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As widely reported, Adobe confirmed that they suffered a security breach of customer data on their servers. The company posted information at their blog here: http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2013/10/important-customer-security-announcement.html Adobe has confirmed that the Library's digital collection library users with activated Adobe eBook accounts may have been affected. Here is information that they have provided. Adobe is in the process of resetting passwords and notifying affected users. Affected users will receive an email alert advising them to reset their Adobe password in order to continue access to their Adobe account. For security purposes and as a recommended practice, Adobe is encouraging affected users to reset their Adobe passwords as well as reset passwords for any non-Adobe services/applications (in case they used the same user ID and password as was used with Adobe). Reactivation of previously authorized eBook software and apps using Adobe DRM (Ad...

CPPL Patrons: All library branches will be closed on Thursday, November 28th, and Friday, November 29th, so that our staff can celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with their families.  Please be sure to take care of your library needs in the days before and after the holiday, when the libraries maintain/resume their regular schedules.  Have a safe and happy turkey day!

The 9 th Girl by Tami Hoag (2013) Library Copies   #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag brings back her fan-favorite Minneapolis investigators Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska in the haunting new thriller The 9th Girl . "Kovac had seen more dead bodies than he could count: Men, women, children; victims of shootings, stabbings, strangulations, beatings; fresh corpses and bodies that had been left for days in the trunks of cars in the dead of summer. But he had never seen anything quite like this . . . " On a frigid New Year's Eve in Minneapolis a young woman's brutalized body falls from the trunk of a car into the path of oncoming traffic. Questions as to whether she was alive or dead when she hit the icy pavement result in her macabre nickname, Zombie Doe. Unidentified and unidentifiable, she is the ninth nameless female victim of the year, and homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are charged with the task of not only finding out who Zombie...

You asked, and we listened! The Calcasieu Parish Public Library is bringing you a new way to search the library's collection. Check out great new features including the ability to place multiple items on hold at 1 time and only show items available  for check out. Want to check it out for yourself?  Explore the new online catalog! Coming Soon! Online registration, card renewal & fine payment

If you have some free time this Saturday, November 16th, be sure to check out Audobon Day at the LSU Libraries. The Hill Memorial Library will once again display its double elephant folio edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America in Baton Rouge . From 10 a.m. till 2 p.m., Hill Memorial will host a free viewing event that is open to the public. Be sure to make a reservation though, because reservations are required prior to entry. Only 40 individuals are allowed in the viewing area per hour. To place your reservation request, please use the LSU Libraries online registration form or contact the Special Collections during business hours. Contact: Special Collections LSU Libraries Louisiana State University 225-578-6544 For more information about the event, visit the LSU Libraries Special Collection page , or read the The Wall Street Journal's write up about the 2011 program  here .

Interested in learning how to coupon or brush up on your couponing skills? Join Tameka Nelson, local Lake Charles resident and day care provider at the Epps Branch today, Tuesday November 12th from 6:00-7:00 p.m. for Couponing Tips that Work! Tameka will show participants how to coupon and provide tips on using coupons to save money. Are you a couponer? Share some of your favorite couponing tips in the comments.

Did you know that your library has a large DVD/Blu-Ray collection? We have oldies & classics like  The Caine Mutiny, Great Expectations, Les misearbles, Halloween or The Rock.  We have blockbusters too like  Lincoln ,  Batman: The Dark Knight returns pt 2, Cars 2  or  Madea Gets a Job. We have kid friendly titles such as  Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game ,  Babar  and  Goofy Movie  too. We even have television series like  Law & Order, Midsomer Murders, Beauty and the Beast, Psych, Hill Street Blues  just to name a few. Plus we now offer a streaming service that offers adventure, comedies, musicals, kid friendly titles and many other categories. Pretty cool, right? Well guess what. We have a high demand for this great collection so to help with the high demand of DVDs and Blu-Rays and the long waiting time for patrons who place holds on these items, starting on December 2nd, all DVDs & Blu-Rays will have a...

Join Astrophysicist Kevin Manning at the Central Branch on Monday, November 11th from  6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ,  as he transports people of all ages into the fascinating world of astronomy. This program will expertly guide the audience on an educational and entertaining exploration of the universe. Kevin is a retired astrophysicist, having worked as a consultant with NASA, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and other ground-based observatories. Kevin has won national and international awards in his field.

A Dog Called Homeless   by Sarah Lean (2012) Library Copies Reading Level: ages 8 and up A year ago Cally Fisher’s mother, Louise, was killed in a car wreck…on Cally’s father’s birthday. Since then, Cally’s father, who was once bubbly and joyous, has sunk into an ever deepening depression. In his grief, he has shut himself off from his children and has removed all reminders of Louise from his life.  As far as Cally is concerned, her father is now a stranger and his silence has rendered her mother almost nonexistent.   Though Cally’s brother, Luke, seems to be taking everything in stride, Cally is not coping well. Once a well behaved student, she is now constantly in trouble at school and even her best friend has turned her back on her. What Cally really needs is comfort from her father, but he has become so emotionally removed that Cally’s erratic behavior only causes him anger. He wants her to forget the past, but she can’t. Although she understands that her mothe...

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library will host three weekly sessions of RELIC Louisiana Characters: Biographies of the Bayou State . This program will explore the uniqueness of French pirate and privateer, Jean Lafitte, through the lens of biography. Participants will discover this colorful personality through Lyle Saxon's Lafitte the Pirate and engage issues involving this genre of reading: What makes a life worth writing about? This three-part event will take place on November 5th, 12th, and 19th from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Iowa Branch . Registration is required for this program. Please visit the Library's event calendar or call or stop by a library branch to sign up.  The RELIC program is presented by Dr. Cheryl Ware and sponsored by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.

The Calcasieu Parish Public Library's new outreach service, Library-To-Go has recently gotten the TV treatment. KPLC's Erica Bivens interviewed Outreach Librarian Jayme Champagne to get the word out to the community. She also spoke with Jimmie Moriarty a satisfied  Library-To-Go patron.  Missed the original broadcast? Check out the video or transcript on the KPLC website or at the Library's website , and be sure to fill out an application if you think the service would be a good fit for you or someone you know.