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Do you know about Mango?

Mango is a free interactive language learning resource available to all Southeast Steuben County Library patrons!

With Mango you can learn a new language, or, if English isn’t your native language you access interactive material that will assist you in improving your English language skills.

To find out a bit more about how Mango works click on the following link which will take you to a Mango clip found on YouTube:

And to access the Mango Languages resource you can either visit the library’s website found at: http://ssclibrary.org/ or you can click on the following link which will take you directly to the SSCL Mango start page:

http://connect.mangolanguages.com/stls/login?u=862186

If you have questions about how to use Mango just call the library and ask ask us! Or feel free to post questions on our Facebook page.

Have a great day!
Linda
SSCL Digital Literacy Services Dept.

Hi everyone, particularly music fans out there!

It is Monday which means you have 3 new free songs you can get from the Freegal Music Service!

As you may know the service, which includes 3 free song downloads from the Freegal Music Services catalog each week, is available to all Southern Tier Library System patrons — including all patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library!

So if you haven’t downloaded your three free songs for this week — you can!

You can download Freegal music to a desktop or PC by going to the Freegal Music Services website found at: 

http://www.freegalmusic.com/

Or, if you have a smartphone or tablet — simply install the Freegal Music app found in the Apple, Android or Windows app stores and download the song through the app.

And those three songs per week are yours to keep forever — so it is a super cool new service!

Have a musical week!

Linda

Hi everyone, just FYI for all you e-book, audiobooks and streaming video fans out there — a whole batch of new e-books, streaming videos and audios have been added to the STLS Digital Catalog!

And on a very exciting note — this month — and for the very first time — Simon & Schuster title are included! You hear me right! The last big hold out to offer e-books to public libraries — Simon & Schuster — is a holdout now longer!

The new e-books, audiobooks and streaming videos found on this list can be checked out to a desktop or laptop, or if you have a smartphone or tablet — can be accessed via the OverDrive Media Console app which you can find in your app store!

So check out some new library e-books for free today!

Here’s a link to a PDF of the list of new titles (feel free to print off and/or share with others!):

Newly Added Digital Catalog Titles July 7, 2014

And here’s the list of new digital content!

Newly Added Digital Catalog Items: July 3, 2014

11/22/1963 by Stephen King

A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter

A Hunter’s Passion  by Gwen Knight

Abandon: Abandon Trilogy, Book 1 by Meg Cabot

All Fall Down: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel by Anthony Doerr

Amber the Orange Fairy: Rainbow Magic: The Rainbow Fairies Series, Book 2 by Daisy Meadows

Another Man’s Moccasins: Walt Longmire Mystery Series, Book 4 by Craig Johnson

Any Other Name: Walt Longmire Mystery Series, Book 11 by Craig Johnson

Apprehended by Jan Burke

Beautiful Oblivion: Maddox Brothers Series, Book 1 by Jamie McGuire

Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper

Black List: A Thriller by Brad Thor

Blood of the Sorceress by Maggie Shayne

Born in Twilight by Maggie Shayne

Caught Red-Handed by Jan Burke

Claimed by the Wolf by Saranna DeWylde

Cold Grave by Craig Robertson

Darkest Fear: Birthright Series, Book 1 by Cate Tiernan

Daughter of the Spellcaster by Maggie Shayne

Death Without Company: Walt Longmire Mystery Series, Book 2 by Craig Johnson

Demand of the Dragon by Kristin Miller

Doctor Sleep: The Shining Series, Book 2 by Stephen King

Dream a Little Dream by Megan Hart

Eisenhower: Soldier and President by Stephen E. Ambrose

Fear: A Novel of World War I by Gabriel Chevallier

Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985–2000 by Doug Menuez

Fifteen Minutes: A Novel  Karen Kingsbury

Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times by Emma Trevayne

Flowers in the Attic: Dollanganger Series, Book 1 by V.C. Andrews

Forty Acres: A Thriller by Dwayne Alexander Smith

Garden of Shadows by V. C. Andrews

Gentle Warrior by Julie Garwood

Grandfather Gandhi: With Audio Recording by Arun Gandhi,

Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Harlequin Nocturne February 2014 Bundle: Sentinels: Lynx Destiny\One Night with the Shifter by Doranna Durgin

Haunt: Haunt Series, Book 1 by Curtis Jobling

Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo

How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf: Naked Werewolf Series, Book 1 by Molly Harper

I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller by Terry Hayes

If There Be Thorns by V.C. Andrews

Immortal Cowboy by Alexis Morgan

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke

In the Tall Grass by Stephen King, Joe Hill

Incubus Wolf by Bonnie Vanak

Inky the Indigo Fairy: Rainbow Magic: The Rainbow Fairies Series, Book 6 by Daisy Meadows

