Heartland Library Cooperative

Online Book Clubs

2009-10-15T09:07:08-07:00

The Heartland Library Cooperative is pleased to be offer three new services to all of our library patron this year.

Online Book Clubs

All you need is 5 minutes a day and an email address to join one of our FREE online book clubs!

Are you looking for great new authors? Looking for a great book? Would you like to sample a book before you commit to checking it out? Do you like Chocolate Chip cookies? If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions then you need to join one of online book clubs. How does it work? Every week we sample a new book. Monday through Friday, a quick 5 minute read is delivered to your email box and waiting for you to peruse with your morning cup of coffee. At the end of Friday's read the ending page number is given so when you pick up the book from the library you know where you left off. (There is also a link on the emails to quickly and easily reserve the book from the library.)

There's a book club for just about everyone, including: fiction, non-fiction, romance, mystery, science fiction, audio, business, pre-publication (be the first to see these soon-to-be-released books), teen, good news, and horror. On Mondays and Thursdays, Suzanne, your book club editor, offers a link to AuthorBuzz, where she introduces you to 3 or 4 authors and their books. Suzanne also holds giveaways where you can win funny or cool prizes--and once a month, Suzanne bakes homemade chocolate chip cookies for the winners of her monthly Chocolate Chip Cookie giveaway.

The online book clubs are a fun and stress free way to read. And, as Suzanne always ends her columns, "It's so good to read with friends."

Book News

Want to find out the latest books we are offering? Book News is a set of newsletters highlighting new books available in our libraries. They cover a variety of topics including the books found on the New York Times Bestseller Lists.

If you were subscribing to our Bookletters newsletters in the past, you will want to re-subscribe to these new offerings to be sure and get the latest materials.

Next Good Book

In this modern world of social networking and word-of-mouth marketing, many people are finding that rather than rely on experts, they often find the right choice for them is derived from something called "the wisdom of the crowds." That is the way Next Good Book works. Using this service, you can interact with other people, find out what books they are reading, read comments from others, and get a true interactive experience.

We are excited about being able to offer all of these services this year.

Fiction Deals on Hot Pink Wheels

2009-08-06T13:28:51-07:00

Go into your local library. Look for the pink cart... the one with the sign that says FICTION DEALS ON HOT PINK WHEELS. From this cart, you will be given the opportunity to obtain one of the newest high demand books available. You will get fast access. But you must read your book quickly. Your checkout period is reduced and the fine for being overdue is increased.

Here are the rules: You can only get one best selling fiction book at a time; the loan is just for 7 days; no book can be placed on hold; there are no renewals; and if you are late, the fine is $1.00 a day.

Every library will still have one new copy of the title in its regular collection and anybody who wishes to wait may place the book on hold just like it's done now.

If you have any questions, call your local library and ask about FICTION DEALS ON HOT PINK WHEELS.

Overdrive adds MP3 and Mac

2009-03-03T08:03:04-08:00

We are happy to be able to announce two major additions of support in the Overdrive Audiobooks that we are offering. The first is support for the MP3 Format in a limited number of titles. This means that in addition to devices from Microsoft running either PlaysForSure or Zune software, there is now support for Apple, Palm, and Android-based and any other devices that support the widely used MP3 format. The Overdrive Media Console is now available in versions for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh.

To get started, visit the Online Resources page of your library where you can learn more about this and other resources that are available to you.

HeritageQuest Online

2008-12-10T13:22:23-08:00

HeritageQuest Online is now available from the Heartland Library Cooperative. Beginning and professional genealogists can use this powerful online resource to trace family histories and American culture from the convenience of their home or at the library. Many distinctive and invaluable sources of information can be found within HeritageQuest Online. This is a growing collection which at this time includes:

Genealogy & Local History Collection (Books) of over 20,000 book titles, including nearly 8,000 family histories and over 12,000 local histories, in addition to more than 250 primary source documents such as tax lists, city directories, church and probate records, and more;
1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census with complete original images, plus many head-of-household name indexes;
Periodical Source Index (PERSI), a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,300 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800; and
the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, which identifies more than 80,000 Americans who served in the war.
the Freedman's Bank records (1865-1874) enables researchers of African American heritage to search registers of signatures of depositors in branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company.
the Lexis Nexis® U.S. Serial Set contains House and Senate documents, such as Private Relief Actions, Memorials and Petitions from 1789-1969.

To get started, visit the Online Resources page of your library where you can learn more about this and other resources that are available to you.

Site ReDesign

2008-08-27T13:07:50-07:00

Since it has been over two years now since our last redesign, we have been hard at work putting a new version. This one should incorporate some of the feedback we have gotten over the last two years as well as offering new features that we didn't have the capability for before.

We look forward to hearing from you on just what you think.