Accessing eBooks from

Washington County Public Library

First Step: Where are the eBooks?

The first step to accessing eBooks through Washington County Public Library is to visit our website, http://www.wcplfl.com/  . Looking down at the lower right corner of the webpage, you will see a blue box that says “Now Available: eBooks, digital audiobooks, and more”. Clicking on this box will take you to the NEFLIN Overdrive website. This is where you can check out eBooks.

Second Step: What Software do I need?

The type of software you need depends entirely on what type of eReader you have.

Nook, Sony, Kobo, Pandigital or other devices: Downloading Adobe Digital Editions is essential to checking out eBooks on these devices. Adobe Digital Editions is a free software download that requires creation of a user name and password. This means that you MUST download the software to your personal computer. The software will recognize your computer and authorize according to your account. Once the software is downloaded, eBooks can be checked out and downloaded to your computer and then downloaded to your eReader. A link to the free software download is located on the NEFLIN Overdrive website on the left side of the page under the Getting Started box.

Kindle: Amazon Kindle works different from other devices. It does not require Adobe Digital Editions. Instead you access the NEFLIN Overdrive website, sign in and check out books for Kindle. After confirming checkout, you will click on the link Get for Kindle. This will reroute you to the Amazon.com website. On the right side of the page, there will be a small box that says Get Library Book. Click on this link and you will be asked to sign in with your Amazon username and password. The eBook is then downloaded to Amazon’s Cloud Drive. In order to get the book on your Kindle, simply turn on your device, hit the menu button, and select Sync and Check for Items. The book will download automatically. You MUST be using wireless internet or 3G to sync your items to the Kindle.

Third Step: How do I sign in to Overdrive to get eBooks?

After you have determined your software needs for eBooks, the next step is to sign in using your Washington County Public Library card. On the NEFLIN Overdrive website, there is a link in the red toolbar marked Sign In. Click on this link and it will take you to a page with a drop down menu that has four libraries. Select Washington County Public Library. (Don’t worry about the other libraries. They are participants because the eBooks are grant funded. You only need to be concerned with our library.) You will then be prompted to enter your Washington County Public Library card number. It will begin with a 1WCCO or 1WCC0. You MUST have a library card number that begins with these letters and numbers in order to sign in. Sign in is CASE SENSITIVE. All letters must be capitalized. There is no need to insert spaces between numbers though. Once you are signed in, you may browse for books. REMEMBER your access to Overdrive is tied to your library account. If you have physical overdue books or materials, you will be BLOCKED from checking out eBooks.

Fourth Step: What can I read?

Once you are signed in to Overdrive, you can browse for any number of eBooks. You can use the search box and look by author, title, or subject. You can narrow your search to only available copies as well. EBooks are exactly like physical books in one respect. If you check out a book at the library, someone else has to wait to check it out until it is returned. This applies to eBooks as well. We may have only one DIGITAL COPY of a particular eBook. This means that you must wait for someone to return the book before you check it out. When looking at a book, it will tell you if there are available copies of the book and how many copies the library owns. You may place a hold on a book if it is not available and you will be notified by email when it is turned back in. Another important thing to be looking for is format type. If you have a Kindle, you want to check out the Kindle book. If you have another device like a Nook, you want to check out the Adobe EPUB eBook. If you want to read the book on your computer, the Adobe PDF eBook is your best bet.

Fifth Step: I am about to drive over my eReader, I am so frustrated! Where can I get help?

The NEFLIN Overdrive website provides a variety of help options located on the left side of the main page. This includes the My Help application, the Guided Tour, Help/FAQs, and Compatible Devices. For more personal help, feel free to stop in at the Chipley library to talk to someone. Each member of the staff has an eReader and we are learning just like you. We may be able to explain something that is confusing you. Remember we are here to help you!

January 2012

Happy New Year!

From the Staff @ Your Library!

Friends of the Library will have their meeting on Thursday, January 5^th, from

12:00-1:00pm, at the Blue Lake Community Center.  

Everyone is invited to attend!

Be prepared to share a book you have read and one that you think others might enjoy.

It may be one you may have received for Christmas, or an old favorite.

If you have ideas for future programs be sure to share them with the new officers.

Have a Wonderful holiday season and a Merry Christmas!