It Takes a Witch: Wishcraft Mystery Series, Book 1   by Heather Blake

I’ve Got You Under My Skin: A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark

John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman

Journey Into the Flame: Rising World Trilogy, Book 1 by T. R. Williams

Keeper of the Night & the Keepers by Heather Graham

Kill and Tell: CIA Spies Series, Book 1 by Linda Howard

Kindness Goes Unpunished: Walt Longmire Mystery Series, Book 3 by Craig Johnson

Lone Wolf: A Novel by Jodi Picoult

Lost in the Everglades by Carolyn Keene

Magnificent Vibration: A Novel   by Rick Springfield

Margarita Wednesdays by Deborah Rodriguez

Michael Jackson, Inc.: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of a Billion-Dollar Empire by Zack O’Malley Greenburg

Moving Target: Alison Reynolds Series, Book 9 by J.A. Jance

Mr. Mercedes: A Novel by Stephen King

Nixon, Volume I: The Education of a Politician 1913-1962  by Stephen E. Ambrose

No Country: A Novel by Kalyan Ray

No Time Like the Past by Greg Cox

One Constant Star  by David R. George III

One Night with the Shifter by Theresa Meyers

Paper Towns by John Green

Petals on the Wind V.C. Andrews

Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries: 101 Stories of Hope, Healing, and Hard Work    by Lee Woodruff, Amy Newmark, Dr. Carolyn Roy-Bornstein

Rise of the Federation: Tower of Babel by Christopher L. Bennett

Royal House of Shadows Box Set: Lord of the Vampires\Lord of Rage\Lord of the Wolfyn\Lord of the Abyss by Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe, Jessica Andersen, Nalini Singh

Ruby the Red Fairy: Rainbow Magic: The Rainbow Fairies Series, Book 1 by Daisy Meadows

Seasons of Light and Darkness by Michael A. Martin

Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh

Sing You Home: A Novel    by Jodi Picoult

Sky the Blue Fairy: Rainbow Magic: The Rainbow Fairies Series, Book 5 by Daisy Meadows

Stormy Persuasion by Johanna Lindsey

Sunny the Yellow Fairy: Rainbow Magic: The Rainbow Fairies Series, Book 3 by Daisy Meadows

Take a Chance: Chance Series, Book 1   by Abbi Glines

Blazing World: A Novel by Siri Hustvedt

Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Clue in the Antique Trunk by Carolyn Keene

Cold Dish: Walt Longmire Mystery Series, Book 1 by Craig Johnson

Collector by Nora Roberts

Dark Horse: Walt Longmire Mystery Series, Book 5   by Craig Johnson

Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Homesman: A Novel by Glendon Swarthout

Keeper: A Novel by John Lescroart

Kill Call by Stephen Booth

Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark

Mapmaker’s War: The Keeper of Tales Trilogy, Book 1 by Ronlyn Domingue

More Things Change by Scott Pearson

Night Is Alive by Heather Graham

Raintree Box Set by Linda Howard, Linda Winstead Jones, Beverly Barton

Second Amendment: A Biography by Michael Waldman

Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe

Summer Wind: Low Country Summer Series, Book 2 by Mary Alice Monroe

Unwelcomed Child by V.C. Andrews

Twilight Hunter by Kait Ballenger

Under Your Skin: A Novel  by Sabine Durrant

Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall

Who Owns the Future? By Jaron Lanier

William Kent Krueger Collection #1: Iron Lake, Boundary Waters, and Purgatory Ridge  by William Kent Krueger

Witch’s Initiation by Elle James

Witch’s Seduction by Elle James

Wolf Siren by Karen Whiddon

Streaming Videos:

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4187: Frankly, It’s Becoming A Habitat

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4190: Wild Nature Survivor Guy

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4193: Bears Try to Hibernate

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4195: Elmo Finds a Baby Bird

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4197: Stinky’s Annual Birthday Flower

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4203: Squirmadega Car Race

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4204: Jack’s Big Jump

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4207: The Planet G

Sesame Street, Season 40, Episode 4208: The Counting Booth

Have a great day!

Linda, SSCL

 

 

Hi everyone, just FYI here is a brand new clip in our ongoing series of personal technology usage videos called 5 Minute Tech.

In these clips we offer helpful tips and tricks regarding personal technology usage in 5 minutes or less (or as close to 5 minutes as I can manage!).

This week we go over how you can use and change Windows Wallpaper Themes if you’re using a Windows 7 or 8 computer.

You can easily access previous weeks’ episode of 5 Minute Tech by clicking on the Tech Videos link at the top of the Tech Talk blog.

And if there are any topics you’d like to see us cover in our 5 Minute Tech series — please let us know! You can post a comment on the blog or send an email to us at the following email address: DIGLIT@STLS.ORG

And as a final note, all our 5 Minute Tech clips do indeed include Closed Captioning for your convenience!

