By Staff
The library's website provides a great deal of information about the library, and an easy way for patron's to access information about their account.
The library's catalog is available online and has many special features. It includes a picture of the book cover and reviews from sources such as Publishers Weekly and Library Journal.
The first chapter of many books is available online. By clicking on "Bestsellers and other lists," patrons can see lists such as current bestsellers, Caldecott and Newbery award winners, the newest books in fiction and non-fiction, all the books on CD.
Patrons can look at their account and see what they have checked-out, when their items are due, what they have on hold and if they have overdue fines. Items can also be placed on hold and renewed online. Anyone with a library card can use the online features. You simply click on "My Account" and enter your library card number and your PIN.
If it is the first time you have used the service, you will use the last four digits of your phone number as your PIN. Of course, if you phone number has changes since you signed up for your library card, you will need to update your information at the library before logging on.
The library offers many other online services. Patrons can join the "Best Seller's Club" online. This is a free service. Patrons tell us who their favorite authors are, and we call them when a the author has new books available at the library.
The library's obituary index is available online. There are over 64,000 names in this index to obituaries from local newspapers. The library's newsletter, minutes of Board meetings, monthly director's reports and all Board approved policies are also available online.
The library's website is at .
The following are a few of the newer books available at the library.
Zorro by Isabel Allende
The Graveyard Position by Robert Barnard
Knitting by Anne Bartlett
Sins of the Fathers by James Scott Bell
All the Flowers are Dying by Lawrence Block
The Innocent by Harlan Coben
The Closers by Michael Connelly
Little Black Dress: A Peter Macklin Novel of Suspense by Loren D. Estleman
Sentenced to Die by Judith A. Jance
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
The Torment of Others by Val McDermid
Pretty Woman by Fern Michaels
Rebels of Babylon by Owen Parry
Fourth of July by James Patterson
Triumph of the Sun by Wilbert A. Smith
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
Dead Run by P. J. Tracy