Welcome to the first edition of Friday Flash. Each Friday, the Libraries will be posting here a new video tutorial offering an overview of one of our e-resources. If after viewing the video you have more questions or need help using the resource, please contact the Library:
910-362-7034 or lrcref@cfcc.edu
Library Books for eReaders 101 at the New Hanover County Public Library
Learn how to checkout eBooks from North Carolina Digital Library and transfer them to compatible eReaders. A librarian from the New Hanover County Public Library will demonstrate the process of downloading library books to a Nook and a Kindle from start to finish and answer questions as time permits. Choose from the four sessions listed below. Please register.
Main Library, 201 Chestnut Street, New Hanover Room
1) Wednesday February 8th 2:00-3:00 PM
2) Wednesday February 22nd 2:00-3:00 PM
3) Wednesday March 7th 2:00-3:00 PM
4) Wednesday March 21st 2:00-3:00 PM
Please register using online calendar: www.nhclibrary.org
Free parking – enter deck on 2nd Street and get ticket validated in the library
Contact Susan for more details:
798-6353 or 798-6301
Check out these titles, chosen by librarians, publishers, and authors as their must reads from 2011. They include fiction, history, science, sociology, and biographical items. Happy reading!
Kindles http://www.nhcgov.com/Library/Documents/Kindle.pdf
Mobile Devices (including iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, & Android) http://www.nhcgov.com/Library/Documents/MobileDevices.pdf
Looking for a good read? Iconic librarian and author of Book Lust and Book Lust to Go, Nancy Pearl, shares her picks of 2011. Check them out!
Thinking of starting a book club this coming year or need to liven up the one you’re in? Here are some titles to consider for 2012.
E-Reader Lunch & Learn Session
Are you thinking of asking Santa for an e-reader this holiday season? Do you already have a Kindle, Nook, or other e-reader and want to know how to access FREE Library e-books?
Come to our “Lunch & Learn” session to play, ask, discover, and learn about selected e-readers, including the Kindle, Nook, and Sony. A variety of e-readers will be available to play with!
Susan Wood, Librarian at the New Hanover County Public Library, will be on hand to demonstrate a variety of e-readers and to help you to access e-books from the North Carolina Digital Library.
Date: Wednesday, December 7th @ Noon
Location: L-228
This is an informal brown bag session.
Feel free to bring your lunch!
Tip: If you are bringing your own e-reader, please be sure that it is charged and that you also bring your New Hanover County Public Library card—so you can begin borrowing right away!
We’ve just received the latest editions of the Lumina News and Wrightsville Beach Magazine. Come to the downtown campus LRC to pick up your free copy!
As the semester comes to an end and you have free time again, check out the 2011 Publisher’s Weekly Annual Best of Books List to find some good reads. The list includes fiction, nonfiction, romance, mystery, fantasy and children’s-something for everyone. Happy reading!
Are you thinking of asking Santa for an e-reader this holiday season? Do you already have a Kindle, Nook, or other e-reader and want to know how to access Library e-books?
Come to one of these upcoming “Lunch & Learn” sessions to play, ask, discover, and learn about selected e-readers, including the Kindle, Nook, and Sony.
Susan Wood, Librarian at the New Hanover County Public Library, will be on hand to demonstrate a variety of e-readers, including how to access e-books from the North Carolina Digital Library.
Dates: Tuesday, November 15th @ Noon OR
Wednesday, December 7th @ Noon
Location: L-228
This is an informal brown bag session. Feel free to bring your lunch!
Tips: If you are bringing your own e-reader, please be sure that it is charged and that you also bring your New Hanover County Public Library card—so you can begin borrowing right away!
