Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library

Mango Mobile App Now Available

MPL-Admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:43 +0000

Mango Mobile Library Edition

Learn languages everywhere you go with our free apps for iPhone®, iPod touch® and Android™. Mango Mobile Library Edition gives you access to all the Mango language courses offered through your library from the palm of your hand.

Click here for more info.

The Library’s 125th Anniversary

MPL-Admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:58:42 +0000

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Manchester Public Library 1887-2012
Help us celebrate 125 years of service to the community. The Library Trustees announce a capital campaign to renovate the Children’s Room. Join us Tuesday, May 1, 7 PM to learn about the plans and hear the fascinating history of the McKim building by local historian Bill Cross.

Additionally, join us on the Library Lawn Saturday, April 14, 1:30 PM (rain or shine) for a Library Flash Mob photo shoot. Bring your favorite book, CD, movie, etc., to show what your library does for you. Local photographers Bob Juliano and Penny Boling will capture the moment.

Manchester Reads 2012

MPL-Admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:19:17 +0000

Freading

MPL-Admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:59:13 +0000

Click here to go to Freading.

Manchester Public Library Introduces a new service to download eBooks on your EReaders. Most devices are compatible (except for oldest edition of Kindle). Using your Manchester Library Card number and PIN, you can log onto the site and borrow books for a 2 week period and renew for 2 weeks.

Freading uses a token system to manage borrowing. Tokens are a virtual currency that you use to exchange for downloads. Your library gives you a weekly allotment of 5 tokens which appears in the upper right hand corner of the home page after you login. When you choose a book, the amount of tokens labeled on the book is deducted from your account.

There are three different token costs of a book, downloads cost 4, 2 or 1 token depending on the value assigned by the publisher. In most cases newly published books are 4 tokens, then after a time period they drop to 2, and then after another time period they drop to 1. So in general, the token value is based on how new a book is. In some cases though, a publisher may have chosen a different criteria such as popularity.

Unused tokens roll over each week for a four week period, a week being defined as a Monday to Sunday period of seven days, beginning at 12:01AM Monday, New York time, and going to midnight on Sunday. At the end of the fourth week from the time you first logged in, unused tokens are cleaned out of your account, except for your original weekly allotment. The rolling over process then starts all over again, as a new four week cycle has begun.

Download Audiobooks with your Manchester Card

MPL-Admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:05:19 +0000

from Recorded Books. These audiobooks play on your mobile device, whether Windows or Mac. No wait lists. Try it today. Tutorials available; go to Online Library then OneClick.

Safari Online Technology Collection

MPL-Admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:02:05 +0000

Manchester residents have access to Safari Books Online Library that contains a subset of 4,001 titles from Safari Books Online’s overall content.

Go to the Online Library page to log in using your library barcode number and PIN. (If you have not done so already, MVLC is requiring a 7 digit PIN which you will need to update first.)

Newly Added Books

An Introduction to IMS: Your Complete Guide to IBM Information Management System

Barbara Klein; Diane Goff; John Butterweck; Kenny Blackman; Margaret Wilson; Moira McFadden Lanyi; Rick Long; Sandy Sherrill; Steve Nathan

The Photoshop® Elements 10 Book for Digital Photographers

Scott Kelby; Matt Kloskowski

Computer Security Fundamentals, Second Edition

William(Chuck) Easttom

My Windows® Phone 7

Brien Posey

Creating Android Applications: Develop and Design

Chris Haseman

The Non-Designer’s InDesign Book: Essential design techniques for print projects

Robin Williams

Evergreen Catalog Survey

MPL-Admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:44:20 +0000

As part of our reporting process for the MassLNC grant MVLC needs to collect some survey data about how our patrons use the Evergreen library catalog and what they think about it.

Follow this link for the survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mvlcpublic

The survey will be available into the first week of January.

OneClick Digital

MPL-Admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:41:21 +0000

New downloadable audiobook service from Recorded Books, iPod compatible, all titles are available all the time, no waiting, no digital rights management. After a quick, one-time sign up and download of the OneClick Media Manager, you are ready to start listening. Manchester residents only.

Young Adult Fund Raiser-Fall 2011

MPL-Admin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:53:31 +0000

The Trustees are currently conducting a fund raiser for the young adult program, which has been financed by grants and gifts since its inception 5 years ago. Those funds run out in Oct 2011. Please consider a donation to support this important segment of the population. The Friends of the Library have pledged matching funds up to $5,000. The goal is $11,000 for a one year program. The Trustees continue to work towards getting this program on the town budget. Contact Alison Anholt-White for more information.

Welcome Intern John Clarke

MPL-Admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:27:53 +0000

John Clarke is our new Intern at the library. He is a senior at Endicott College and will graduate with a bachelors degree in English and Creative Writing. John is a part of the Endicott Scholars Program and currently maintains a 3.9 GPA. Upon graduation John aspires to be an Airborne Ranger in The United States Army. Please welcome John to Manchester.