Category: Press

More Features, More Fun cloudLibrary is providing more features on their app March 1, 2019 Cedar Knolls, NJ – cloudLibrary by Bibliotheca has updated their eBook and eAudio platform to provide the best and most user friendly experience possible. The new update allows patrons to personalize their digital experience, use a virtual library card, add multiple accounts to their app, and more. Patrons are able to personalize their digital experience by customizing which genres they would like to see on their shelves. Advanced filtering allows patrons to sort by publication date, author, title, recent additions, or rating. Saving titles for…
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eComics Announcement eComics available on the RBdigital platform January 7, 2019 Cedar Knolls, NJ – Prepare to enter comics and graphic novels paradise – MAIN libraries are now offering library card holders 90 different titles encompassing over 500 issues of comic books through the RBdigital app and platform. There are no limits per person, but each title can be checked out a limited amount of time per month. Titles can be accessed for 30 days before the system returns it. This is the same app that grants library card holders access to digital magazines. Mauro Magarelli, Mount Olive Public Library…
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Partnership with MAIN Libraries and Atlantic Health Systems Libraries Morristown, NJ – Getting vetted, reliable, and current information on a health topic is often not easy. Searching the Internet for material on a health topic can leave a patient overwhelmed by the amount of information and not in the position to determine which sites contain trustworthy information. To address the problem of finding reliable and current information, the Atlantic Health Systems Libraries in Morris and Union Counties are pleased to announce their partnership with MAIN public libraries in making reliable and up-to-date information on mental health topics available to local…
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Online Accessibility Tool Now Available on Libraries’ Online Catalog Morristown, NJ – MAIN member public libraries recently launched a new service, Browsealoud, on their online catalog to help patrons who may find it difficult to read text online, have literacy problems, or for those whom English is a secondary language. It includes text‐to‐speech screen reading, text magnification, screen masking, and translation for 99 languages (40 of which Browsealoud can also speak). These tools will allow the library to extend services to patrons experiencing a variety of access challenges such as low literacy, vision impairment, language barriers, and attention and focus…
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Access Genealogy Resources with Your Library Card to Start Researching Morristown, NJ – October is Family History Month and users of MAIN libraries are encouraged to celebrate their heritage by researching their ancestors. Library cards from any MAIN library can be used to access a digital genealogical service from the comfort of their own home or by visiting their local MAIN library. This service is called MyHeritage, and can be accessed remotely by visiting a library’s website or by going to: Karen Vaias, Reference Librarian at Bernards Township Library regularly uses MyHeritage with library patrons. “MyHeritage is a valuable tool…
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Children’s eBooks, Teacher Library Cards and Library Card Signup Month Morristown, NJ – Schools are back in session, but public libraries too are gearing up for the September rush. All MAIN consortium library card holders may use the TumbleBooks Library to access digital children’s story books, read along eBooks, videos, games and more. In order to help grant access to services like Tumblebooks, K‐12 teachers are now eligible for a public library card this year. Local libraries will also be celebrating National Library Card Signup Month in September. Library users may access TumbleBooks by visiting a participating library’s website or…
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Patrons Have Access to Learning Languages via MAIN Public Libraries Morristown, NJ – Summer is here for a few more weeks, so why not learn a new language at home or in a library with Rosetta Stone? Prepare for a vacation overseas or simply seek to learn at your own pace, courtesy of your library card. MAIN libraries, in partnership with the New Jersey State Library and Rosetta Stone, Inc. offers this critically acclaimed language learning product to anyone with a library card. Lotte Newlin, Director of the Kemmerer Library in Harding Township is an enthusiastic supporter of Rosetta Stone in libraries. “Speaking a foreign language – even if it’s just…
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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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