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Patrons Have Access via MAIN Public Libraries Morristown, NJ – MAIN libraries, in partnership with Recorded Books, Inc. offers the digital magazine service RBdigital. RBdigital features full-color, digital magazines for instant desktop reading, mobile streaming, and mobile-app download. With this service, patrons can add new and back issues to personal reading libraries with no holds, no checkout periods, and no limits to the number of magazines checked out and downloaded. And with personal notifications for favorite magazines, patrons never miss an issue. Lesley Karczewski, Director of the Chester Library, has enjoyed digital magazines alongside her patrons for some time now:…
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Patrons Have Access to Thousands at MAIN Public Libraries Morristown, NJ – Exercise your mind this summer with thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks by cloudLibrary Bibliotheca, brought to you by your local public library. cloudLibrary by Bibliotheca is designed to specifically meet the evolving needs for communities like those in northern New Jersey. Energize your summer activities at the shore, on the porch and on the go with top new releases, best sellers, and many more that are sure to surprise users with both the collections’ variety and ease of use to seamlessly access materials. Will  Porter,  MAIN  Digital  Services …
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MAIN’s Two New Policies Aim to Enable Access MAIN-Wide Morristown, NJ – Access to the 38 member libraries of the Morris Automated Information Network (MAIN) will increase thanks to two recently enacted policies. Any K-12 student attending school in a town serviced by one of the local libraries that are part of MAIN may now enjoy full borrowing privileges for both physical and digital materials, regardless of their home address. Additionally, patrons living anywhere outside of the MAIN service area may purchase, on an annual basis, a library card that may be used throughout MAIN without any service restrictions. MAIN…
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NJ Librarians Bestow Prestigious Award to Freeholders Morristown, NJ – Morris County’s Board of Chosen Freeholders will be honored with the 2016 New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) Library Champion Award in Atlantic City on May 17th at the annual NJLA Conference Awards Ceremony. The NJLA’s Library Champion award is given annually in recognition of an exceptional contribution to a New Jersey library, group of libraries, or to a New Jersey Library community. Morris County Freeholders were cited to have, “stepped  up  to  the  plate  and  helped  to  supply  the  logistics  and  finances  needed”  to  ensure  a  smooth  organizational restructuring by the Morris Automated Information Network (MAIN),…
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MAIN Youth Services Committee Leads the Charge for Fourth Year in Row Morristown, NJ – “Step Into a Story” is back for another April in Morris Automated Information Network (MAIN) libraries. The Morris Area Youth Services (MAYS) Committee brings young patrons a month-long program where participants can visit libraries around MAIN and “step” into favorite children’s books. Participating libraries each facilitate the program by choosing to decorate portions of their library to represent a different children’s book or series. Visitors can travel to Hogwarts from Harry Potter at the Madison Public Library, travel to Oz with Dorothy and friends at…
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