If you own a Nook color and find the process of downloading our e-media to your computer and then transferring it to you device to be laborious, we have good news! There is now a free OverDrive Media Console app for download in the Nook app store. Just visit the store from your Nook Color to download it, and you will have instant, on-the-go access to our ePub e-books and mp3 audiobooks. If you already have an Adobe ID from using Adobe Digital Editions on your computer, you can reuse it when registering your device with the app. For more information on how to set up the app to work with our library books, please see the mobile devices help page on our website .
Author: Karrie McLellan
Enjoying Library E-books Is About to Get Easier
If you download e-books from the library, you know that the process can be cumbersome – especially for new users! It seems our e-book vendor, OverDrive, has heard our concerns and will be releasing some features to help address them.
The feature I’d like to highlight today is a new platform called “OverDrive Read.” This platform would allow library e-books to be read from any standard web browser, without the need to download software or authorize a device. It is due to be released by the end of the year. To read more about this new platform, see their press release. Stay tuned for more news about improvements to our media download service.
Coming Soon: Digital Bookmobile
As you may know, access to our downloadable e-books and audiobooks is provided OverDrive. Every summer, the company takes a customized eighteen-wheel vehicle, the Digital Bookmobile, on a cross-country tour to promote their services in public libraries. This year, with the help of the Upper Hudson Library System, the East Greenbush Community Library will be hosting OverDrive Digital Bookmobile in our parking lot on August 9, from 10am to 4pm. Stop by to learn what the OverDrive service is and how to use it, play in their Gadget Gallery or kick back and watch a video in the Video Lounge. See you there!
Update Update
This is the message I received when I went to update Windows on our laptops. It struck me funny, so I thought I’d share. 🙂
Get the Most from Your Google Search
If I had a nickel for every time I heard, “I Googled it but couldn’t find it”, I’d be a rich woman. In fact, the desired information was probably returned as one of the millions of results, but the user didn’t have time to look at the whole list. Who could blame a person for not wanting to sift through pages and pages of results just to find one gem?
Thankfully, Google has some tools built in for advanced searching. Some of them are obvious, such as the list of options for refining the search that appear on the left side of the Google search page. Others are not so obvious. I have found a couple of sources that will help you on your way to becoming a Google search guru, able to get exactly what you are looking for to show up on page one of your results.
This infographic from the folks at HackCollege gives a great overview of some of the most helpful search terms (operators) to help you narrow your search field. Another great resource is this article by John Tedesco, reporting on a speech given by Google employee Daniel Russell.
If you don’t want to memorize all of these tips, try using Google’s own Advanced Search page. To get there, go to http://www.google.com/advanced_search. Or, start with a basic search. On the results page, click the gear icon in the upper right corner. Select “Advanced Search” from the resulting menu.
Happy searching!