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Newish to the e-book Library
29.11.11 | Permalink | Comment?
Here’s a sampling of what’s new to the library’s e-book collection:

Fantasy and Supernatural Fiction
- City of Bones, Cassandra Clare
- City of Ashes, Cassandra Clare
- City of Glass, Cassandra Clare
- City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare
- Need, Carrie Jones
- Entice, Carrie Jones
- Beautiful Chaos, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
General Fiction
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green and David Levithan
- An Abundance of Katherines, John Green
- Just Listen, Sarah Dessen
- August, Bernard Beckett (New Zealand)
- The Beginner’s Guide to Living, Lia Hills (New Zealand)
- The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han
- It’s Not Summer Without You, Jenny Han
Fiction With a Certain Amount of Action
- Auslander, Paul Dowsell
- Blink & Caution, Tim Wynne-Jones
- Beauty Queens, Libba Bray
There’s heaps more. Have a look at the e-book collection here.

Classic Novels

Not only are these available free, but they’re also effectively yours to keep! Read more here. Browse through the collection here.
Library, Library Serf
Maxed out your reserves on your library card?
21.11.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Do you often find yourself juggling your ten reserves? If ten’s not enough to keep track of the things you want to read then My Discoveries on the Easyfind catalogue may be the way to go.

Once you’ve got a My Discoveries login (have a look at this tutorial to find out how to create one), you can create lists (”To Read”, or “For School” for example), and add things to those lists, referring back to them when you’re out of things to read. A list looks a little something like this:

Selecting an item from the list takes you to the catalogue record, and from there you can reserve it. Pretty easy!

To find out more, have a look a the Wish Lists tutorial here.
Library, Library Serf
Cool Library Tools
19.09.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment
If you’re not happy unless you have your technology all fully customised, and tools are your best friend, then you’ll be interested in this page here, which tells you all the Wellington City Libraries Web 2.0 gadgets you can use. The page features such gems as:
1. a browser search add-on (you can search the library catalogue from the comfort of the search bar in the top right corner of your browser)
2. the library lookup link (which allows you to check to see if the library’s got a copy of the book you’re looking at on amazon, or wherever)
3. a GoodReads custom booklink (again, you can check easily to see if the book on your To Read shelf is available at the library)
4. and much more.
I sometimes think libraries are like the human brain: we only take advantage of about 5% of their capacity. Here’s your opportunity to put the library through its paces.
Grimm, Library, New
Read a New eBook on Your Device
08.06.11 | Permalink | Comment?
What’s new in the WCL young adult eBook collection? Well, quite a lot actually, and here’s a sample:

Fantasy
- Mister Monday, Garth Nix
- Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan
- The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
Dystopian
- Candor, Pam Bachorz
- Matched, Ally Condie
- The Declaration, The Resistance and The Legacy, Gemma Malley
Supernatural
- Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness, Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
- Captivate, Carrie Jones
- Zombies Vs Unicorns (short stories)
Classics
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- Emma, Jane Austen
- The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
Other generally cool titles of interest
- Dirty Little Secrets, C J Omololu
- The Golden Day, Ursula Dubosarsky
- Ebony Hill, Anna McKenzie
Plus: The Girl Who Was On Fire (non-fiction)

Browse the eBook fiction catalogue for more.

eBooks are free to borrow for two weeks (no overdues even!): all you need is a Wellington City Libraries card, an internet-connected computer or smartphone (or other e-reading device – but not a Kindle, sadly), and some free software you can download.
Library, Library Serf, Sci Fi
iGoogle Catalogue Search Tool
16.02.11 | Permalink | Comment?

Do you have an iGoogle homepage? Sure you do! There’s now an official Wellington City Libraries Catalogue search gadget you can add to your homepage that will effortlessly allow you to find whatever you’re looking for. Get it here (and give us feedback about it why don’t you).
Books, Grimm, Internet, Library
Download e-books to your nifty device
15.02.11 | Permalink | Comment?
If you have an e-book reading device such as an iPod Touch or an iPhone*, you can download e-books for free using your library card. All you need to do is search for “Overdrive Media Console” in the Apple App store, download said media console and then browse the library’s growing collection of e-books.

Here are some new YA e-book titles:
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Mary Pearson
- Savvy, Ingrid Law
- Wasted, Nicola Morgan
- The Abused Werewolf Support Group, Catherine Jinks
- The entire Alex Rider series, Anthony Horowitz
- A super deluxe new edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
* This is also true of other e-book readers, like the Sony Reader, the Kobo (but sadly not the Kindle). For a complete list and more info go here.
Isn't that cool?, Library, News
New Teen Space
14.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Sophie, Kate, Izzy, Hayley and Christina from Wellington Girls College won an award in the BP Community Enterprise Project for re-designing our Teen Space in Cummings Park.

We love what you did!
Grimm, Library
Free E-Books at the Library
18.11.10 | Permalink | Comment?
Do you enjoy the virtual page-turning experience? If you are do (doh) you might be interested to hear that you can now borrow e-books from Wellington City Libraries’ Overdrive service.

Some of the titles already available include the following:
- The 10 pm Question, Kate De Goldi*
- Beautiful Malice, Rebecca James*
- The Bride’s Farewell, Meg Rosoff*
- Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare
- The Dead, Charlie Higson
- Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen
- The Sky is Everywhere, Jandy Nelson*
(and much more)

Overdrive e-books are in EPUB format, and will work on a PC, Mac, Sony Reader or Kobo (but not unfortunately a Kindle). In December/January you will also be able to access them on iPads, iPhones and iPod touches.

Like Overdrive audiobooks, e-books are free to download, and you won’t have to worry about overdues. For more information about what you will need to start downloading e-books have a look at this page here.

* Incidentally, these are some of the books that we think are the choicest.
Horror, Library, Study
GOOD LUCK
10.11.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Yup, it’s that time.

We can’t sit your exams (and you probably wouldn’t want my French mark) but we would like to help, so:

We have old exam papers, if you would like to use them in your study. Just ask one of the librarians at the desk. (In Central ask at the children’s desk or on the second floor.)

We’ve collected some tips and sites that might help you here

When you need a break, you might like our facebook page which has some fine ways to use your time.

And lastly if any old people are being too noisy and disturbing you, please ask a librarian to shush them. It’s only fair.

Good Luck!
Edna Welthorpe, Library
Cover to Cover
05.11.10 | Permalink | Comment?

Cover to Cover is Kerikeri High School’s library blog, and it has loads of content! Loads of excellent content that we wish we had (and maybe will have soon, haha). Anyway, do take a look!