CheckItOut@WrightLibrary from Wright Memorial Public Library http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143 <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small">Welcome to the Reference Department Blog. Visit often for information on programs and events, featured research tools, book lists, and Web resources. We encourage you, our patrons, to <a href="http://engagedpatrons.org/ContactUs.cfm?SiteID=4725">give feedback and share</a> your own favorite resources and books. Join us in creating a unique resource for the Wright Library Community. Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT Copyright 2015 Wright Memorial Public Library en-us Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:13:04 CDT Library Reads (December) http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13632 LibraryReads list for the top 10 books published this month, chosen by librarians across the country.

]]> Reference Staff Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:34:37 GMT All the Pretty Horses http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13657 Ride the range with the Wright Library On-the-Road Book Club @ Starbucks when we get together to discuss the first book in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses.
 
We’re meeting at a new time & place – the 2nd Tuesday of each month in Starbuck’s meeting room!  So join us on Tuesday, January 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., at the Starbuck’s in Oakwood to talk some high plains drifter.
 
After his family breaks up, young John Grady Cole sets out with a friend for the wide open plains.  Seeking a cowboy’s freedom, the boys cross into Mexico and find work on a large ranch.  It’s paradise, until John Grady is discovered with Alejandra, the owner’s daughter.  Thrown into a hellish jail, the boys seek to escape.  Followed by The Crossing and Cities of the Plain in the Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses won the National Book Award and the National Book Critics’ Circle Award in 1994.
 
To get to know more about the story, we suggest taking a gander at the following web sites:

To learn more about the author, please see the following:

To understand more about the Coahuila region of Mexico, please consult the following web sites: 

The Border Trilogy is available at Wright Library in a number of formats:
 
All the Pretty Horses
Book
CD-Book
Audio eBook
DVD
See Roger Ebert’s Video Review
 
The Crossing
Book
eBook
 
Cities of the Plain
Book
eBook
 
Other books by Cormac McCarthy include:
 
The Road
Suttree
No Country for Old Men
Blood Meridian

]]> Wright Reference Staff Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:39:03 GMT Ohio Digital Library http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13638 As of November 7th the Ohio eBook Project is now the Ohio Digital Library.  The new site, which will continue to look and function the same, combines the Ohio eBook Project and the SEO Library Center digital collections.  Besides being able to search both collections simultaneously, additional benefits include 21 day checkouts and a 12 hold limit, both increases.  If you used both the Ohio eBook Project and the SEO Library Center, your accounts will be merged.  If you use the OverDrive Media Console app to access the digital collection, you will notice that Ohio Digital Library is now listed on the app.  As with any change, there may be a few glitches.  If you run into any, please contact Brian at 294-7171 or ebooks@wrightlibrary.org.

]]> Audiovisual Librarian Thu, 21 Nov 2013 10:33:02 GMT Library Reads http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13599 LibraryReads list for the top 10 books published this month, chosen by librarians across the country.

]]> Reference Staff Tue, 19 Nov 2013 07:43:03 GMT Discover Digital Services for Android http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13617 The final session in our Discover Digital Services series will focus on Android devices (Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Android phones, etc.).  Join our Digital Librarian, Brian Potts, on November 13th to learn how to download audiobooks, ebooks, music, and videos.  The program begins at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the Library’s Meeting Room.

No reservations are required, so take this opportunity to find out how to access the Wright Library Digital Collection, which includes The Ohio Digital Library, Freegal, Freading, and Zinio.  Bring your device or just drop in if you’re considering a purchase.  For additional information, please contact Brian at 294-7171 or ebooks@wrightlibrary.org.

]]> Audiovisual Librarian Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:52:06 GMT Strength in What Remains http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13582 On-the-Road at Starbuck’s Reading Club when we discuss Tracy Kidder’s stirring tale of a life nearly lost and then regained.  Join us on Tuesday, December 3, at 7:00 p.m. at the Starbuck’s in Oakwood for Strength in What Remains.
 
The Pulitzer Prize winning Kidder relates the inspirational life of Deo Niyizonkiza, who’d been a third year medical student when the genocidal conflict in Rwanda between the Hutus and Tutsis spilled over into his nation of Burundi.  Fleeing to America, Deo arrives with little money, no contacts, and scant knowledge of English.  Camping out in Central Park, he scratches out a living by delivering groceries.  Then he begins to meet strangers who are willing to help him fulfill his destiny.   This is an unforgettable story of a life redeemed.
 
To learn more about the book, please visit the following web sites:

  Tracy Kidder interviews and videos:

On Burundi:

]]> Wright Reference Staff Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:41:30 GMT Author Reading http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13600 Wright Library will welcome local author Suzanne Kelly on Sunday, November 10th at 2:00 p.m. in the Library Meeting Room.  Ms. Kelly will read from her new book Stolen Child, answer questions and be available for a signing afterwards.

]]> Reference Staff Mon, 04 Nov 2013 13:35:11 GMT Library Reads http://engagedpatrons.org/Blogs.cfm?SiteID=4725&BlogID=143&BlogPostID=13576 LibraryReads list for the top 10 books published this month, chosen by librarians across the country.

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