Friends will meet again in the NEW year on January 5^th 2012,

 with Book Reviews to share!!

Make your lunch reservations this month by calling Rosa Nell  Baxley, by noon, on Monday,

January  2, 2012.   

The cost of the meal is $7.00.

Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. The meal is being catered again by Boar-Deli, and includes a six-inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, and dessert.

Check out those books that help you keep your New Year’s resolutions!

Extreme Couponing is CUTTING-UP! Thank you for bringing your coupons in to share. Join us, Monday’s at 5:30pm. Learn how to extreme coupon.

Share saving stories and swap those coupons you’ll never use.

“A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end.  You live several lives while reading it.”

                                                                       ~William Styron, interview, Writers at Work, 1958

The Write Place!

The writers group continues to meet on the first Monday of each month at the 

Chipley branch at 6:00 p.m.

We’ve been waiting to ‘pen’ you in.

Please come and join us or tell a Friend!

Lucinda Says:

We will have the installation of officers. The new slate from the nominating committee are:  President, Ruth Mc Crary; Vice President, Cynthia Johnson; Secretary, Ricky Biggins; Treasurer, Lucinda Simonson.  The new Board members:  Merle Jones, Susan Roberts, Catherine Nelson, Kathryn Henders, Nellie Mitchell, Leola Porter, Jane Potter, Melanie Doss.  Have a wonderful Christmas!

We will see you at the New Year’s meeting.  Lucinda 

Washington County Public Library is excited to announce that our eBook collection will be compatible with the world’s bestselling eBook reader, the Amazon® Kindle. Patrons can now download popular and classic eBooks to a Kindle device, or any mobile device running the free Kindle app, such as iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, and more.

Friends of the Library will have their meeting on Thursday, November 3^rd, from

12:00-1:00pm, at the Blue Lake Community Center.   Everyone is invited to attend!

Our speaker will be Vince Spencer, pastor of the New Life Fellowship Church in Chipley. 

Last fall, he was on a trip to India, and will be sharing some of his experiences and impressions with us.

Have a Wonderful holiday season!

Friends will meet again in the NEW year on January 5^th 2012,

 Be ready with your Book Reviews to share!!

Make your lunch reservations this month by calling 

Rosa Nell  Baxley by noon, on Monday,

October 31, 2011.   

The cost of the meal is $7.00.

Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. The meal is being catered again by Boar-Deli, and includes a six-inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, and dessert.

Look for the Cooking & Crafting Books for the holidays! 

Extreme Couponing is a BIG CUT-UP! Thank you for bringing your coupons in to share. Join us, Monday’s at 5pm. 
Learn how to extreme coupon. Share saving stories and swap those coupons you’ll never use.

N.A.M.E. will have a float in the Christmas Parade! The teen group from the library will be dressed in Cosplay.

Our very own Friend of the Library,

Melanie Doss has graciously offered to 'sponsor' the float!

Please help support this special friend by bringing in individually wrapped candies for the kids to 

distribute from the float! 

Washington County Public Library is excited to announce “Teen Read Week,” from October 16-22, with the addition of 25 new teen books!

The library was an award recipient of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Teens’ Top Ten Books Giveaway grant.  YALSA is a division of the American Library Association (ALA). 

Grant funding generously was provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.   

Visit the library and check out the best books for teens, selected by teens!  The King of the Jungle awaits your choice.

Lucinda Says,

Remember there will not be a December meeting. We will all meet again January 5^th, 2012. Friends are to share their book reviews.

Lucinda

 Library eBooks are Now Available for Kindle!

Considering getting you or a loved one an E Reader?

Washington County Public Library is excited to announce that in December, our eBook collection will be compatible with the world’s bestselling eBook reader, the Amazon® Kindle. Patrons can now download popular and classic eBooks to a Kindle device, or any mobile device running the free Kindle app, such as iPhone®, iPad®, Android™, and more.

OverDrive provides the proven, trusted download service for libraries with millions of downloads to back it up. Our support for iPod®, iPhone®, iPad™, Android™, Sony® Reader, Kindle® (US libraries only), and thousands of other mobile devices, makes our library platform the most compatible library download service. We also offer the largest collection of premium audiobooks, eBooks, music, and video for the library – all available on a single website for browsing, checking out, and downloading.

