Newspaper column

Greetings! I am very excited to announce that beginning in March, I will have a monthly column in the Free Press newspaper to promote library services and programs. Please keep your eyes open for it!

Some services I'd like to highlight:

Carry Out @ your library- we'll bring the books right out to you -or- bag them up and you can run in and get them

Notary and Voter's Registration- we currently have 3 of each on staff

Our website- from the website you can search the library's catalog, place holds, renew materials or just review what you have checked out; you can email or Instant Message staff; you can search our online resources (also known as databases) for all sorts of information, review and register for programs and much, much more. Check out our "virtual library" at http://www.wilmingtonlibrary.org.

New formats I'd like to briefly highlight:

Playaways- similiar to an MP3 player, these are audiobooks pre-loaded onto a small device about the size of a deck of cards. Better than a book on CD or tape because you don't have to stop and change them out- you just press play and stop!

Watch the paper and the blog for more highlights!

Thanks for reading and keep warm!

Mary S.