Schuyler Public Library

Been to the Library Lately?

You are invited to an Open House

@ Schuyler Public Library

November 19, 2010

5:30 P.M.

Refreshments will be served

Fun and activities for all ages

Quilt raffle drawing 

 to be held at 7:00 P.M.

donated by Kathryn Draper

There is still time to purchase raffle tickets for the beautiful quilt donated by Katherine Draper as a fundraiser for the Schuyler Public Library Building Fund.  Stop at the library or contact any Library Foundation director.

 A new session of computer classes will begin on October 27^th.  Call the library to register or for more details.

October 27, Nov 3 – 8:45am, Beginning computer classes

October 28, 6pm, Movie night at the library

 November 4, 6pm, Movie night at the library

 November 17, 24 – 8:45am, Beginning e-mail class

 November 19 – 5:30pm, Open House and drawing for quilt raffle

No habrá clase de Inglés en 21 de octubre 2010.

La maestra irá a entrenamiento.

Schuyler Public Library now offers Mango Languages for free, easy and fun foreign language learning.

Schuyler Public Library has added Mango Languages to its growing list of patron resources.  Mango is free of charge to all Schuyler Public Library members and is an easy and effective way to learn to speak a foreign language.  Mango is available in two versions:

Mango Basic:

Perfect for a foreign language beginner, Mango Basic teaches everyday greetings, gratitudes, goodbyes and helpful phrases in a short period of time.  The courses, which require only two to five hours of time to complete, are currently available in 22 foreign languages and 14 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. 

Mango Complete:

Mango Complete offers a 100-lesson course that digs much deeper and is designed to provide a more complete understanding of the entire language and culture. It is available in nine foreign language and three ESL courses. Foreign language courses include Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.  ESL courses include Polish, Spanish and Portuguese.

Select the Mango link to the right of this post, sign in with your 14 digit library card number, and begin learning a new language!

A collection of public domain EPUB eBooks is now ready for patron enjoyment from the OverDrive website!

This is a separate collection of eBooks from the main OverDrive collection.

• The collection contains over 15,000 titles.
• Users do NOT need to sign in to download the titles.
• When a patron hovers over a book cover, the available metadata is displayed. 
• Checkouts from the collection do NOT count against your regular checkout/lending options.
• Titles act like ALWAYS AVAILABLE  titles so there are unlimited simultaneous downloads and downloads DO NOT EXPIRE.
• The collection of eBooks also uses the Adobe Digital Editions software you are currently using.
• Please refer to the ‘tips’ link at the top of the introduction to the collection for instructions on how to download content.  

Schuyler Public Library staff attended the Northeast Library System Annual Conference in Norfolk, Nebraska on September 23, 2010.  Along with librarians from the Northeast corner of the state, library staff attended the following seminar sessions:  Balancing Life and Libraries in Support of Excellence, e-readers 101, Reaching Out to Your Spanish-Speaking Patrons, and Recipe for Library Success.

An annual meeting luncheon was also held and during that meeting Schuyler Public Library won The Companions Quartet, a series of Young Adult books donated by the Northeast Library System.  A collection of juvenile and young adult books, to be donated to the library, was also received by MeMe Smith, in thanks for being a reviewer for examination materials housed at the Wayne State College Library.

Schuyler Public Library staff also participated in a closing discussion targeting pertinent issues facing today’s public libraries.  

Library staff will receive continuing education credits for attendance at this seminar which will be applied to those needed to meet certification criteria.