We field lots of requests each day from folks who want to renew materials. Often they have already checked out and need a bit longer to finish. While we are happy to do this for you via phone, email, or IM, did you know that you can renew your items yourself online? [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Technology'
Unlock your library account
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, City Library, News, Technology
It’s that time of year again
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · City Library, Events, News, Technology
It’s almost snow emergency season in our fair city and we are celebrating the launch of snow emergency alerts via Twitter! If you’re not a Twitter user that may not seem like such a big deal, but the hook for you is that snow emergencies via Twitter can mean snow emergency notifications sent via text message to your cell phone too. Now *that* is something to be psyched about. Here’s how to set it up:
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Press Release: Manchester City Library to host Digital Bookmobile National Tour
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, Children, City Library, Events, Main Branch, News, Technology, Teens
On Wednesday, September 9th, Manchester City Library, Manchester, NH will host the Digital Bookmobile, an immersive download experience inside a 74-foot, high-tech tractor-trailer, at Pine and Concord Streets. Readers of all ages are invited to engage digital downloading through interactive demonstrations and experience NH’s audiobook download service at this free event. Library card holders [...]
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Boing boing says: Sandman Slim audiobook: magical hardboiled revenge story
August 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Books, City Library, News, Technology
I was interested and pleased today to ready a review of audiobook Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey on Boing Boing:
Last month I blogged about Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim, a glorious, gritty revenge novel from hell, tinged with Aleister Crowley, Tom Waits and Raymond Chandler. Sandman Slim, AKA Stark, is one of Los Angeles’s magicians, and [...]
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Book hacking
July 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Books, City Library, News, Technology
We all have it. The book guilt. We’re not going to read it again, but we don’t want to throw it away. Heck, even if it’s a old textbook, long outdated. Or out kid’s (now in college) formerly favorite picture book. Here’s a couple fun ideas for how to keep [...]
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Go green: have us include your email address in your patron record
July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · City Library, News, Technology
Have you seen those signs around the Library?
Now all of us have heard a lot about “Going Green”. I know many of us already do our part by using cloth bags for groceries. So how can giving the library an email address help the environment?
Well, people, here it is.
In my account I receive 2 or [...]
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Books on Demand?
July 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books, City Library, News, Technology
There was an interesting article on Boston.com last Monday about a bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont experimenting with a ‘Books on Demand’ service. Essentially, a customer buys a book and a printing press on the premises downloads the text of the book from a database and prints it before your eyes.
The publishing world is [...]
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Software upgrade = limited services
June 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Children, City Library, Events, Museum Passes, News, Technology, Teens
This Wednesday, June 10th, we will be upgrading the Library software that manages all our customer and collection information. Our usual system will be unavailable to us and to you so we will only be able to perform limited tasks.
What will continue to be available on Wednesday:
Our Librarians via phone, email, and in person [...]
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Library Internet Computers Unavailable 3/18-3/20 to make way for improvements
March 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Children, City Library, Events, Foundation, News, Technology, Trustees
Over the last decade computers have made startling inroads to our lives— libraries are no exception. Computers and the Internet are one of the most popular services libraries offer. As we all become more sophisticated computer users our needs and expectations have outpaced the capabilities of our library computers. That is why we are proud [...]
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52 Weeks of 2009?
January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · City Library, Main Branch, News, Technology
We are thinking of doing another year-long photo project to follow last year’s 365 Days of the Library. My idea is to take a photo a week from the same spot in the library so we can look back and see the changes over the year. People may not think so but the Library *does* [...]
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