Tuscaloosa Public Library offers digital library card for remote learners

Jason Morton
The Tuscaloosa News

As virtual learning becomes the norm for many, the Tuscaloosa Public Library is offering a new tool for those making the most out of home-based classrooms.

Now, anyone – parents, teachers and students – over the age of 16 who lacks a traditional Tuscaloosa Public Library can sign up for a digital version at the library’s website, tuscaloosa-library.org/get-a-tpl-ecard.

Library officials said the Tuscaloosa Public Library eCard is designed with parents, teachers, and students in mind, allowing both on-campus and remote-learning students and staff to apply online for access to all of the library’s online resources.

Some of the library’s most popular resources include online tutorials and training with Lynda.com, access to digital eBooks and audio books in the OverDrive/Libby app, language training with Rocket Languages and video streaming with Kanopy, among others, said library spokesman Vince Bellofatto.

Those resources can found at tuscaloosa-library.org/tpl-favorites.

“We look forward to sharing our online resources with the Tuscaloosa community,” Bellofatto said.

For those wanting a more traditional touch, the library’s Main branch on Jack Warner Parkway has extended the hours that it is open to the public.

Though it will remain closed on Mondays for the foreseeable future, patrons are now welcome:

• Tuesday-Thursday – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Friday-Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Sunday – 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Reach Jason Morton at jason.morton@tuscaloosanews.com.

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