Downloadable audiobooks

Now Winfield Library cardholders can download audiobooks from anywhere using NetLibrary eAudiobooks.   

You must come into the library for a one-time set-up of your free account, then you may login from anywhere and download up to 10 eAudiobooks at a time. Books check out for 3 weeks and may be renewed. Once you have set up your account, click the banner to get started.

You may listen to eAudiobooks on your computer or download the book to a portable listening device. A list of supported portable devices is available here.

For more detailed information, please see:
eAudiobooks Quick Start Guide (.pdf)
eAudiobooks Detailed Guide for Library Users (.pdf)

We have hundreds of titles for young adults from authors including Meg Cabot, Anthony Horowitz, Sarah Dessen, Pete Hautman and more!  Come to the library and set up your free account now.

Katie

Teen Tech Week 2010

Teen Tech Week 2009 may be over, but we need you to help pick next year’s theme!  Take this survey and be a part of TTW 2010.  The survey will be open until April 1, 2009.

It’s Teen Tech Week!

Teen Tech Week is March 8-14 and this year’s theme is “Press Play @ your library.”  So this week, why not try an audiobook?

We’ve got audiobooks of some of your favorite books and series, like the Twilight series on CD, the newest Artemis Fowl on CD, and books on Playaway.  What’s Playaway?  I’m glad you asked!  It’s the newest format for audiobooks, and it’s an entire audiobook preloaded onto a digital device about the size of an MP3 player.  So now you can take your favorite books with you anywhere you go. 

As of today, we have  a small collection of Playaways, but we’re getting more and more.  As always, let me know if your favorite title belongs on this list!

Dragon’s Keep
AUDIO YAFIC CAREY

Just Listen
AUDIO YAFIC DESSEN

The Ruins of Gorlan
AUDIO YAFIC FLANAGAN

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
AUDIO YAFIC MACKLER

Eragon
AUDIO YAFIC PAOLINI

Romeo and Juliet
AUDIO YAFIC SHAKESPEARE

The Hobbit
AUDIO YAFIC TOLKIEN

Check out these sites…

Hey,
It’s Teen Tech Week!  Here are some cool sites you might not know about…

www.fabchannel.com/
Watch free live concert videos.

www.myfootprint.org/
Find out how your everyday life impacts the environment.

www.redstudio.moma.org/
Check out the Museum of Modern Art’s Red Studio, specifically created for teens.

www.generatorblog.blogspot.com/
Look at the HUGE list of links on the right to find everything from the Cereal Box Generator to the Shakespearean Insult Generator.

 www.linerider.com
You control a sledder’s course down the hill.  (Think of it as a much simpler Roller Coaster Tycoon.)

Got a site you love to waste time on?  Let me know!
Katie

Going stir crazy?

People, don’t let the snow and cold slowly drive you insane.  If you’re stuck inside and bored, check out the Exploratorium online for hours of time-killing fun.

My faves? The depth spinner, candy-o-matic, and frog tracker.  What’s your favorite?

Katie

Figure it out

OK, little known fact about me.  I would love to know how to instantly pick a lock just like in the movies.  Well, thanks to www.howstuffworks.com, I can figure out how locks work, and maybe someday realize my dream (but don’t worry, I won’t use my newfound power for evil). 

Do you want to know…

…how shaking the screen makes it erase? Check out ‘How Etch-a-Sketch works .”

…why your car is making that crazy noise? Try ‘How a muffler works.”

…why it’s called the festival of lights? Go to ‘How Hanukkah works.”

This site is addicting!  Just being on the site to blog this, it sucked me in for way longer than I had planned. 

Found something you want to know even more about?  Hey, the library probably has a book about it…

Katie

Pulling an all-nighter? We can help!

The library just signed up for Ask Away, a 24/7 chat reference service that lets you talk to a librarian any time of the day or night.  It could be us answering your questions, or it could be librarians from all over the country.

 Go to our website at www.winfield.lib.il.us and click the “Ask a Librarian” link or the “Connect to AskAway” button. 

You can ask me anytime, too.  Comment or email me if you’ve got a question or suggestion about the blog, the young adult section of the library or a book you want! 

Katie

Teen Tech Week Poll

March 4-10 is Teen Tech Week. Today’s poll is about libraries with profiles on MySpace. What do you think?

A. I’d love it if our library was on MySpace!  It would be so much easier to keep track of what was going on at the library.

B. It would be weird and unwelcome.  Kind of like having your parents chaperoning the prom.

C. MySpace is overrated anyway…the last thing I need is another Friend to keep track of.

D.  What is this MySpace you speak of?  I just got back from living under a rock. 

Katie