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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...