Rockville Public Library

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2012 FARM MAP AND BOATER'S GUIDE ARE BOTH AVAILABLE AT RPL

The 2012 Connecticut Farm Map, a Guide to Connecticut's Agricultural Destinations, is available at the library. The Farm Map lists 207 farms, stables, greenhouses and garden centers, and scenic destinations. Information about local farmers markets, area dairies and ice cream bars, and local vinyards is all just a short drive away using this valuable resource!

The 2012 Connecticut Boater's Guide is also available at RPL. This booklet has all of the information, rules and regulations, and contact information that a Connecticut boat aficionado will need to be safe on the water.

PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS

Thursday, April 26 from 6:00-7:30 PM

Fred Bird, professional photographer, will be providing a class on using your point and shoot camera. For over 40 years, Mr. Bird has been involved in commercial, aerial and legal photography. The class will be held in the Peck Room on the lower level. There is no charge for the class but seating is limited to 50 people. Please call 860-875-5892 x 21 to reserve a seat.

NEW! eSEQUELS

A new button has been added to the home page for an online database called eSequels. This program is an online search tool for series fiction. There are several ways you can search for your favorite fiction series; Author, Title, Character, Location, Subject, or Keyword. Each entry begins with author information including pseudonyms, style, similar authors and websites when available. Each series is described, then each title is listed- in the correct reading order!. Each title gives a plot summary or brief description. There is also a searchable list of authors and titles arranged alphabetically.

All you need to do is click on the eSequels button and put your RPL card number in and you age good to go!

TAX FORMS

We still have tax forms!. If you click on the Tax Form button on our home page you will see a list of all of the forms we have ordered. When there are x's in the box next to the name, that means the from is here at RPL for patrons to get. If the form isn't listed we will not be getting it. We have reproducible forms from which copies can be made of some forms.

HOW TO USE OVERDRIVE CLASS

Learn to use Overdrive to download ebooks or audiobooks. Click on the word ADULT above to get more information.

WEISS RATINGS AVAILABLE ON WEBPAGE

The Weiss Financial Series Online Database in now available on our webpage. This database updates over 6,000 stocks on a weekly basis and provides 5 page color reports on each stock to help you make informed decisions. Click on the Weiss button to get into the database. The ratings only are for stocks.

DOWNLOADABLE EBOOKS NOW WORK WITH KINDLE

If you have Amazon's Kindle eReader, you can now take advantage of the Overdrive collection of downloadable ebooks. This collection of free ebooks can be accessed by clicking on the Overdive button on the Home page of the website. Information on how to download books is available on the Overdive page by clicking on the Quick Start Link.

IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT THE LIBRARY CATALOG

RPL has a new catalog system!

To access your new online account, you will need to use your library card number as your user name. Your default password will be the last four digits of your phone number. You will be prompted to change your password the first time you log in.

The new catalog features a simple-to-use basic search and a robust advanced search. Placing holds will no longer require entering your library card for each hold. Accessing the resources of the other libraries in our network has been streamlined, so the materials of over 50 other public libraries are a click away.

If you have your email address on file with the library, you will automatically get alerts when your items are about to be due. You will also get hold notices and overdue notices in your email.

ENJOY DOWNLOADABLES ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE

Download titles directly to your mobile device with the FREE Overdrive Media Console app. You can install the app from our web button, from the Apple App Store, or from the Android Market. Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users can use the "Get books" option in the app, and search for RPL by name or zip code. Once there you can browse for a title, check out with your information, or download the title.

PEABODY MUSEUM PASS NOW AVAILABLE

A pass for the Peabody Museum has been donated by a RPL patron and the Friends of RPL. The Peabody Museum is located at 170 Whitney Avenue, at the corner of Sachem Street, one block north of Trumbull Street. The museum is part of Yale University and has many intersting exhibits both permanent and temporary.

Full of touchable specimens and hands-on activities, the Discovery Room also houses interesting live animals from both around the world and right in your own backyard — endangered poison dart frogs from South America, giant hissing cockroaches from Madagascar, tropical leaf-cutter ants form Trinidad, a bearded dragon from Australia, and harmless eastern milk and rat snakes from New England. Other permanent exhibits include the Hall of Minerals, Earth and Space, the Hall of Native American Cultures, and a life-sized bronze statue of the dinosaur Torosaurus latus among many others.

CONNECTICUT OLD STATE HOUSE PASS NOW AT RPL

A pass for the Old State House in Hartford, CT is now available at RPL. The pass admits two adults and two children for free.
The Old State House is open from 10:00-5:00;Monday through Friday. Parking tickets can be validated so parking will be $5.00. Click on the ADULT button above , go to museum passes, and click on CT Old State House to be directed to their website for more information.

WOWbrary AVAILABLE TO RPL PATRONS

Wowbrary: An exciting new way to enjoy the Rockville Public Library

The Rockville Public Library buys many thousands of new books, movies, and CDs each year. Now you can receive a free weekly email showcasing the latest arrivals at the library. You'll learn about many new bestsellers, DVDs, CDs, cookbooks, mysteries, science books, travel guides, histories, children's titles, health books, science fiction, and more. With this information you can place a hold on any Rockvillibrary.

