Visit the Digital Bookmobile and learn about downloadable books, music and videos available for free from your library. Everyone who tours the digital bookmobile has a chance to win a MP3 player. To learn more click on the video. 
See the Digital Bookmobile between 10am to 4pm at the following libraries:
Thursday February 25 West Charleston Library
Friday February 26 Enterprise Library
Saturday February 27 Summerlin Library
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Be Creative @ Your Library
Today starts the Summer Reading program for Kids!!! Yea!! This year the program is called Be Creative @ Your Library and is full of fun things to do!
Download and print the Reading Log or stop by any Las Vegas-Clark County Library District branch today or after June 1 to pick up a reading log. Keep track of the books you read from June 1 – July 31 on your log to earn prizes. For every five books or hours of reading, you’ll select a prize from our Summer Reading Program treasure chest. Keep reading and when you have reached 20 books or 20 hours, you will earn a gold medal and be entered in the Grand Prize drawing for a chance to win a $50 gift card from Borders. One Grand Prize winner will be drawn from each of our 24 branches.
Did you know that you can also read books online or listen to eAudio books or watch eVideos from our eBooks To Go site or from our great databases?! There is a great Database called Bookflix and there are some great books that you can read and listen to! My favorite is Curious George Rides a Bike and it’s partner book all about Monkeys!
Looking for other great books to read? Use Read the Books! Select your grade level or use the TimeGate to explore.
I know you are going to have a blast doing all these fun things, so be sure to stop into your favorite branch to get more information! Have a great summer!!
I love the library’s eBooks and eAudio books. We get a lot of questions about them – how to use them, whether you can use an iPod, what’s the best portable media device to choose…
Pretty much everyone here in the Virtual Library has a different brand of device. They all work well, and we all love them. But if you want to learn more, and play with the eMedia “hands on” first, the Digital Bookmobile will be here in April!
Overdrive, the company that provides our eBooks to Go service, is touring this 74 foot, 18 wheel digital playground all over the country, and they’ll be here in Las Vegas at the beginning of April.
eMedia has come a long way from the early days of PDF’d copies of books in the public domain. If you check now, you’ll see eBooks, eAudio books, eMusic and even downloadable videos on the eBooks to go page! AND, many of the eAudio titles are now compatible with iPods!
When you visit the Bookmobile, they’re going to give you a great introduction to all of those types of downloadables – here’s what’s inside:
In the eAudiobook Alley, you can even bring your own MP3 player and download some titles! In the Gadget Gallery, you’ll get to play with a variety of different eMedia players, so you can get an idea of which you like best!
So join us in April for the annual Reading Las Vegas – Adult Reading Month. (Remember – that’s when you get those amazing cloth book bags!) And make a point of visiting the Digital Bookmobile on its national tour. Those dates are:
Clark County Library: 04/04/2009
Sahara West Library: 04/06/2009
Centennial Hills Library: 04/07/2009
Rainbow Library: 04/08/2009
Don’t miss it!
