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Now available: downloadable audiobooks!
On May 1st, the Burbank Library will begin offering free downloadable audiobooks (aka: e-audiobooks) through a subscription service called NetLibrary.
You can listen to these e‐audiobooks on your computer or through a compatible portable listening device, like an iPod or an MP3 player. Over 2900 titles are currently available for children, teens, and adults (in both English and Spanish), and at least 30 titles will be added each month.
Given the many variables involved (different computer operating systems, different portable devices, etc.), NetLibrary can be a little tricky to use at first. Fortunately, the Washington State Library has compiled some useful instructions. And NetLibrary itself offers a toll-free help line: 1-800-848-5800.
To get started, visit our website and click on “Create a NetLibrary Account”. Then click on “Create a Free Account” in the top right-hand corner and follow the instructions. After you’ve created your account, you may access NetLibrary directly at netlibrary.com.
If you have any questions, please call us at 509-545-6549. Happy downloading and happy listening!
Book giveaway for teens at rural libraries
From the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin / April 12, 2010
BOOK GIVEAWAY FOR TEENS TUESDAY AT RURAL LIBRARIES [subscription required]
Copies of a Sherman Alexie’s book, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” will be given free to teenagers at all Walla Walla County Rural Library District branch libraries Tuesday. Alexie, a Northwest poet and prize-winning novelist, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at Whitman College’s Cordiner Hall.
Punkey Adams, rural library district executive director, said 200 copies were made available through the district’s partnership with First Book National Book Bank in Washington, D.C.
Rural Library District libraries are located in Burbank, Prescott, Touchet and Vista Hermosa. The giveaway will continue until all copies are done, Adams said.
eLibrary Elementary can help children, teachers, and parents
The Burbank Library is offering a new online resource aimed at Elementary School children and their parents and teachers. eLibrary Elementary is a homework help and curriculum support database for young learners. It’s stocked with age-appropriate articles, videos, sounds, pictures, websites, and much more.
To try it, just visit the Burbank Library website, click on Resources (at the top), click on eLibrary Elementary (on the right, towards the bottom), enter your library card number, and then dive in!
Libraries offer online language courses
From the Tri-City Herald / September 13, 2009
LIBRARIES OFFER ONLINE LANGUAGE COURSES
By the Herald staffThe Walla Walla County Rural Library District is offering a new online language-learning resource to patrons called Mango Languages.
Mango is an online language learning system that focuses on teaching conversation skills for a wide variety of languages. Each lesson combines real-life situations and audio from native speakers with an easy-to-follow interface and simple, clear instructions.
Mango Languages currently offers 12 language courses: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Russian, English for Spanish speakers, English for Brazilian Portuguese speakers, and English for Polish speakers.
The Walla Walla County Rural Library District will provide drop-in demonstrations of the language program at several libraries. The schedule is as follows:
- Burbank Library, 875 Lake Road: Sept. 23, noon to 8 p.m. and Sept. 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Prescott Library, 103 S. D St.: Sept. 24, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Vista Hermosa Library, 76 Sarah Lynne Lane: Sept. 24, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Touchet Library, 161 Hanson Road: Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
For more information, contact the Burbank Library at 545-6549 or by e-mail at burbank@wwrurallibrary.com.
The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (September 21, 2009) also noted this:
Library patrons can access Mango Languages at the Walla Walla County Rural Library District Web site (www.wwrurallibary.com), clicking on “Mango Languages” and entering their library card number.
See the full Herald article here. See the full Union-Bulletin article here.
