#you can also check the library / hoopla / libby

[lemurblog]

Hello lemur blog, if it weren't such a bother and if you know, could you tell me what the Madagascar comics are about? And where could I read them? I've been interested in them but I don't have almost any information. If you don't know anything, could you tell me who knows? I hope it's not too much trouble

Hi! It's not a bother at all, I'd love to tell you. However I don't know anything about them either! Off the top of my head, the person who knows might be @strangewomanactuallylargebass

I also found two comics on the internet archive, Operation: Wonder from Down Under and Operation: Weakest Link. I haven't checked them out yet, but they're there! That's probably the safest site to read them on.

[jasperxkuromi]

Play ideas for chronically ill, disabled, or otherwise bed bound/low energy littles

Hi all! I am chronically ill. I am not comfortable sharing my specific diagnosis, but I am more than okay with talking about disability in general. Everything below is based on my own personal experiences and activities I like to do while stuck in bed. Everyone's body and experiences are different. I may list some things that just aren't an option for you, and that's okay. You are more than welcome to add on to this post with activities you do too!

🐛 Open the curtains and cloud watch! I like to look for clouds that remind me of animals or characters and day dream a story about them. If the weather is nice, consider opening your window a little bit and letting some fresh air into your room.

🐦 Bird watch! I have a bird feeder outside my window that I painted myself from a kid's kit. There are also bird feeders that have suction cups that can be stuck right on your window. You can also make your own seed ornaments. You could pick yourself up a kids book or two on learning to identify birds.

🌷 Get a window planter. You may need someone's help to set one up, but once they are in place they are fairly easy to care for. I like pansies and marigolds because they remind me of childhood, and they are low maintenance and do well in containers.

📖 Audiobooks are great for middles who want to read chapter books. If you have a library card you can borrow tons of audiobook, ebooks, and comics through hoopla and Libby for free. There are some audiobooks for younger kiddo books, but honestly I think YouTube is better for that.

🖼️ Scrapbooks and journals! Being penpals with another little is also an option, but I do recommend using basic internet safety and common sense. (I don't think you should do this if you are under 18). You could always scan/take pictures of your letter and send it digitally to your penpal instead.

🛏️ If you spend a lot of time in bed, and have the money to do so, I really recommend getting items to make your time in bed more comfortable. Extra pillows, or even a reading pillow can be helpful. Lap desks or bed tables can give you space to color or set up play scenes with small toys.

🌟 You can also decorate the area around your bed to make it more child like! Fairy lights, glow in the dark stars, bed canopies, posters, and the like.

🪑 I have a floor chair I use for times I am playing outside of my bed. Being close to the floor helps me feel small, but not having back support hurts after a short while. I have an adjustable one that I can lay flat on the floor as a sleeping mat. Very helpful for the times when I need a quick nap after playtime.

🎨 Check the seasonal and kids sections at dollar stores and Five Below. I usually find fun craft kits that can keep me occupied for a bit for really cheap.

🧶 Do your own crafts! I like the knit and crochet. Some people can do them in bed, but I find it difficult to find a comfortable way to do that. However making friendship bracelets in bed works out pretty well. They make great gifts, even for non little friends. Or you could make matching ones for you and your CG or favorite plushie!

🪀 Make your own sensory bin! You can find tons of tutorials and ideas online. Bonus is you can get most of the items you would use at the dollar store. There are tons of other DIY sensory toys you can make as well if you look around. Glitter/shaker bottles are pretty popular too.

🐇 Cuddle with your stuffed animals. Tell them stories. Play pretend. Read to them. They will appreciate all of it.

🎮 If you have an old 3DS stuffed away in a drawer somewhere, pull it back out. 3DS are fairly easy to install homebrew and there are toooons of kiddo friendly games you could get (check 3ds.hacks.guide for this, do not follow tutorials on YouTube or random websites as they very well could be outdated)

💊 Decorate your medicine organizers with stickers. If you use mobility aids you can decorate them as well! Fake flowers are great for decorating mobility aids and there are tons of ideas you can find online.

