Month: April 2010

SALS Libraries Now Offering NonFiction eBooks

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What is an eBook?

A digital, onscreen version of a published physical book. The format of the title is text-based, and some eBooks are interactive, with sound and hyperlinks.

How can I read an eBook?

The Kindle is not compatible with their library’s collection but that there are other compatible devices , such as your PC or MAC, B&N Nook and Sony Reader.

What can I borrow?
Check out our opening collection of nonfiction titles.

How do I get started?
Learn how to browse, download and check out materials watching a tutorial or head over to our website and look around for yourself.

Veterans’ Clock

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http://www.manchesternewspapers.com/gs_matblog/

Follow the link above to read the original articles from the Granville Sentinel about the dedication of the Veterans’ Clock. John Manchester located the original articles and we printed them out from microfilm here at the library. Matt has copied the articles to his blog. Clock2About 1000 people were there for the dedication of the clock in September 1943. I’m looking forward to a re-dedication after the clock has been restored.

For those who may want to contribute to the clock fund, send your donation to

Veteran’s Memorial Clock Fund
ATTN: Peter O’Brien
6 Main St
Granville, NY 12832

Dear Reader

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This week’s titles are:

The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker, Audio
The Good Life Rules by Bryan Dodge with Matt Rudy, Business
You Can’t Drink All Day if You Start in the Morning by Celia Riverbank, Fiction
The Liar in Your Life by Robert Feldman, Good News
The Riesling Retribution by Ellen Crosby, Mystery
Drunkard by Neil Steinberg, NonFiction
The Rose & the Shield by Elaine Barbieri, Romance
Offworld by Robin Parrish, SF
The Musician’s Daughter by Susanne Dunlap, Teen
Waking Nightmare by Kylie Brant, Thriller

To subscribe to Dear Reader click on the ‘Online Book Clubs’ link to the left and fill in the required information. You will get a five-minute read in your e-mail inbox each day and by the end of the week, you will have read enough to know whether or not you want to finish the book. The books may be available right here in our library or you may request them to be sent here from another library.

Primary sources for family trees

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All of us want to know more about our past. For many people, this need-to-know takes  the form of genealogical research. What you may not know is that the Pember Library has dozens of materials to help you start that research quickly and easily. How? Through WorldCat. When you use WorldCat.org online or in the library, you can see instantly what materials we have here in Granville and what’s available through interlibrary loan.

You’ll find genealogy books, ship passenger lists, historical society records, archival photos, articles on research techniques, family histories, digital image collections-as well as how-to guides and more. There are lots of primary source materials in libraries around the country. Go online or come in and we can help you get started-but watch out, you may be surprised at what you find!

Find it in here in this library or around the world, through WorldCat.