"I cannot remeber the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten: even so, they have made me."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

October 2011

Friends of the Library will have their meeting on Thursday, October 6th, from 12:00-1:00pm, at the Blue Lake Community Center.   

Everyone is invited to attend!

Michael Lister will be the speaker for our October meeting.  His book DOUBLE EXPOSURE, which takes place in the swamps of north Florida, is being filmed now.  He also has a new book out, THE BIG GOODBYE, with the setting of Panama City in the '40s.  All are welcome to attend our meetings and hear about Michael's latest projects.

October is…….

National Friends of the Library Week 

16^th – 22^nd

^{Thank you for ALL you do!}

Make your lunch reservations 

this month by calling Susan Roberts at 638-7995, by noon, on Monday, October 3, 2011. 

 The cost of the meal is $7.00. Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. The meal is being catered again by Boar-Deli, and includes a six-inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, and dessert.

 

Your library staff will be making a scarecrow for the "Fall Into History" event on October 15th, 2011.

Please bring in any plastic bags that you have so that we can stuff our scarecrow! 

Thank you!

^{Monday Extreme Couponing has begun! Thank you for bringing your coupons in to share. Please Join us at 5pm. Learn how to extreme coupon. Share saving stories and swap those coupons you’ll never use.}

Fall into one of her great PiCKS! 

The New York Times Bestsellers 

on display!

Once again, Barbara and Zedra will have the ‘book bug’ , at the Trunk or Treat which will be at the track of football field on October 29^th ! 

Please help us by bringing in a bag or two of candy for the “little monsters” who will be there!

Lucinda Says,

Our book sale is coming up Oct. 21&22.  Be ready to volunteer your time to help sort and intake books, and to help on sale day.  Work dates and times will be announced at the meeting.  We need your your help and your used books to make this sale a great success.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.  

~Thomas Helm.

^{Help support your local library by joining the Friends of the Library at the “Little Old Library”  for the annual book sale.}

Friday, October 21^st      9 A.M-4 P.M.,  and  Saturday, October 22^nd  9 A.M.-12 Noon,

 672 5^th Street, Chipley, FL 32428.

If you would like to donate books, you may contact Ruth McCrary at , or drop off donations at the main library, located at 1444 Jackson Avenue, Chipley, FL 32428.

                     672 5^th Street, Chipley, FL 32428.

The Write Place!

The writers group continues to meet on the first Monday of each month at the Chipley library at 6:00 PM.

We’ve been waiting to ‘pen’ you in.

                           Please come and join us!

May Newsletter

Friends of the Library will have their meeting on Thursday, May 5th, from 12:00-1:00pm, at the Blue Lake Community Center.

Everyone is invited to attend!

The special guest this month is Debi Menacof, of “Outside The Lines Art Studio, located in Marianna, FL. Debi is originally from the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania, but has lived in Florida for half her life. She lives in Marianna with her husband and seven-year-old son. Debi’s teaching experience has spanned over 25 years, from pre-school to adults over 90! Debi is an Art Educator of the Wiregrass Museum of Art.

This month, at the Friend meeting, a few of you will create a piece of art. You may think that you are not an artist but you will be surprised how the artist within can be brought out!

Make your lunch reservations by calling Pam Butler at 638-0204, by noon on Monday, April 25, 2011.

The cost of the meal is $7.00. Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. Boar-Deli will be catering, and includes a six inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, & dessert.

Lucinda Says: Congratulations to our 2010 Friend of the Year, Kathryn Henders. Congratulations to Angeline and Dick Miller on 60 years of marriage. Anyone interested in working on the book sale, which will be held in the fall, let me know. I need someone or a team to be in charge. It is not as scary as you may imagine. Board members remember that the April board meeting will be held April 28, at 1:00pm. We will get used to the new time.

I hope to see everyone at the May meeting. Jeanne Lavender has arranged something that I think will be fun.

May 2-8 is National Wildflower Week.

Check out the display in the glass case in the foyer for more information about flowers and their origins.

"A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone."- Jo Godwin

“It Pays to Read” store is coming together!

Help is needed for snacks (please remember food allergies and children) and also help with registration for our Big Kick Off on May 24^th from 5pm -7pm!

Please let Zedra know what you have volunteered to do at home.

