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Our digital library collection vendor’s Support Services team are committed to providing quality solutions to common support questions. This article focuses on mobile device issues (Android, iOS, and Windows Phone). App Crashes and General Issues – The most commonly used solution for mobile devices is “ What to do if a title is not properly loading or OverDrive’s mobile app is crashing .” This solution provides a few options for each type of mobile device to resolve general crash issues. Sometimes the problem stems from the app running in the background and forcing a shutdown fixes the problem, or rebooting the device sometimes may be all that’s needed. Either way, this solution should resolve most general problems that may occur with the OverDrive Media Console app for mobile devices. Format Compatibility – Another issue mobile device users may encounter is one of format compatibility. WMA, WMV, and PDF titles are not supported by OverDrive’s mobile app , and we have put measu...

In this TEDx Talk , researcher and engineer Frederic Kaplan discusses his Venice Time Machine. Watch and learn how he intends to digitize books and documents into a simulated map of Venice across a millenia.

Your Library has the Audie Awards Finalists! If you prefer to listen to your books rather than read them, you will definitely want to check this out.  The Audie Awards (or Audies) are bestowed annually in the USA for outstanding audiobooks. The Audies have  been granted by the Audio Publishers Association, the not-for-profit trade organization of the audiobook industry, since 1996. Awards are given in close to thirty categories. Some of the awards relate to types of writing, including abridged and unabridged fiction and non-fiction, and such genres as romance and mystery; other awards recognize excellence in different styles of narration and production, such as multi-voiced performance and production values.  The titles below are just a sampling of audio books that can be found in your library's collection! Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock  by Matthew Quick,  Teens The Ocean at the End of the Lane  by Neil Gaiman,  Fiction S...

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (2013) Library Copies An emotional, provocative, and unforgettable novel about how we love, how we take are of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generation. Broad in scope and setting, wise and compassionate in its storytelling. And the Mountains Echoed is a profoundly moving, captivating novel that demonstrates Kahled Hossenini’s deeply felt understanding of the bonds that define us and shape our lives—and of what it means to be human. It begins with the heartbreaking, unparalleled bond between two motherless siblings in an Afghan village. To three-year-old Pari, big brother, Abdullah is more mother than brother. To ten-year old Abdullah, little Pari is his everything. What happens to them—and the large and small manners in which it echoes through he lives of so many other people—is proof of the moral complexity of life. In a multigenerational novel revolving around not just parents and children but also ...

...children and parents alike would delight in the telling of tales before bedtime. From the Brothers Grimm to Aesop, and from Hans Christian Anderson to Walt Disney, there are plenty of stories to read and watch together. Get back to that time by celebrating "Tell a Fairy Tale Day" Wednesday, February 26th. Be sure to check out your favorite fairy tale from the library before it gets snatched up!                                                                Do you have a favorite fairy tale? Let us know in the comments!

Classified by Fern Michaels (2013) Godmothers Series, Book 6 Library Copies Teresa “Toots” Amelia Loudenberry is a wealthy woman by anyone’s standards. But the riches that mean most to her are the loving friends and family she’s accumulated over the course of a life well lived. And now that her daughter, Abby, has married her beau Chris and settled down near Toots in Charleston, life is even more satisfying than the delicious pralines sold at Toots’s bakery, The Sweetest Thing. Abby isn’t the only on enjoying a little romance. Toots’s friendship with Dr. Phil Becker has grown unexpectedly close… and that brings both joy and complications. It’s one thing for a lady to be a little vague about her age, but Toots hasn’t been entirely honest with Phil about the number of marriages in her past. Frankly, after burying eight husbands, Toots suspects she should end her relationship rather than jinx Phil too. As a distraction from her person dilemma, Toots throws herself into helping Ab...

Looking to brush up on your knowledge of African American history and literature during Black History Month? Try out some of these interesting reads from your library. The Real Pepsi Challenge: The Inspirational Story of Breaking the Color Barrier in American Business By Stephanie Capparell Writing the Future of Black America : Literature of the Hip-Hop Generation By Daniel Grassian        A Lesson Before Dying By Ernest Gaines     A Bus of Our Own By Freddi Williams Evans                                        Mama Flora's Family By Alex Haley                    

Winter's Tale--Mark Helprin (1983) "One winter night, Peter Lake--master mechanic and s econd- s tory man--attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West S ide. Though he thinks it is empty , the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the affair between a middle-aged Irish burglar and Beverly Penn, a young girl dying of consumption. It is a love s o powerful that Peter Lake, a s imple and uneducated man, will be driven to s top time and bring back the dead." Are you a fan of fantasy, drama, and romance novels? Check out Winter's Tale from your library before the movie version starring Colin Farrell , Jessica Brown Findlay , and Russell Crowe hits theaters this Friday, just in time for Valentine's day. Find available copies or put one on hold in our new online catalog .

With so many books out there in the world, and thousands more being published each year, it can be downright difficult to figure out what to read next. The editors over at Amazon have made that process just a tad bit easier by naming its 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, "a bucket list of books to create a well-read life." Below is a list of some of our favorite books. Interested in seeing what else is on the list? Check out the 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime here  and then find your copy at the library! Charlotte's Web To Kill a Mockingbird   Slaughterhouse-Five  On the Road The Hunger Games Have you read any of their suggestions? Let us know your favorites in the comments.  Via: Library Journal