E-Books arrive at Vernon Parish Library

E-BOOKS ARRIVE AT VERNON PARISH LIBRARY

Leesville - Vernon Parish Library announces that e-books have arrived and are ready for download. Provided by the State Library of Louisiana, the Vernon Parish Library now offers more than 1,200 e-books for downloading and many more that can be read in a browser. In addition, patrons may download from a catalog of more than 200 audio books. Up to five e-books and five audio books may be checked out at a time.

 

Titles are primarily nonfiction, for both adult and young readers.

After two weeks, the e-book or audio book automatically expires from the device, thus eliminating the possibility of overdue fines.

To access these materials outside the library, a patron must use a public library card to log onto http://lalibcon.state.lib.la.us/.

 To find out more, call 337-239-2027 or 800-737-2231.

This service is provided to Louisiana residents through the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.

Journey Stories -- oral histories

The latest addition to the collection is a series of oral histories on DVD, interviewed by Ellen Ibert. There are 12 interviews. These interviews contain stories about early Leesville and Vernon Parish, including family histories, Fort Polk, No-Man's Land, New Llano, KCS railroad, early sawmill towns and logging and much more. The discs are in Reference and must be viewed in the Library. Individuals interviewed are May E. Thompson, Regionald Seastrunk, Marilyn O. Stephens, Cheryl Perkins, Martha Palmer, Maurice Johnson, Howard Blackburn, John Crook, Roger & Delma Briggs and Albert Dunn.

The interviews are part of Museum on Main Street, sponsored by the Smithsonian and La. Arts and Humanities Council.

The Venron Parish Library is helping preserve the history of Venron Parish.

Laptops available for check-out

Beginning August 1, 2011, the Vernon Parish Library will begin loaning 10 Dell laptops with Wi-Fi. These laptops will be available for loan to any Vernon Parish resident with a valid Vernon Parish Library card in good standing. The laptops come preloaded with software. The loan period is 3 days, with a minimun 24-hour wait before checking out another one. Renewals are not allowed.

More information is available at the Library beginning August 1

...From the Archives

Beginning Friday, April 15, 2011, the Leesville Leader will begin publishing a series of photos from our Archival Collection. These photos contain unidentified individuals. We are hoping that the public can help us identify these individuals. Presently, we have over 4500 photos on our FLICKR website,  and they have been very popular, averaging 100 to 500 hits a day.

The Vernon Parish Library, helping preserve the history of Vernon Parish.

Download books and more free!

The Library is not offering OverDrive. We have joined with 5 other public libraries in the area to offer this service. You may download e-pub books, audiobooks, some music and video. You may click on an icon on our web page, http://www.vernon.lib.la.us/, and browse the materials available.

For more information, please call the Library, 337-239-2027.

Genealogy

Genealogy is a popular hobby. A new television series celebrates celebrities find out about their history. You can too. The Library has over 20 new additions to its Genealogy Collection.

The collection has census records and indexes, databases, old newspapers, cemetery records, and much more. We have a large collection of Civil War history. Find your family history, perhaps there are heroes, or maybe one or more less savoy characters. We would love to have copies of your findings for our collection.

Funeral Programs

In an effort to help preserve the history of Vernon Parish, and honor those who have lived here and contributed to our history, we are now collecting Funeral Programs. These are housed in the Library's Archives. They are indexed in our online catalog. You may search by name, or search Funeral Programs to find a complete list of names. This collection is added to monthly. Currently over 150 programs are in the collection.

Historic photos on Flickr website

Check out our Flickr website. Over 4500 historical photos and newspaper clippings are available. Click on the link on our home page, http://www.vernon.lib.la.us/ under the reference tab, or go directly http://www.flickr.com/photos/vernonparish.

If you have old photos or documents, please share with us. Help us to preserve the history of Vernon Parish.

New Program, Online Book Clubs are now available!

Online Book Clubs are here!

All you need is 5-minutes a day and an e-mail address to join one of our FREE online book clubs!
Vernon Parish Library delivers portions of books to you in your e-mail. Each day, Monday through Friday, the library e-mails subscribers to this free service, a portion of a book that takes about 5-minutes to read. By the end of the week, subscribers have read two to three chapters from the book and if they like it, they check it out from the library. 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. New books are featured every week.

There are 11 book clubs to choose from. Something for every age and taste: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Good News, Horror, Business, Teen, and Audio Books (that you listen to in your e-mail) and a special sneak preview Pre-Pub Club that lets you start reading books that aren’t even published yet.

This new service makes it easy for people to get back into the habit of reading. It’s fun, and only takes 5-minutes-a-day and the first few chapters are delivered to you in your e-mail.
You can sign up for the service at the library or at our website, http://www.vernon.lib.la.us./ Click on the "Online Book Clubs" icon.

Please let us know how you like this new program.

Mobil Computer Lab

The Vernon Parish Library now has a mobile computer lab. The library has 20 laptop computers available for use in our meeting room. They can be used by groups using our meeting room. The Library has a wireless Internet connection and these computers are wireless Intenet ready. They also have Microsoft Word and Excel installed on them.

They must be reserved in advance.

Early Literacy Station

The Children’s wing of the Vernon Parish Library now has the Early Literacy Station computer for young children. The computer comes pre-loaded with 34 educational titles. The colorful keyboard and mouse are designed to attract young children. Time limits can be set, and printing limited.
Some of the programs are The Cat in the Hat, which teaches early reading and word recognition; Millie’s Math House, explore numbers, shapes, patters, addition and subtraction; JumpStart Preschool, introduces children to letters and numbers in dot-to-dot games; Sammy’s Science House, introduces early science and thinking skills; Flash Action Phonics Made Easy; Green Eggs and Ham, teaches reading, rhyming, consonants, matching colors; My Amazing Human Body, an educational introduction to the human body; Jump Start 1st Grade; Encarta kids; USA Explorer, teaches U.S. geography; Microsoft Paint; Encarta Dictionary; My First Amazing History, and many more.

Tom Lenard Collection added to the Archives

The Tom Lenard Collection is the latest addition to the Library's Archives. This collection consists of a photo of Tom as a projectionist at the Pines Drive-In Theatre, Leesville, in the early 1960's, two adult tickets, and two Pines Drive-In and Vernon Theatres Teen Age Book ticket coupons. The dates of these is ca. 1960's.

Tom worked at both theatres after school while attending Leesville High School. He recently donated these items to the Library for its Archival collection of Leesville/Vernon Parish history.