🍼 I have stomach problems that makes it hard for me to eat enough. I often drink Ensure to make sure I am getting enough calories/nutrients. I get the strawberry flavor and sometimes put it in my sippy cup and pretend it is strawberry milk 😋

😴 If you need rest, rest! You deserve to get as much sleep as your body needs. Babies and toddlers take naps all the time! Trying to just exist with chronic health issues is difficult enough. You don't need to push yourself.

[duckprintspress]

AHHHH BOOKS OF OURS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE QUEER LIBERATION LIBRARY ( @queerliblib ) I AM SO EXCITED.

If you don't know what the QLL is this is a great chance to find out!! They're an online library of hand-curated queer e-books with really awesome range (non-fiction! fiction! many genres and disciplines!), and they keep growing! Anyone in the US can become a member FOR FREE. From their webpage: Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.

They're also a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, and completely funded by donations (we donate a pittance monthly, I wish we could do more).

I HIGHLY recommend you go to their webpage here to find out more, and you can follow their tumblr (tagged above) too!

And if you didn't know - all our published anthologies to-date are available through multiple library apps, including Libby (if selected by the library) and Hoopla (should be available to all libraries with Hoopla subscriptions). So even if you aren't a member of QLL, you might want to check your local library e-book system to see if you can read our books. Titles potentially available at your library include our anthologies Add Magic to Taste, She Wears the Midnight Crown, He Bears the Cape of Stars, Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" and And Seek (Not) to Alter Me: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," and our stand-alone titles To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh and Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley. There's more on the way, too, so be on the lookout.

[queerliblib]

Do you know of any other free online libraries like yours? I love QLL So Much and I would love to be able to expand my book possibilities even more :) They don’t have to be queer focused - anything is good! (Of course i’m also signed up w my local library which is great and has a good-size selection, but sometimes holds are very long)

one of the reasons we exist is because there isn’t anyone else doing exactly what we do!

there are quite a few other brick & mortar queer libraries scattered across the continent but most don’t have that digital presence (unless you’re in Minnesota! if so, check out Quatrefoil). there are also a LOT of regular libraries with digital collections on Libby or Hoopla - some public libraries have really specific residency requirements to be a member, others have some flexibility (reddit is actually a font of knowledge if you’re exploring this - r/audiobooks or r/libby to start). If you already have a public library card, there are also a lot of resource-sharing initiatives out there between libraries that you may be eligible for - for example MeL in michigan, or the Brooklyn Public Library’s Books UnBanned initiative if you meet their age window, or if you have any connections to an academic library InterLibraryLoan (ILL) - even if you’re not a student/faculty/staff some colleges/universities have ‘community user’ policies you could explore. you can always walk into your library and ask a library worker if your local system is connected to anything like this (they will be THRILLED to answer that question, let me tell you).

I’d also strongly encourage you to go absolutely hog wild on Open Access resources like Project Gutenberg, which has a ton of amazing things in the public domain. also the directory of open access books or world digital library for the more academically inclined.

[cottagecore-raccoon]

Reasons to Make a Library Card

(A list written by someone who has worked at a public library in the states for a year now)

Books/Traditional Materials: As you've likely heard many times before, libraries are a great place to get free books (normal and large print), DVDs, CDs, magazines, and audiobooks

E-Library: With your library card, you will also be to access Ebooks on websites like Hoopla and Libby. Library streaming services like Kanopy will also allow you to watch movies and tv shows for free! On top of these websites, libraries pay for subscriptions to databases like Creativebug that have tutorials for learning new crafts

Programming: Making new friends can be difficult, and finding fun things to do is expensive! Libraries offer fun programs for people to do activities (like crafts, yoga, dancing, and book clubs) and meet new friends! Most programs are free, and many libraries don't require you to have a library card to participate. Have a program you'd like to do but don't see on the website calendar? Many libraries are happy to take suggestions!

