The Latest News from Northwest Regional Library

Week of September 30 - October 13, 2013

Happening In the Coming Weeks

In the Godel Memorial Library:

Closed starting September 17th.

Hoping to reopen October 1st.

Keep an eye on the website and Facebook page for updates.

In the Red Lake Falls Library:

October 2: Movie Night at 5:00 p.m.

October 4: Story Time at 10:30 a.m.

October 11: ECFE Story Time at 10:30 a.m.

In the Thief River Falls Library:

October 1: Story Time at 9:30 a.m.

October 1: Teen Events at 3:30 p.m.

October 3: Story Time at 6:45 p.m.

October 3: Family Night at 7:00 p.m.

October 5: Family Movie at 2:00 p.m.

October 8: Story Time at 9:30 a.m.

October 8: Teen Events at 3:30 p.m.

October 10: Story Time at 6:45 p.m.

October 12: Family Movie at 2:00 p.m.

In the Roseau Library:

October 1: Story Time at 10:30 a.m.

October 3: Let's Talk About Book at 7:00 p.m.

October 8: Story Time at 10:30 a.m.

October 10: Movie Night at 5:00 p.m.

October 11: Book Sale Begins

In the Hallock Library:

October 1: Story Hour at 11:00 a.m.

October 3: Library Board Meeting at 5:30 p.m.

October 8: Story Hour at 11:00 a.m.

October 10: Movie Nite at 6:00 p.m.

For a complete listing of programs happening at the libraries check the calendar on our website.

Library Visitors

Warroad Public Library

Warroad has had a number of out-of-town visitors recently. Here a few that made it to northern Minnesota.

Geraldine trotted all the way up from Lubbock, Texas to visit her grandfather, get a library card and listen to stories read by her "Killer of a Librarian" friend "Babs", a professed dog lover. Elizabeth Linder, a Warroad native, is the proud owner of Geraldine.

"I want to move to Warroad the most beautiful Library." Mary Barrett, a retired Minneapolis librarian, stopped in at the library while in Warroad.

Biker John Atto (58) stopped at the library on his coast to coast journey from Vancouver Island to Halifax. The opportunity arose and he decided the time was right to make the 1600 kilometer trek. Upon entering the library he said, "this is a beautiful place to work."

Josh Santi stopped in at the library on Friday, the 6th, on his journey to from Crystal Falls, Michigan to Roseau to visit his brother.

Donation of New Art Books

Northwest Regional Library System

NWRL has received a donation of free art books for a second year through the program called Distribution to Underserved Communities Library Program (DUC) which distributes books on contemporary art and culture free of charge to rural and inner-city libraries, schools and alternative reading centers nationwide. http://www.ducprogram.org/

The Walker Museum in Minneapolis is one of the many museums, galleries and Universities that donate books and DVDs on contemporary art through the DUC program.

This year's donation cover a wide variety art techniques which can be requested through the NWRL webcat and include the following titles.

Mary Lee Bendolph: Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Park Avenue Armory Event
Paul Morrison
Warhol: Headlines
Shock of the News
Draw It with Your Eyes Closed
African Art from the Menil Collection
The Repeating Image: Multiples in French Paintings from David to Matisse

Enjoy eBooks and Audio Books

Anytime, Anywhere

Northwest Regional Library is proud to announce our collection has grown to include 1645 eBooks and 344 audiobooks thanks to several generous donations. The NWRL virtual library is available 24/7 from the library's Overdrive site, http://overdrive.nwrlib.org/ .

You can browse the collection, borrow with your library card, and enjoy on your computer, tablet, smartphone or eReader device. Most borrowed eBooks can be enjoyed immediately in your web browser with the recently launched OverDrive Read. Or, you can download eBooks into free software, Adobe® Digital Editions, or send to your Kindle® device or app. Downloaded eBooks can be transferred to eReader devices such as NOOK®, Sony® Reader™ and many more.

Audiobooks can be downloaded into OverDrive® Media Console™ (just MP3 audiobooks for Mac® users). Once downloaded, titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod® and many others. Some audio titles can also be burned to CD to listen on-the-go.

Users with smartphones or tablets can install the OverDrive Media Console app to directly download EPUB eBooks and MP3 audiobooks titles to their device. No matter how you plan to enjoy, titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. There are no late fees!

With hundreds of popular fiction and non-fiction titles to choose from, this new collection is guaranteed to have something for everyone. You can enjoy best-selling novels, well-known classics, self-improvement guides, and much more all on your own time, wherever you may be.

This service, powered by OverDrive, is free with your library card. To view the collection of eBooks and audiobooks, visit http://overdrive.nwrlib.org/ . You can find helpful tools and information, as well as a link to contact support.

Requesting Materials

Northwest Regional Library

We've been ordering a lot of new materials lately for the Northwest Regional Library System. When you want a book or other material from the library make sure you put a request in for it. You can either call your local library and ask them to put it on hold for you or you can follow these simple steps to do it online.

For materials selected from the Northwest Regional Library/Lake Agassiz Regional Library shared catalog http://ils.larl.org/ :

-Click "Request", located under the author/title information if you are on the main browse page or if you are on the record page click " Request" which is towards the top of the page.

-Enter your library card barcode number and PIN. Submit.

-Select the NWRL Branch library where you will pick up the materials.

-Select a "Cancel" date. When materials cannot be filled by this date, NWRL will automatically cancel your reserve on the materials for you. Submit.

-You will receive a confirmation of your reserves.

For materials that are not in the Northwest Regional Library/Lake Agassiz Regional Library shared catalog, go to MnLINK for access to catalogs of other Minnesota libraries or ask for assistance from any NWRL Branch library.