The Second Floor Librarians

Those of you who use the Overdrive Media Console app on Android or iOS will discover an update on Tuesday the 28th or shortly after. No features will be added to the app, but several bugs will be fixed.

Thousands of library patrons around the world are participating in the first ever Big Library Read of an eBook, and all CBCPL patrons are invited to join in the fun. The Four Corners of the Sky is master storyteller Michael Malone’s novel of love, secrets, and the mysterious bonds of families. Malone brings characters to [...]

The new Library2Go is up and running! I hope you are finding it easy to use.  The new one click borrowing makes it much easier and faster to check out books, but it also makes it less obvious how to choose your due date. When you are checking out an item it no longer gives [...]

For those of you who check out ebooks and audiobooks from Library2Go, watch for a new and improved web site in mid-March!

When I traveled through India, in 1997, it was common to see other foreign visitors with dog-eared copies of the Lonely Planet travel guide to India – an excellent guide, but also a heavy slab of a book at over 1000 pages. It’s now very common to travel with all one’s reading material on a [...]

In my previous post about Banned Books Week, I provided many links to resources about banned and challenged books, and I mentioned stopping by to see our display in the library.

Good news for Nook Color and Nook Tablet owners! Now you can download library ebooks wirelessly using the Overdrive Media Console app.  Once you have downloaded the app, you can browse the Library2Go collection, check out ebooks or Mp3 audiobooks and download them all from your Nook.  You no longer need to save them to [...]

The world of libraries and information is rapidly changing and, in order to stay on top of new trends, there’s nothing better than attending a conference!  There are many professional conferences a librarian can attend to learn about new, innovative ideas, talk with librarians in other regions about their services and best practices, and discover [...]

This year we’re pleased to roll out a summer reading program especially for the 18 and up crowd!  Summer after summer we’ve been rewarding kids and teens for reading, but now, this summer, it’s your turn.  For every book you read or listen to, fill out an entry form or stop by and pick up [...]

As thrilled as you may be with the library’s selection of ebook titles, there might be a part of you that likes the word “free” even better than “loan.”  This part of you will be pleased to know that there is an abundance of ebooks available free, to download and keep forever. They are mostly [...]