Free Wifi: In addition to free wifi and computers offered in the building, the library where I work also offers mobile hotspots patrons can check out for free wifi on the go. These devices are quite popular, so you may need to wait on a list, but they are a great resource for people who otherwise may not have access to the internet

Other Resources: Passes to local museums, video games (my library has a switch game collection), educational materials for all ages, and more!

You making a library card and using these resources helps libraries stay open and get the funding they need! Please use libraries, they're there for you!

[littlemsterious]

hey this is a reminder to everyone that if you live in the us or canada or have access to a vpn

GET HOOPLA

it’s a free website and app, you just need a library card.

(most people in the us or canada live within a library district, and you can get a card for free, (it’s paid for with your taxes.) many libraries will allow people outside their country to get a library card for a small fee.)

anyways with a library card, Hoopla gives you access to a crazy number of movies, tv shows, ebooks, audiobooks, comics, music all for FREE!!!!!

it’s a fantastic resource, and there is literally no reason not to get it. also, having a library card helps your local library get more funding.

ALSO ALSO, if the thing you’re looking for is not on hoopla, check your library’s website. a lot of libraries in the US use Libby (which also has an app) but not all of them so check that out.

Library websites will also have ebooks, audiobooks, movies etc. it’s varies more depending on the library but is still completely FREE and 100% worth checking out

[e-b-reads]

Books of the Month: Sep 2024

The rest of the StoryGraph monthly wrap up means functionally nothing because of the way I use it to record reads, but it's fun to see the trajectory of the reading month! As you can see, I started September still in my cozy mystery season, transitioned to slightly more classic mysteries, and occasionally interjected with completely different books altogether (like a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird I picked up for free from the library!). Here's my books of the month:

The Religious Body (Catherine Aird): I discovered (via Libby and Hoopla) this sort of late-Golden-Age mystery series (first one published in 1966) in September, and have been working my way steadily through it since (though I'm trying not to binge them too quickly). The kind of series where the police detectives are consistent across books but the series mostly isn't about them personally. The first one (The Religious Body) is good and has moments of gentle humor (nuns make very bad witnesses to murder b/c they are all practicing "custody of the eyes"); honorable mention also to The Stately Home Murder (book 3) where the stately home in question does have a noble family residing, but also they let in paying tour groups regularly.

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels (Janice Hallett): A stand-alone mystery/thriller told through documents (emails, WhatsApp messages, interview transcripts, other research) about a true-crime writer trying to figure out what really happened about 18 years ago with an apparent cult murder/suicide. Any story written as a collection of documents requires a little suspension of disbelief when it comes to just how thorough those documents can get (especially at the end); also I will say (trying to avoid spoilers) that the actual twisty solution to the crime involves some connections and maybe coincidences that also require a little suspension of disbelief. However! All that said, this book had me gripped while reading, and I will be looking up the author's other works. If this is a genre you enjoy, this is a book to check out.

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee): I doubt I need to give a mini-summary of this one! I don't think I'd reread this since middle or maybe high school. It holds up. Something about the lens of a bright young girl who prefers to wear overalls and is doing her best to understand why people are the way they are really helps to drive home all the messages. It has moments funny, and sweet, and really unfairly sad, because that's how life is. I'm going to hold onto the free copy from the library, even though I discovered after I got home that someone annotated bits of it in purple pen.

[impossibleobservationkryptonite]

Library Rules:

To quote Davy Jones "well they're more guidelines than rules".

What I've learned in time (thus far) working as a librarian and what you can do as a patron.

If you want the TLDR: you can just read the bolded stuff if you want! :)

I swear to god you're allowed to do everything in a library normally if you don't have a library card. The only thing you're not allowed to do is take items home with you. So what can you do instead? Read it here. Watch the movie here (most of the time the people who work here will let you have a guest pass for the computer, and then don't ask you what you're doing with your time on the computer.) (unless you're watching porn. Don't watch porn on a public computer because we will kick you out for the day minimally.)