As you may know the library held a press conference yesterday to announce a new vote will be held in the fall to secure funding to keep the library in business.

And as us staying in business and having sufficient funds to take care of all our patrons needs, like for example, upgrading computers and offering free assistance to patrons who wish to learn how to use personal technology devices — does have to do with technology at the library — I’m going to post this info on our Tech Talk blog!

Here is the text of the official Q&A library document regarding the upcoming vote (which is slated to be held October 21, 2104); which offers an more-in-depth explanation of the whole enchilada:

Southeast Steuben County Library
Questions and Answers

Library Vote 2014

Q. What is a 259 Vote?

New York State Education Law Section 259 provides public libraries in New York State with the ability to place a funding proposition on a school district ballot. The Southeast Steuben County Library made that request to the Corning Painted Post School District in June 2014 and the vote has been scheduled for October 21, 2014.

Q. When and where will I vote?

The October 21, 2014 will be held in all 8 Corning- Painted Post School District polling locations.  If you need to confirm your polling location call, Karen Dutcher at 936-3704 ext. 1001.

Q. What is the proposition that will be on the ballot?

The proposition that appears on the ballot will ask for a “yes” or “no” vote and reads as follows: “Shall the sum of Seven Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand dollars ($786,000) be raised by annual levy of a tax upon the taxable property within C-PP Area School District for the purpose of funding the Southeast Steuben County Library?”

Q. How much will I pay if this proposition passes?

Homeowners in the Corning-Painted Post School District will pay about $0.41 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. This would mean that the owner of a home valued at $85,000 would pay less than $35 a year, and the owner of a home valued at $100,000 would pay about $41 a year. This is equates to approximately $0.67 to $0.78 per week per household.

Q. Who is eligible to vote?

All registered voters who reside in the Corning-Painted Post Area School District may vote; this includes property and non-property owners.

Q. What will happen if the vote fails? 

The Library Board will be faced with very difficult decisions. Current levels of programs and services would be further jeopardized. If the October 2014 vote does not pass, then the Library Board would do a thorough public debriefing. It would be important to garner public feedback in regard to next steps at finding a sustainable funding model for the library.

Q. How can those who want additional information about the proposition, or the services provided by the Library, find out more?

The Library will have a table set up near the front entrance, staffed with volunteers, who will have more detailed information. Those who would like a tour of the Library can arrange to have one at their convenience by asking at the Circulation Desk. Groups that would like to have a presentation about the proposition made at their meetings may arrange that by contacting Mary Ann Thomas (607) 654-8576.

Q. How can supporters of the proposition help it to pass?

The Friends of the Library is organizing teams of supporters to help with a variety of tasks designed to help get out the vote. Anyone who would like to help is welcome to join this effort. To find our more, contact Mary Ann Thomas (607) 654-8576.

And also just FYI here are links to some news stories regarding yesterdays’ press conference:

A link to a Star Gazette article:

http://www.stargazette.com/article/20140619/NEWS01/306190014/Corning-library-s-786K-funding-question-go-before-voters-fall

A link to a Corning Leader article:

http://www.the-leader.com/article/20140619/NEWS/140619455

And a link to a video news story from WETM TV News:

http://www.mytwintiers.com/story/d/story/library-budget-vote-set-for-october/34243/32ciNUvI2EmJW-l0ZOWfYQ

Please free free to share this Q&A information with everyone you know!

Here’s a link to a PDF of the same Q&A document so you can easily download it and share it:

Public Q & A June 19, 2014

If you have any questions about any of the information in the Q&A document – please let us know! You can call the library at 607-936-3713 and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you have.

Have a great weekend!

Linda R.

 

New York Times Personal Technology columnist and reviewer Farhad Manjoo well sums up the new Amazon Fire smartphone!

He thinks, and I concur!, that Amazon missed a great opportunity to offer a solid smartphone at a cheap price — instead they are offering their new smartphone for $199 with a 2-year AT&T contact. 

When I purchased my iPhone 5S in March — I didn’t have to put any money down nor did I have to sign a contact — and as Mr. Manjoo well points out the Amazon app store has far, far, far fewer apps than the Android and iOS (Apple) app stores — so you’ll you love the Amazon ecosystem above all others — you’d be better off buying an iOS or Android smartphone.

Here’s a link to the article:

Have a great day!

Linda R.

Hi everyone, here’s a link to a PDF list of the free personal technology programs being held at the Southeast Steuben County Library in July!

Please feel free to print the list off (legal size paper) and/or send it to anyone you know who is interested in learning more about personal technology!

SSCL Digital Literacy Services Programs July 2014

Have a great day!

Linda R.