Overdrive Training for Staff




Staff awareness of this new format is also important for its success. I’d like to schedule the following training for your staff to refresh their knowledge, as well as share information on EPUB and PDF eBooks.

Description Browse, Check Out, Download!
Learn how to browse, check out, and download from your library’s Virtual Branch website. At the end of this course, staff should feel comfortable answering basic questions about your OverDrive download service.
Duration 1.5 hours
Who should attend All Staff

You can watch this at your own computer, or come on over to SALS.
Please RSVP and let me know where you are going to view the webinar.
Thank you – Jennifer

New “Always Available” eAudiobooks

Can you believe it has been about 1 year since the SALON project began offering downloadable eAudiobooks for people living in  Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington County?  Over 2500 people have signed in to listen to approximately 9500 eAudiobooks.

The collection development committee met last week to refresh the list of “Always Available” eAudiobooks.   Here is a list of the new offerings:

Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs
Lily White by Susan Isaacs
Marine One by James W. Huston
Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brien
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Steveson
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

We are being used

Millions of people rely on our library computers for employment, health and education.  One third of Americans, ages 14 and older used a public library computer or wireless network to access the internet this past year.  According to the latest Gates survey, during this recession, people use libraries to find work, apply for college, secure government benefits, learn about medical and health care and connect with their communties.  Some statistics after the jump:Continue reading→