Come to a Program! Again you do not need a library card to come to our programs. They're chill, they're Gucci. We have so much fun stuff for you to do here. And it's FREE. (To the one person who might see this and be like "BUT MY TAXES!" yeah, your taxes paid for this, why aren't you utilizing the library? Why don't you have your library card? Why aren't you coming to my sick sick writing programs, or my awesome D&D programs?)

Children say odd shit. I had one kid tell me as he was sprinting to a computer, while holding a guest pass to be able to log onto the computer, "I'm gonna shove this up your bootyhole!". He said that verbatim, and honestly respect kid. but also like, hey, I'm just helping you get on the computer, relax. Also if you're going to be working consistently with kids/teens (like me), they're hilarious and are usually much more understanding than the adults.

Every library is different when it comes to creating a program. We have to normally plan months in advance to be able to do something. At the library I'm at we're planning for programs three months ahead while currently running our November Programs.

You can ask questions that you think are stupid. They're not. I promise they're not. I have had people ask me if they can have a sticker while looking at the sign that says "free stickers!!!! HERE!!" Most of the time we'll probably want to research your question and get stoked (or at least I will) by being able to research about whatever you're interested in. (Please ask us what we like to learn about in our free time.)

Sometimes, the book is checked out, because someone got to it before you. Them's the breaks man, we can't go to the person who check it out, and ask them to check it back in so we can check it out to you. However, we can put you on the list to be able to read it next. WITH YOUR LIBRARY CARD. Please get a library card. Can you tell how super chill I am about getting a library card?

Fun Fact! A lot of libraries will let you have temporary library cards. For example you can get a New York Public Library digital card (a temporary one) for 2-3 weeksish before having to go in and getting a physical card. So use it for the couple of weeks! Listen to an audio book!

Another one! I have so many. I'm sorry. You do not need an Audible subscription to be able to read eBooks or listen to Audiobooks on your phone. Use Libby! Just input your library card on the app, and use it like a regular library card. You have to wait until it's your turn (like physical copies of library materials), and then you have the 2-3 weeks to be able to listen to your stuff or read your eBook! And if your library does Hoopla, it's basically the exact same as Libby, however it's only 8 items rather than however many you can check out at once on a library card. Hoopla is a bit more convoluted than that, but if you want to know more just ask!

That's all I got right now. Sorry for the long post. :')

[colorisbyshe]

Book Depository is shutting down on the 26th of April and in some ways, that's good, because now I can re-direct mostly Americans to book sellers that are NOT owned by Amazon.

But, before I do that, I would like to apologize to a lot of non-Americans who relied on BD to buy harder to find books that are not available in your country. I don't have many alternative resources to offer you because I'm only familiar with what works in America but I welcome any additional comments offering said alternatives.

For everyone, including people who aren't in America, I can offer only this:

Bookfinder: I'm including this first and foremost because you can put in your book title, what country you're in, and it'll do its best to find booksellers and list them by price (WITH shipping already included in that calculation). This DOES include amazon and amazon owned companies. I recommend looking up companies and seeing if they are owned by amazon because a lot are (like BD, like abe books). I won't shame anyone who relies on amazon because sometimes amazon/amazon-owned companies are all that's available. I just want to recognize that Amazon is controlling the flow of available media is a problem.

For Americans (and possibly other countries):

Betterworldbooks

Book Outlet

Bookshop: Supports local book sellers

Discover Books

Thriftbooks

I also recommend shopping locally! Indiebound will help you find local book stores.

But if that also fails you, a good method to finding cheaper books without supporting amazon... is to use amazon. Check amazon listings and under paperback (or hard cover), there will be a link saying "other new, used, and collectible." Click that, look up the names of the sellers listed there, and see if they have their own selling platform off of amazon.

