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Are you a secret science junkie, bubbling over with excitement about this year’s kid’s summer reading theme? If so, you probably already know that Gale’s ...

Media consumers prefer to get their content quick, free, and easy.  It is no secret that many of these consumers are turning to illegally downloading media through sites ...

As most parents and librarians know, The Fault in Our Stars and John Green have a devoted following. What could you possibly suggest they read ...

OverDrive’s global ebook club, the Big Library Read, is back. This program is designed to demonstrate the power of e-lending in libraries. This season’s pick ...

Through Power Library, card holders can access thousands of digitized documents and photographs from collections across Pennsylvania with the PA Photos and Documents database.  The ...

Great news for parents!! OverDrive e-books are now available for use with Kindle FreeTime! What is Kindle FreeTime?  According to howtogeek.com, Amazon’s Kindle FreeTime is ...

Guess what!  Patrons can now select audio books as part (or all) of their monthly allotment of eight Hoopla titles.  No more fielding confused ...

I think that we can all agree that MasterFILE Complete is a wonderful resource on its own, but you can expand the amount of full ...

The SIRS Discoverer database is designed for elementary and middle school students and is provided through the POWER Library by the state of Pennsylvania.  County library staff have ...

Still looking for help in assisting patrons, particularly new users, in using the OverDrive platform? OverDrive has launched a fresh help site with new features ...

Today's eResource tip is something so obvious and so simple you'll probably wonder why I'm even sharing it.  It's so obvious and so simple that ...

Can't get enough of the latest song from your favorite group or artist?  Need some new music to pump up your workouts?  Feel like dancing ...

This week we welcome guest blogger Megan F. from CLP-Squirrel Hill: Yesterday was the first time I sat at an actual computer in nearly six ...

Google announced a couple years ago that it will no longer add to their News Archive. But the content that is still there may prove ...

Hoopla will go live on April 1, 2014. Hoopla offers free video (movies and TV) and music content to patrons throughout Allegheny County.  Anyone ...

We now have a separate OverDrive page for children’s content.  All children's titles can still be found from our primary site, but patrons who wish ...

Mango has been busy with enhancements to their language learning product.  In this post Mary Lee (Northland) and Sarah (CLP) share the details. One ...

A hearty thank you to everyone that participated in the first ACLA eResource Challenge.  We say first, because there might be more.  That's up ...

We hope you all feel like winners for participating in the first ACLA eResource Challenge.  Everyone gets the prize of knowing more about our county-wide ...