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 | | Free Press/Lorie Palmer | | Local library patrons can easily download e-books to their personal computer desktops and transfer them to their MP3 players. |
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By Lorie Palmer
GRANGEVILLE -- If you're like a lot of people living in the twenty-first century, it's difficult to find the time to read. Listening to books, however, may be the answer for you, and that just became a little easier thanks to local libraries.
The VALNet organization, of which Grangeville Centennial Library is a member, has recently added more than 1,700 downloadable eAudiobooks to its catalog. These are available to patrons through NetLibrary.
"Customers just need to stop by the library to set up their initial accounts," explained Grangeville Centennial Librarian Linda Ruthruff. "It's free and just a password is required."
Using their library card numbers, users can set up an account that has no relationship to their VALNet account.
After that, Ruthruff explained, patrons can access NetLibrary and its eAudiobooks through their own computer.
To download a title, one must "check it out." Checkout period is 21 days. Titles are eligible to renew once. A maximum of 10 titles can be checked out at once.
"A patron can download titles to their desktop and play it directly from there, or, more conveniently, from their personal MP3 player," Ruthruff explained.
Different MP3 players have varying amounts of memory and this will depend on how many titles they can hold. A caution: NetLibrary downloads do not work with iPods.
"We suggest patrons first select 'save' when beginning to download as it must first be saved to the computer," Ruthruff said. "So it's a good idea to create a separate 'NetLibrary' folder."
Once the file is on the computer, the patron should immediately open the file which acquires the necessary license. At this point the file can be transferred to the MP3 player. When a checkout period has expired, the download files become inactive.
"This is a great convenience for people who want to bring books on a trip or listen while they are working," said Ruthruff. "It's also easier for students who are busy or doing other things at the same time such as exercising."
For details log onto www.centennial-library.org or www.netlibrary.com. Call the Grangeville Centennial Library at 983-0951.
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