If you are still being failed, check your local library. Use apps like hoopla/overdrive/libby/kanopy (the latter being for film). Go INSIDE your local library and see if they have books for sale--some libraries have year round book sales, some have blow out sales just once or twice a year. With books going for 50 cents, a dollar, three max. Lots of people donate NEW, NEVER READ books to these sales.

If you still can't find the books you are looking for, I do recommend piracy. But PLEASE do not publicly share links to good piracy sources on this post. Spreading them publicly is how resources get fucked over. Please communicate more privately. But my one piece of advice is... "[book name] [ebook file type you want] download" is always a good place to start. Look up what file type is best for the device you wanna use, it's so easy.

[evenaturtleduck]

books ask 11, 17, 20 please!!!

11. My favorite book that has been out for a while but I just now read: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 1974 and made me stare at the wall for awhile when it was over and continue to have many thoughts about anarchy and capitalism. And ALSO has a protagonist who I, personally, found very lovable. 

17. Did any books surprise me with how good they were? You better be lightning by Andrea Gibson. I haven't historically read a lot of poetry, but I saw an excerpt someone posted on Tumblr (I don't remember who, sorry) and thought, I should see if my library has anything by her and YES. Absolutely incredible. Definitely wanted to shove the book in other people's faces like "HEY LOOK AT THIS LINE RIGHT HERE! LOOK AT THIS WHOLE PAGE! DOES IT NOT MAKE YOU WANT TO SCREAM WITH JOY????"

20. Did I use my library? YES I love my library so much! It's just a little over a mile away through very walkable neighborhood so I order holds to it every week and have a rule that I have to walk to get them, so I get a nice long walk every week and then there are books!!! I also check out a lot on hoopla and Libby. Lots of audiobooks. Also it turns out you can borrow puzzles from the library (Spouse has taken over half the dinner table with a thousand piece puzzle that's mostly snow) and check out the kind of convoluted board games with multiple stacks of cards and little wooden tokens and things that Youngest Child likes forcing everyone to play with them. My library is probably my favorite place in my town ❤️

[bashsbooks]

LIBBY

Libby. The home of my library ebooks and audiobooks, conveniently located on my phone, free to use, and super easy to set up.

I talk about this app so much and with such high praise that a few weeks ago, my sister sarcastically asked me if they sponsor me. While I would be over the moon to do marketing (or anything, really, DM me Libby, I love you) with them, I am not sponsored. I am simply low on book-money and low on the ability to go physically go to the library as much as I would like. And with Libby, I don't have to spend money or go anywhere.

Libby is not the only app that will give you library access - my current one also uses Hoopla, and I've heard of a few others across the United States. I am really encouraging you to use whichever platform your library uses; ask your librarians, and they'll help you out.

Libby is, however, the most popular, as far as I can tell. I've moved frequently in my life, and Libby has been the primary library app in the last five places I've lived. And thus I have developed a bit of an attachment to Libby specifically. The number of books available for checkout in each library system is wildly variable (a gap that can be bridged, I hope, with more users in areas of smaller book selections), but I've yet to come across a library with nothing I want to read or listen to.

Did I mention it's free? You don't have to pay for Audible. You don't have to pay for Kindle or Nook. Ebooks and audiobooks as available to you (actually, more available in some circumstances) as the print books in the library.

Check out Libby today. No, I will not become NormalTM about this app and the access it creates, ever.

[arda-ancalima]

hello arda! I saw you are an actual real life librarian (which maybe I should have realized earlier since you always reblog certified librarian posts) and I had a question! a while ago I was discouraged from checking out ebooks and audiobooks from my library using Libby because apparently they have to pay a royalty on each checkout? does this have a big impact on libraries?

Hi!! Thank you for the ask and for giving me something to do yesterday! It was super quiet at work and reading about Libby was more productive than staring into space thinking about your meow meow in training hehe.

