LAKEPORT, Calif. – Lake County Library staff will visit local businesses, schools and community organizations around the county to promote National Library Card month during September.
People will be able to sign up for library cards and check out books right on the spot. Watch for a library table at a location near you to find out more about library services and to sign up for a library card.
All it takes to get a Lake County Library card is picture identification and proof of your mailing address. Parents must supply the identification for children under 18 years of age.
What is a library card worth? I Love Libraries, an initiative of the American Library Association, lets you calculate that at http://www.ilovelibraries.org/what-libraries-do/calculator . In the survey form, select the library services that you use, and the calculator adds it up for you.
The Lake County Library provides materials to the public free of charge for their informational, recreational and cultural needs, provides free access to the internet via wi-fi and public computers, and promotes reading, literacy, and lifelong learning through a variety of programs and events.
Library cards pay dividends in free services, both tangible and digital. Library card holders can check out books, DVDs, audiobooks, music CDs, board games, and magazines.
Lake County Library shares a catalog and circulation system with the public libraries in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, and each county honors the cards from all three counties. Card holders can check out books anywhere in the system and can request books from any of the libraries. You can learn more about the library at http://library.lakecountyca.gov .
It just takes a library card and a compatible device to get free access to check out e-books, movies, digital audiobooks and music from the library’s digital services Overdrive, Enki Library, and Hoopla Digital.
Digital periodicals are available with your Lake County card. The RB Digital magazine service supplies about 150 titles covering many genres and interests, and library patrons can access the digital version of The New York Times through the library website.
For children, the library has the ABCmouse curriculum for fun-filled learning. In addition to providing free access to ABCmouse.com in all four libraries, patrons can now also check out ABCmouse accounts for home use on their computers or devices. You can also check out an ABCmouse Pack, containing a tablet and access to ABCmouse.com from any one of our four library locations.
Each Lake County Library branch has free wi-fi and free public internet computers. The library has Chromebooks and DVD drives that patrons can check out to use in the library.
Novelist is another handy, free library service. Have you ever finished a great book and wanted to find more just like it? Or wanted to help your child find just the right book to read? You can use EBSCO's Novelist offered through Lake County Library. The NoveList Plus database connects readers to their next books by making recommendations for what to read next.
The popular Zip Books program allows card holders to request books that are not in the Lake County Library collection. Zip Books requests can be placed for books, large print books and books on CD. Zip Books are shipped to you from Amazon at no charge to you.
The funding for Zip Books comes from the California State Library. The book is checked out to you, and once you read the book and return it to the library, it becomes part of the collection for others to enjoy.
The Lake County Library is on the Internet at http://library.lakecountyca.gov and Facebook at www.facebook.com/LakeCountyLibrary .
Jan Cook is a technician for the Lake County Library.
Lake County Library plans outreach during Library Card Sign-up Month
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