December's Newsletter

 We have some fun stuff going on at the library in December.    Pre School Story Time, Tot and Mom Story Time, Love and Logic, TAG Teen Advisory Group, Tech Tuesday, Zentangle Art Class, Family Story Night, Geek Speak Club, Golden Age Book Club, Library Book Club. Uintah Writer's Guild.  Something for everyone.







Did You Know:

1. Americans go to the library three times more often than they go to the movies.
2. There are more public libraries than McDonald's in the U. S.
3. 59% of adults in the U. S. have a public library card.
4. Librarians answer nearly 5.7 million questions weekly.
5. Public libraries are the number one point of online access for people without internet. 
6. Public libraries are one of the greatest equalizers  for access to information.
7. Public libraries provide services for job seekers.
8. Americans spend more than twice as much on candy as they do on public libraries.
9. Americans spend $34.95 a year for the public library.
10. A public library provides a safe, warm friendly place for families to read.

Ancestry Library Edition Update from Christopher

Good news: I just received this message from Ancestry Library Edition (ALE). ALE is one your library's online genealogy search databases:

Dear Ancestry Library Edition Subscriber:

Release of the new Ancestry Library Edition search interface,
with a clean and crisp design that improves the overall user
experience is scheduled for release on April 13, 2011.

Please share the news about the new Ancestry Library Edition
search interface with your colleagues, including these noteworthy
highlights:

-Improved look and feel for a more intuitive user experience
-Location filters allow searching across adjacent counties
-Map filters
-Name filters with Soundex
-Type ahead features
-Improved country and state pages

Browser Support

In the previous email you received from ProQuest, we advised that
the new Ancestry Library Edition requires Internet Explorer
version 7 or higher.  Firefox version 3.x will also be fully
supported.

Training and Technical Support

Watch for additional information about the new Ancestry Library
Edition search interface, updated training materials, and new
training webinars.

You can use Ancestry Library Edition for FREE on one of the library's Public Access Computers (PACs) or when you bring you laptop, netbook, iPod Touch, etc. into the library and use our FREE WiFi connection. Make sure that you bring your library card with you when you come to the library or else you will not be able to access ALE. Once you're the library, go to www.uintah.lib.ut.us/Reference.html and then click on the "Genealogy" link near the top of the page

Send us your questions or comments to Christopher at cgdavis@co.uintah.ut.us or (435) 789-0091. You can also add a comment to this blog post & I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

When: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 (7-8 p.m.)

What: Library –Community Input Meeting
Where: Uintah County Library, 155 E. Main, Vernal, UT 84078


This evening (September 8, 2010) at seven p.m., the Uintah County Library is hosting a community input meeting. This is your opportunity to share your hopes, desires, and dreams for the future of the library. 


Contact: Sam Passey, Library Director
(435) 789-0091
www.uintahcountylibrary.blogspot.com

UPDATED: Holiday hours in Dec.

Library closed on:

• December 2nd, 2009: at 5pm
• December 24th-27th, 2009: all day
  
• December 31st, 2009: at 5pm
• January 1st-2nd, 2010: all day

Use NoveList to create reading checklist

Does the series or author that you are currently reading have too many titles to keep track of? Use NoveList Guide to Fiction to create a list of titles that you have or have not already read.

Watch this video to learn how.