[also I say librarian as shorthand for library assistant, I'm not a *librarian* librarian, one who Knows Stuff, my contributions are Knows the Alphabet (probably) and Is Under 40 (definitely)]

Also sorry I'm long winded, I can't not say something once I've thought it.

As a patron I can relate, I heard the same thing on tumblr and felt bad. But I asked a coworker about it, and she said since we get Libby along with a group of other libraries, we just pay a set fee a year - no matter how much our patrons use it, it'll be the same cost for us. She gets audiobooks all the time and has no qualms about it!

I saw on OverDrive's website (parent company I think, and the old app name) that there are multiple lending models which vary by publisher - some are pay-per-use, some you buy a license for a certain time or number of checkouts. The library can tailor the collection to their needs and choose how many titles someone can have out at once. With hoopla (similar service we do pay for directly), we set limits to downloads so we know it won't cost more than $x per patron per month. Any digital services would be budgeted for (probably, should be).

Maybe we're in the minority, but our library has adequate funding so we're happy to offer these things, and it makes us happy when people use our services. My coworker and I who do stats love to see the numbers go up like STONKS (coworker would not say that tho. again, only one under 40 here).

Some thoughts I've seen online (not from my own knowledge or experience) are it sounds like for some libraries, funding is very much tied to usage, so using Libby more could lead to more money going toward it, or to the library in general.

I also saw a comment about how it's not any different from using a public park or public school, and the people who use it do pay for it one way or another through taxes, or a yearly fee for a card, or something like that.

Anyway there's a bunch of thoughts which may or may not help or be related to your particular library. They'd probably be happy to tell you about it though! (especially if it's a slow day it's like please give me something to do)

TL;DR I'd guess if they're offering the service, they've budgeted for it. It's their job to decide if they can afford it and to set their own limits, and patrons have no way of knowing the costs/usage and are not obligated to worry about it. If you were in my system, I'd say to borrow anything you like!

[incomingalbatross]

Free, legal ebook services I am aware of:

Overdrive/Libby: I don't know if this is how it always works, but I can access Overdrive books directly through my library website, and read them in browser, by Kindle-app-compatible download, or through their Libby app. (Also has music, audiobooks, streaming video, magazines, and I think comics...) Limitations: They only give a library limited "copies" of an ebook, and you have to put them on hold if they're checked out, return them after a certain period, etc., like physical books.

Hoopla: My library account grants me access, but I have to log in to their site or app specifically to see what they have. Different selection than Overdrive, with I think all the same media categories (emphasis on ebooks and audio?). Limitations: While all of their titles are always available to be checked out, each user can only borrow ten a month. Borrows I think last for three weeks.

Internet Archive: This one doesn't look legal because it has so much stuff, but it is (all their scanned books are processed through specific Internet Archive scanning stations in collaboration with various physical libraries, I think). Definitely look here!! Scanned books and archived video. Limitations: No downloading I think, only scans viewable in-browser. They have as many "copies" available as there are distinct scans of a book, but they can generally only be borrowed for an hour at a time (pros and cons--no one leaves something checked out when they aren't reading it, this way, but you have to grab your chance to read it when you can instead of saving it for later).

Gutenberg: If it's a public domain title PLEASE CHECK HERE. Should be your first stop, because it's massive, has titles available in a variety of in-browser and downloadable formats, and no limits on reading or copying the titles because, again, public domain. Limitations: If it was published in the last 95 years it won't be there.

