On Monday, October 5th from 11:30 – 2:30, OverDrive’s Digital Bookmobile will visit Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main.
But what exactly is a Digital Bookmobile?
According to OverDrive (and they should know), it’s a “high-tech update of the traditional bookmobile that has served communities for decades…equipped with broadband Internet-connected PCs, high-definition monitors, premium sound systems, and [...]
Have we got news for you – Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh now offers iPod compatible downloadable audio books! And there was much rejoicing!
To see what’s available, start at our downloadable audio books page, and choose either OverDrive or NetLibrary.
Some of OverDrive’s new MP3 titles are listed at the top of their page – there’s also [...]
Muy bien, gracias.
And that’s about as far as I can get in Spanish, leaving me pretty far out of the loop when I was visiting Colombia last month. My two-year-old niece was saying words I couldn’t understand. So, one of my many new year’s resolutions is to study Spanish this year. Since it’s everything I [...]
And yet, I enjoy them all the same. Here’s a rundown of the ones that I’ve read or listened to over the years.
Krakatoa: the Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883 – The title pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Sure, it starts out slowly with some insanely dense geology lessons, but it all [...]
Ah, the humble library DVD. What an exciting life you lead! If you’re lucky, you may get to visit two hundred or more homes before you are forced into an honorable (yet scratchy) retirement. But alas, sometimes I have to decommission you after a mere handful of trips out into the world – often you [...]
When people come up to the Film & Audio Department looking for audiobooks, I know that there’s a whole litany of questions I’ll have to ask before we can find that special book for them.
The first question is always, “What kind of audiobook were you looking for?” I’m trying to find out if they’d like fiction or [...]
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