Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Library thoughts

I was online the other day, checking my email, my Amazon gift lists, my Netflix list, Facebook etc. all the paraphenalia of modern living, when I realized "I love the Sno-Isle Library!"

"What does the library have to do with all those things!?!" I hear you asking, let me expand.

1) I don't have internet at home right now. So I come in and use the free Wifi to check my email et al.

2) I search Amazon to see what are the latest releases on books and DVDs that they recommend for me according to my interests. Then I search Sno-Isles extensive inventory to see if they have any of the items I am looking for and place a hold on the ones they have available.

3)In Netflix, I get recommendations for movies and TV shows I might be interested in seeing. I head back to Sno-Isle to see which Television shows and movies I can get from them, so I only order from Netflix what Sno-Isle does not have, or what I am too impatient to wait for.

4) Add to all the above that I can check out up ten dvd's, ten music CD's, ten audiobooks, and a larger pile of books and magazines than I would care to try and haul at one time!

Did I metion that I also download audiobooks, ebooks, videos and music from Overdrive through Sno-Isle? How cool is that!