[conscious-naivete]

hi!! I saw your post about the national library card from I think you said a library in Seattle?? I’m trying to get back into reading and this sounds super cool so I’m wondering how you did that and how it connects to libby! (I don’t have libby, so another question is do you like/recommend libby?) thanks!!

this is such an awesome ask to receive hihihi first of all i wanna say i'm also trying to get back into reading rn and libby is making it so much easier for me! listening to audiobooks at work i've already read more books in 3 months than all of last year. i'm not even sure which post you're coming from bc i've been making lots of excited posts about discovering new options lol

so the seattle thing i referenced is the books unbanned program the seattle public library is involved in and i recently reblogged a post listing several other libraries also involved, basically offering access to their digital library to anyone in the US (within a certain age group, but i'm hoping it's fudgeable?). i'm hoping you're in the US, idk how it works elsewhere

all i did was sign up for a card and i got an email with a card number which is good for a year! i'm still discovering this myself, so i haven't looked at any of the others or properly explored the options on the SPL website yet (on top of libby access they have their own online library!) i imagine the cards from the other libraries probably work the same way.

libby is an app for accessing ebooks and audiobooks through your public library. it's kind of the 2.0 version of overdrive, if you're familiar w that, from which it took over. you search up your library in the app and input your card number/account info and tada! access to whatever catalog your library has!

i would absolutely recommend libby, it's pretty easy to use, you can make custom lists of books with their 'tags' feature (i have a list i know i want to check out, one i want to take a second look at called "hmm," and one just called "whoa what" just for a collection of remastered old radio plays(?!))

i figured i'd try plugging the SPL card and was happily surprised to find it worked! i have two cards added rn, my local lib has a borrowing limit of 5 items at a time and SPL has limit of 10, and they both have a hold limit of 10. SPL has a way huger catalog than my local, and while the waitlists are longer, they have more copies(/digital lending licenses or whatever). it was so exciting to find all the new stuff that i hadn't had available before!

(i would check your library website to see what digital resources they offer and are connected with. i think libby is nearly universal? i've also used kanopy, which has tv and movies (my library had this one a couple years ago but i couldn't log back in recently i think they ended whatever subscription they had) and hoopla, which has books, audiobooks, comics, comics adapted into audio format, tv series, movies, music, sheet music,,,! and you get 10 borrows a month plus wvr bonuses they're currently offering. i love hoopla a LOT. i haven't had luck accessing those two using my SPL card, though. my library is also listing freegal for music and another couple services for specifically kids' books)

please feel free to ask me more questions if i didn't answer to your satisfaction, i got overexcited

[daemonmatthias]

A while back, I was complaining about how my library card expired and I was going to have to switch to a different library system because my new address is TECHNICALLY in a different zone.

I was annoyed because my schedule does not allow me to go in person easily. I was forced to wait until summer break started. I was also worried because the new library is MUCH smaller (1 location instead of like 8 branches). I thought this meant I’d have access to less stuff. Boy was I wrong!!

My new library has Libby, Hoopla, CloudLibrary, AND Kanopy. I don’t think we’ll be using Kanopy, but I checked out the other 3 and I think I won’t have to purchase any of my recs this quarter!

Plus, when we went in to get signed up for the card, the desk staff were WAY more pleasant and helpful than at my old system. (There was a couple branches that had nice staff, but most were busy Doing Stuff unless you asked a specific question.) This guy explained all the different digital options, showed us the Library of Things options, showed me the poster maker that teachers can use for free 3 times per semester, etc. Plus we ran into the Maker Space guy who explained to us all their stuff/how it works, etc. And in general their programming/schedule is way easier to follow. And their adult summer reading program sounds way more fun.

[uswnt5]

Just a friendly public librarian here thanking you for getting a library card!! You can download the Libby app to your tablet instead of using the Libby site. It'll be much easier, and you can get push notifications for your loans and holds (if you place a hold on Libby you have exactly 72 hours to borrow it from the literal minute it becomes ready for you, so be aware of that). Also check to see if your library has Hoopla! The eBook selection isn't as good as Libby but the books are always available. And as a P.S. to anyone who's reading: please support your local library! We need you. Thank you! :)

I real life Lib! yay! thanks for your service :)

I don't have a tablet either lol but I'm making progress! thanks for your help

Also, yes the pamphlet says we have Hoopla! I will try that too.