MCPL would like to congratulate the winners of our 6 in 12 contest. There certainly was a lot of reading going on last year. The contest had 77,000 entries! Our five winners each received a Kindle Paperwhite. They were presented with their prizes and award certificates by Library Director Steve Potter. The five winners were: Rick Elleman, Cherie Swaters, Tracy Rusher, Suzanne Reed, and Karl Kingsley.
Do you like MCPL? Well, then "like" us on Facebook to help us spread the word about our great services! As a reward, one lucky fan will win a free eReader! Visit the MCPL page and click on the "Win a FREE eReader" link at the top and follow the instructions. If you share your entry, you can also earn more entries for each person that clicks on your link to participate!
Drum roll please, because this week is award week for the American Library Association! Each year at the end of January, ALA announces all of the national award-winning titles for both children and teens. Each award honors an author or illustrator for excellence in a different literary category, and we would like to recommend just a few of them to you.
Have you ever needed an article from a reference book only to find that MCPL’s single non-circulating copy is at the branch that is furthest from your home? Did you know there’s an alternative to driving all that way?
While many of you might be familiar with our Research Databases that we have available to you absolutely free, did you know that you can get many of them as an app for your iPad, iPhone, or Android device?
MCPL was featured on the KCTV5 News show "Better Kansas City." Watch to learn all about our free music and book downloads and our online learning services!
For Christmas, I gave my sister a Kindle Fire (thank you Cyber Monday sale!), something she had talked about buying for over a year. She teaches first and second grade at Rural Center Elementary—a small school south of Abilene, KS. Her busy schedule does not always allow her to get to the library unless she is visiting our parents in Hays, KS. So as excited as she was to have a Kindle Fire, she was even more excited to learn that both the Hays and Abilene Public Libraries are part of the Sunflower eLibrary, which is powered by OverDrive.
As we put away the gift wrap and clean up from our holiday visitors, there is still one more present to unwrap... The winners of the 6 in 12 adult reading program!
The five winners of a Kindle eReader have been selected, and the letters mailed. Keep a look out for your letter, and stay tuned for the announcement once the winners have been notified.
I am a big series reader, and I'm always looking for something new. Recently, my sister introduced me to Libriomancer by Jim Hines. If you like science fiction and fantasy, then you will like this book. There are so many references to other books, though the story works even if you don't get all the references, which makes it even better.
