One of my New Year’s resolutions is to develop more coding skills. Good thing I have a library card so I can easily access our wonderful collection of programming books! I can learn javascript, css, html5, C++, python, etc.
Corvallis has long been on the forefront of environmental and sustainability initiatives and the library is a proud partner in that effort. As such, we are happy to share that we have a new database this year: Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (GREENR). GREENR offers authoritative, current and expansive content focused [...]
Last fall, three professors at Stanford University tried a little experiment. They opened up their classes – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Introduction to Databases – to the entire world, with no tuition cost. Launched and delivered between October through December 2011, they had great success (e.g., 35,000 people stuck with the Artificial Intelligence [...]
Recently, Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched an online learning initiative, called MITx, aimed at enhancing the way they offer the online content of their opencourseware classes. MIT expects that MITx will continue to expand, hosting a virtual community of millions of learners around the world.
Click on the picture at left to get to Booklist’s Top 10 Crafts & Gardening books of the year. Want other hand picked titles and well-written book reviews?
Only two days away, Black Friday advertisements have inundated TV commercials, newspaper ads and radio. (Oh Target commercials. I’ve seen you one too many times!) For those of you who will be shopping for holiday gifts and want to be informed about the best deals and products, we have a wonderful Consumer Information subject guide [...]
“In Flanders Fields” by Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, [...]
Here are some great public domain horror ebooks in multiple formats for your Halloween ereading pleasure! Clicking on the book title will yield the ebook. In addition, I have included audio adaptations, where available.
We have eight Sony PRS-300 ereaders to loan. If you have been waiting to try an ebook reader, now is the time. They are available at the Second Floor Reference Desk and the loan period is two weeks.
THIS is what we have been waiting for… OverDrive ebooks for Kindle have arrived! Kindle users, to get started go to Library2Go and log in. Choose the available ebook you want and select “Get for Kindle”. You will then be directed to an Amazon login page. For assistance check out our ebook help pages or [...]
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