Simply click on the Wowbrary link and sign up to get the email notifications. As new items are cataloged they get added to the weekly Wowbrary list.Whenever you spot something of interest, you'll be able to click instantly, reserve it, and check it out at your convenience. And of course, like everything else in the library, this service is free!

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A DIFFERENT SIGN UP THAN THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION-YOU MUST SIGN UP SEPARATELY FOR WOWBRARY

NEW BORROWING PERIODS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 4, 2010

All 88 libraries in the Bibliomation system are standardizing their borrowing periods in anticipation of a new computer system next year.

Museum passes will change from 2 to 3 days with no renewal, Regular, Classic, and TV Series DVDs/Videos will change from 3 days to 7 days with no renewal. There will still be a limit of 3. Non Fiction DVD's/Videos ( exercise, travel, documentary) will change from 7 days to 14 days with no renewal.

Magazines will change from 21 days to 14 days with 1 renewal. New Books will change from 21 days to 14 days with 1 renewal. Older books and books on CD or Cassette will stay at 21 days with 1 renewal.

Summer reading books primarily in children's will be 14 days with no renewal.

These changes are necessary to reduce costs when we convert to the new system. Standardizing borrowing periods means less programming needs to be done for the change and money can go to books and materials for you, the patrons. The system we currently use will no longer be available after next year and we are preparing now for the conversion so library functions will be disrupted as little as possible. Thank you for your patience with the changes.

ANCESTRY. COM AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY

Ancestry.com, a genealogy search site is now available to Rockville Public Library patrons. In order to use the program, you must use either one of our internet computers or your own laptop which is Wi-Fi enabled in the library. Ancestry.com does not allow remote users so it is not accessible from our website. When you come into the library, ask at the Circulation desk for the website to access the program.

Ancestry® Library Edition, distributed exclusively by ProQuest and powered by Ancestry.com, delivers billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos, and more. Ancestry Library Edition brings the world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource to your library. It’s an unprecedented online collection of individuals from North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, and more.
Answers await everyone—whether professional or hobbyist, expert or novice, genealogist, or historian—inside the more than 7,000 available databases. Here, you can unlock the story of you with sources like censuses, vital records, immigration records, family histories, military records, court and legal documents, directories, photos, maps, and more.

And, with ongoing updates and new content always being added, you’ll keep coming back to discover more. Popular and recently added collections include:

U.S. collections deliver hundreds of millions of names from sources such as federal and U.S. censuses; birth, death, and marriage records including the Social Security Death Index; and U.S. border crossing and trans-ocean ship records.

Canadian collections provide nearly 60 million records from the Census of Canada; and key vital records, such as the Drouin Collection (1621-1967), which includes nearly 30 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Quebec.

U.K. collections offer censuses for England, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, and Scotland, with nearly 200 million records; Births and Baptisms (1834-1906), Marriage Licenses (1521-1869), Deaths and Burials (1834-1934), and Poor Law Records (1840-1938) in London; and more.

Other international collections continue to grow with more than 46 million records from German census, vital records, emigration indexes, ship lists, phone directories, and more; Chinese surnames in the large and growing Jiapu Collection of Chinese lineage books; Jewish family history records from Eastern Europe and Russia; and more.

Military collections deliver over 150 million records containing information often not found elsewhere; and includes records from the colonial to the Vietnam era.

Multimedia collections deliver millions of files ranging from family and gravestone photos to postcards and newsreels.

All this, plus an intuitive search interface, detailed search indexes, and helpful Learning Center tools, makes Ancestry Library Edition an indispensible resource for any library serving genealogists and historians.

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

If you have an email address and want to get your notifications by email, please stop by the library and give us the information or send an email to rockvillewebmaster@biblio.org Email notifications will go out for overdue books, requests that have come in from other libraries, books on hold and advance notification of book due dates 2 days prior to the date. Email addresses are for the library's use only- no one else will have access to them nor will they be shared with anyone outside of the library. By using email, the library reduces costs of mailing notices and saves money that can be used for more materials for the community!!

No other email will be sent so no worries about spam!!

MANGO LANGUAGE PROGRAM
The Mango Language program is now live on the Rockville Library Website. In order to use the program you will need to enter your Rockville Library barcode after you click on the Mango logo on the home page. . This is new as the barcode was not needed during the trial period. For more information about Mango in English click here. For information in Spanish click here

HAVE FUN AND SAVE MONEY WITH MUSEUM PASSES
The Friend's of RPL have purchased passes for free or reduced admission to many Connecticut and nearby state's attractions. Passes may be checked out with an adult RPL library card and kept for two days. Click on the ADULT link and on MUSEUM PASSES for a complete list with details of what the pass covers. Clicking on the attraction name will bring you to their website. Passes cannot be reserved and are limited to one at a time per family.

DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS AND EBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE!!
Patron's with a Rockville Library Card can now browse, checkout and download audio books and selected ebooks from our website. Click on the link on the home page and you will go to the Bibliomation Virtual Library Branch. Titles can be read on a Windows or Mac computer, Nook, Sony Reader, iPod, Smartphone and other devices with the free software you download at the site. Some titles can be burned to CD and listened to on a portable CD player. Tutorials for first time users are available on the Bibliomation site. Music and DVD's are not available for download at this time.