The Second Floor Librarians

Today is the day… ebooks at the Library. So head on over to Library2Go and check out our over 5000 title ebook collection!

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…We hope you are because there is a lot to be excited about! Library2Go will be the home of our ebooks.

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The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week featured (for the first time) an “eBooks TechZone” with the newest and best in ebook devices. With all the doom and gloom about publishing, reading and literacy in the news, ereading may give reading (and readers) a boost!

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With the help of a grant from the Oregon State Library Board Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will be able to make Ebooks available from our Library2Go website.  Around 5000 titles will be available initially in March 2010 with more titles to be added later.

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For those contemplating a warm fire, tree trimming and hot cocoa…
Here is a list of online holiday classics in multiple formats. Point, click and enjoy!
 

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Why not buy someone (maybe yourself) an ereader. There are quite a few options out there and I think this holiday season will be the turning point for near $100 ereading devices.

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Keep up on the latest with ebooks and ereaders by reading our Ebooks LibGuide.

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You might remember that I’m the ebook advocate here at the library. You may also recall that my recent post (after attending the BEA conference a few weeks ago) was ebook heavy. Well, here is why…

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I just got back from the BEA conference. It  was great seeing the publishers, all the new books coming out and hearing what is going on with ebooks. There were intensive conference sessions for three days plus an immense vendors area with 1500 booths of publishers, distributors, writers, illustrators and other industry types. The word [...]

It seems to be the season for standardized tests – there have been a lot of people in the library looking for SAT, GRE, MCAT, and all those other fun books.
While we do have a good selection of current test prep books, they’re often checked out.
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