There are plenty more ‘at home’ help you can do! Just drop by and let me know, and pick them up.

Glitter glue, Ziplock baggies, patterned scrapbook, wedding paper, aluminum foil are still needed.

The Write Place!

The writers group continues to meet on the first Monday of each month at the Chipley library, at 6:00 PM.

Please come and join us!

We will be closed to observe Memorial Day.

Friends of the the Library

April has National Library Week from the 10th to the 16th!

Friends of the Library will have their meeting on Thursday, April 7^th from  12:00-1:00pm at the Blue Lake Community Center.   
 Everyone is invited to attend!

WELCOME Dr. Anne B. Jones is the author of STOP, a manual for youth violence prevention, Gold Thunder, an autobiography of 1960 NASCAR Champion Rex White, All Around the Track, a collection of racing mini-memoirs, Brave at Heart, the story of Photographer Walter Victor & the Atlanta Braves, Tides of Fear, a thriller set on the Georgia coast and Tools for Successful Writing. She has just completed A Light on Peachtree: A History of the Atlanta Woman’s Club. STOP was published and released by the Atlanta Council on Battered Women, distributed nationwide, and included as part of the television documentary Behind Closed Doors, narrated by Monica Kaufman of Atlanta’s Channel 2 News Team. Brave at Heart was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year.
Dr. Jones specialized in working with at-risk students for thirty-one years, teaching in a variety of school settings, including Job Corp, Boys and Girls Town (a shelter for status offenders) and Dekalb Alternative School (an educational center for suspended students). She is a volunteer mediator and has been a rape crisis counselor, victim-witness assistant, volunteer probation officer, public relations writer, and member of the Gwinnett County Domestic Violence Task Force.
Dr. Jones has published over 500 feature articles on topics ranging from crime prevention to personality profiles and makes frequent presentations on writing and publishing topics at bookstores and writing workshops.

Make your lunch reservations

by calling Pam Butler at 638-0204, by noon on Monday, March 28, 2011.

The cost of the meal is $7.00. Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. Boar-Deli will be catering, and includes a six inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, & dessert.

John Grisham is the ALA's honorary chair for National Library Week. So, Grisham will be my author of the month.

The glass case will have information on National Library Week!

Lucinda Says: Thanks to all who helped make Game Night a great success.

Everyone had a wonderful time!

• Monday, April 11 – 2011 State of America's Report released

• Tuesday, April 12 – National Library Workers Day

• Wednesday, April 13 – National Bookmobile Day

• Wednesday, April 13 – 2010 Top Ten Most Banned and Challenged Books announced

• Thursday, April 14 – Support Teen Literature Day

The Washington County Public Library is offering a summer library program to the children of our community to encourage them to read for pleasure during the summer and to retain their reading skills.   This year’s theme is:       

To add to the fun and to create a sense of challenge that will keep kids reading, we’d like to offer incentives in our “It Pays to Read” store and prizes drawn at the end of the summer. Because of our limited budget, we cannot afford to offer this without help.

Any donation you care to make will be appreciated. A supply list can be provided for your collection and donation.

The Write Place!

The writers group continues to meet on the first Monday of each month at the Chipley library at 6:00 PM.

Please come and join us!

 

March Newsletter

Friends of the Library will have their meeting on Thursday, March 3rd from 12:00-1:00pm at the Blue Lake Community Center.

 Everyone is invited to attend!

Ruth McCrary, Friends member and educator, will review Swedish author, Steig Larsson’s trilogy, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.  She will give some interesting tidbits of his life and death.  The three books have been national bestsellers and movies have been made both in Sweden and the United States. In 2008 the books were the second bestsellers internationally.   Larsson never lived to see them a success.  Some people believe his death is the result of a crime. Ruth will review the books in terms of the influence of his life on the material in the books.  Is Michael Blomkvist, the male main character, based on Larsson’s life?  And, is Lisbeth Salander, the girl who…, based on a real life person?  She will also look at how politics, family, and the geography of Sweden influenced the author all of his life.  Ruth said, “I have been to Sweden and have walked the area of Stockholm where much of the story takes place.  I emailed a Swedish friend and asked specific questions as to how the Swedish people view Larsson and his books.  I will share her answers.” 

