In the last installment, I shared information with you about our online book clubs. If you missed that, but would like book chapters emailed to you, visit www.sheppardlibrary.org and follow the link to online book clubs, or inquire at any of our library locations.

Now let me provide you with an update on our downloadable audio books. Our e-audio patrons will recall that NCLIVE had suspended the e-audio service temporarily in order to bring about some significant improvements. The platform is now up and running, brand new and better than ever. On our library website, click on the NCLIVE One Click Audio link to give it a try.

I am delighted also to be able to share some wonderful news with you regarding the library catalog. We have recently rolled out our new interactive library catalog, which we have been working on for some time behind the scenes. Patrons at all locations as well as people accessing the catalog remotely will notice that something is definitely different, in a good way! Response from the public so far has been very positive, and I hope that you will appreciate the improvement once you try it. I’ll just scratch the surface and hit some high points of what the new catalog can do, and a little experimentation will show you much more.

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