Bonner Springs City Library » Library News http://bonnersprings.mykansaslibrary.org Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:04:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 February Events Calendar http://bonnersprings.mykansaslibrary.org/2012/01/27/novembe-events-calendar/ http://bonnersprings.mykansaslibrary.org/2012/01/27/novembe-events-calendar/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:43:01 +0000 Erica http://bonnersprings.mykansaslibrary.org/?p=6557 Download our February 2012 calendar (downloads as PDF).

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Image used under Creative Commons from Stewsnews

Thursdays, 5pm – 7pm

Starting February 2, Found Treasures, a bookstore filled with gently read books will be open Thursdays, 5:00pm – 7:00pm in the storm shelter.

Operated by the Friends of the Library

 

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11 booklist
Thank you to Rosemary Honn at Ottawa Library who put together the presentation.
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Visit the Kansas EZ Library website for more information and how to download the 3M Cloud Library app to your device.

eBooks for the PC, Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Sony eReader and Kindle will be available soon.

 

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10 am

Families with young children are invited to come and explore activities throughout the library.

Other local and Wyandotte County agencies will be present with information for families with young children.

Sponsored by:

 

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Getting Started with our new downloadable audiobooks on OneClickDigital.

Registration is only required once!

Click “Nexpress” button on the left-hand side of Bonner Springs Library’s website.

  1. Log in to your library account with your library card and password.
  2. Click “Kansas EZ Library” listed in tabs on the left-hand side of the screen. This will take you to the OneClickDigital registration screen.
  3. Select your operating system. (Mac users—The media manager is not ready yet, manual download will occur.)
  4. Personal information:
    1. Username—you may use your library card number or any username you’d like.
      Librarians are unable to look up your username.
    2. Password—must contain some letters, so you cannot use your birthdate in MMDDYYYY format. Passwords can be changed at any time.
    3. Email address—you will be sent notification of holds and OneClickDigital has the ability to email a new password to you if you forget it.
  5. Click “Create an Account” to complete your registration.

Downloading Audiobooks

To log in to your account to download audiobooks simply click on the “Kansas EZ Library” button on the
right-hand side of the Bonner Springs City Library website and log in with your username and password.

 Downloadable eBooks will be available soon!

 

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2:00 p.m.
 Learn about local history with
Bertha Cameron
of the Monticello Community
Historical Society

Everyone is welcome!
Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by Friends of the Bonner Springs City Library

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More about that and instructions are available here.

Other links of interest for eBook readers:
Project Gutenberg (look for .epub file format for ebooks for Nook users or Kindle version for Kindle users)
Kansas EZ Library info

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2:00-3:00 pm
All ages welcome

Meet the Delaware Ridge Elementary student artists whose artwork pieces are on display for the month of November.

Refreshments will be served.

This event is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

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for the the Bonner Springs Convention & Tourism’s Scarecrows on Parade!

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