Teen Tech Week 2011 is March 6-12! Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults that highlights nonprint resources at the library. The 2011 theme — Mix and Mash @ your library — focuses on encouraging teens to use library resources to express their creativity by developing their own unique online content and safely sharing it by using online collaborative tools.

Game Night

Thursday March 10th at the
Ag Center 6:00 pm
Bring your Team and get ready to play

Make your lunch reservations by calling Rosa Nell Baxley at 638-1470, by noon on Monday, February 28, 2011.

The cost of the meal is $7.00. Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. Boar-Deli will be catering, and includes a six inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, & dessert.

The Washington County Public Library is offering a summer library program to the children of our community to encourage them to read for pleasure during the summer and to retain their reading skills.   This year’s theme is:     
  

To add to the fun and to create a sense of challenge that will keep kids reading, we’d like to offer incentives in our “It Pays to Read” store and prizes drawn at the end of the summer. Because of our limited budget, we cannot afford to offer this without help.


We would LIKE to have a drawing for each of our branches this summer. Some kids that live in Washington County, just can’t make it to Chipley for a program. Any donation you care to make will be appreciated. A supply list will be distributed later for you collection.

Lucinda Says: I hope to see you all at our meeting March 3. I am looking forward to Ruth sharing her insights on the book series. Game night is coming up March 10. We will have tickets at the meeting for you to sell and we will also need sign ups for refreshments. Be recruiting friends now for a table of your favorite game with your favorite people, or plan to learn a new game and make new friends. Game night is a great fund raiser so lets promote it now. Lucinda

March is Women's History Month! Come see the display in the glass case on incredible and interesting women located in the foyer of the Chipley library.

The New York Times Bestseller table will continue by the circulation desk.

Check out the best new reads!

"I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.”  Groucho Marx

February 2011 Newsletter

Welcomes Ray Davis!

Friends of the Library will have their meeting on Thursday, February 3rd from 12:00-1:00 at the Blue Lake Community Center.

Everyone is invited to attend!

The speaker will be Ray Davis of Panama City, Fl. who released his first historical fiction novel in April, "No Fences." Davis, has been practicing pharmacy for 43 years and is presently at CVS Pharmacy on 23rd Street. He received his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Georgia in 1967. He was married later that year, and has lived for most of the past 42 years with his family in Northwest Florida. During the 1980s he founded Appealing Appaloosas, Inc., and raised, gentled and sold Appaloosa horses of the Plaudit bloodline. He authored countless health-related and outdoor newspaper articles during the 1980s in the Beach Bay News.

• Make your lunch reservations

by calling Rosa Nell Baxley at 638-1470, by noon on Monday, January 31, 2011.


The cost of the meal is $7.00. Be ready to let her know which number sandwich and drink you would like. If you cannot find your menu, please contact a Friend. Boar-Deli will be catering, and includes a six inch sub, chips, pickle, drink, & dessert.

•  Lucinda Says,
  We need volunteers to sign up at this meeting. Some will be needed to help with games and refreshments on Game Night. Some may need to help with the Bridge A Rama dinner. We need hosts / hostesses for the general meeting. You may wish to be on the program committee. There are many opportunities to serve. Be thinking how You can help. If you missed our January meeting, come and meet our new officers: Vice President, Pam Butler and Secretary, Ruth McCrary. The Blue Lake building was a warm refuge from a raw January day--as well as a place to greet friends and make new ones. See you in February. Lucinda

• The ALSC media awards below were announced in January 2011
  (John) Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
• The 2011 winner is Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
  
  (Randolph) Caldecott Medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. The 2011 Caldecott Medal winner is
• A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead.
  (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.
• The 2011 Medal winner is Bink and Gollie, written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGee, illustrated by Tony Fucile.
  Make sure your loved ones have a copy or donate one to your library!

 The Washington County Public Library is proud to present on February 22, 2011

Irina Sorset

with

THE FLORIDA PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY NETWORK

• 3:30 p.m. Children's Event: Introduction to Underwater Archaeology Power Point & Build-a-Boat ActivityWith the theme of underwater archaeology.
• 6:00 p.m. Adult Program: Power Point Lecture on the Emanual Point Shipwrecks in Pensacola Bay (From Tristan de Luna's 1559 fleet)

Who doesn't love shipwrecks?!?!