly program includes bounce, tickle, finger rhymes, nursery rhymes, and a time for book-sharing between adult and child with our collection of baby board books.

We hope that you will join us, and please pass the word!

Easter Raffle - Kobo eReader!

We are raffling a Kobo eReader, including a case, for Easter!

Second prize will be a $25.00 gift card for Chapters Indigo (can now be used for ebooks as well), and the third prize will be a potted plant from Midway Flowers.

Tickets: $5.00 each OR 3 tickets for $10.00

Available at the Library, from board members, at local businesses, and at our table at the Trade Fair, April 8 & 9.

eReader Comparisons

Are you looking at purchasing an eReader, or maybe hoping to get one as a gift? If you are not aware of all the options, or are confused by the various features, check out these two websites for detailed comparisons of what is available:

The eBook Reader
Comparison of eBook Readers - Wikipedia

A reminder that the Kindle ereader does NOT allow downloading of library ebooks, so keep that in mind while you're shopping!

Ereader Information Session

Did you get an eReader for Christmas?

Do you need help figuring it out, or help downloading library books?

We'll be hosting another eReader Information Session
Wednesday, January 12
7:00 p.m.

Please call to register, 567-2022

Top 10 of 2010 - Teen Fiction

The top teen fiction books, as chosen by Chapters Indigo. Check out the full list here: Top Teen Fiction

Prize Winners!

Winners of our Saskatchewan Library Week draws were:

$25 Gift card for Chapters/Indigo Books ~ Jaclyn Edwards
Choice of books up to $25 ~ Jade Thomson

Congratulations!

Saskatchewan Library Week

October 18 - 25, 2010

Tuesday, October 19: Join us for Coffee, muffins & cookies - all day

Wednesday, October 20 - 7:00 P.M. Session on how to download eBooks and audiobooks from the library website.

"Book Club in a Bag" display all week

Door prize -- one entry per checkout

May Update

♦ Be sure to check our list of new books and DVDs and those that are currently "on order". You'll find the list on the right side of this blog, just scroll down a bit. :-) You are encouraged to place a hold on items that are "on order" to ensure that you get a chance to read a title before it goes out to fill holds in other regions.

♦ Palliser Regional Library now has a number of Book Club Kits available. Each kit contains 10 copies of the book, plus discussion questions, and can be borrowed for a period of 6 weeks. CLICK HERE for more information about the Book Club Kits and a list of titles currently available.

♦ Each month we have a list of new and hot titles available. The list is both in bookmark format and as a wall display in the library. Be sure to have a look!

♦ Three more library regions will be joining SILS -- the new province-wide system -- on June 7: Lakeland Region, Parkland Region, and Wapiti Region.

♦ We are looking for two summer students to lead our Summer Reading Club for kids. Students need to be at least 15 years of age, and will be hired to work one afternoon per week, for six weeks. For more details, please see posters at the school and around town, or call the library.

♦ Our Summer Reading Club theme this year is "Destination Jungle". We will start taking registrations once school is out, and will start our weekly programs on Wednesday, July 7th.

♦ We recently rearranged our adult fiction collection to create a special Christian Fiction section. Hopefully it will be easier for our readers to find their favorite Christian authors.

♦ Due to popular demand, we have added a new magazine subscription, Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting. We have another quilting magazine we have purchased locally, The Quilter Magazine.