Special Reminder for Zionsville Teachers! Sign up for a new library card in September- Receive a special gift!

Sign up for a new library card in September and receive a Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Library book bag!

We don’t want our Zionsville Teachers to miss out on the opportunity to use services at our public library.  Here is information on how to get a library card if you are not a resident of Zionsville. 

Hussey-Mayfield Public Library Teacher Card

Features:

1. Borrow a variety of materials for use in your classroom or lesson planning, including youth, young adult and adult books, audiobooks,  music CDs, and DVDs.  There are no restrictions on the types of materials they can borrow. Borrow up to 100 items
2. Request extended loan period: Videos/DVDs: 14 days [usually 7 days], Books: up to 6 weeks [usually 3 weeks.] Extensions may be obtained by calling the Circulation desk, 317-873-8340 or while checking out in person.
3. Place holds on up to 20 items
4. Your library card will give you access to our rich database resources such as:

•   Overdrive(download free AudioBooks and eBooks using your Library card.)
•   Freegal (Download up to 3 free songs per week to your audio device using your Library card!)
•   Rocket Languages (Learn as many as 11 languages using this free, fun interactive program!)
•   NoveList (an electronic fiction readers' advisory database of over 120,000 fiction titles including Author  Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles.)

We hope this card will allow you to take advantage of the Library’s rich collection for your students!
Applying for a Teacher Library Card

Who can apply for a Teacher Library Card?

• Teachers, student teachers and paid workers in the classroom not classified as a teacher, who reside outside the Library District, but work in local public and private schools.
• Teachers in day care centers located inside the Library District.
• Teachers who also reside in the Library District may receive the same benefits of a teacher's card  on materials checked out for classroom use.

How do you get a Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library Card?

When the ZCS teacher applies for this special card, They should be prepared to show their Driver’s License showing your current residence address and proof of school employment, i.e. a paystub or school ID. 

This card will expire 1 year from the issue date or be deleted from the file if the cardholder no longer works in the classroom in the Library District. The card may be renewed if the teacher or classroom assistant is still employed in the position during the subsequent school year.

Kindle now compatible with OverDrive!

Attention Kindle users: You may now use your Kindle to borrow eBooks from Overdrive. To see the titles available, select the “download audiobooks and eBooks” link on the Library’s homepage. You will then be directed to the eBook collection available through OverDrive. If you see the Kindle icon under a title, then that title is available to borrow on your Kindle. To get started, look at the navigation on the left hand side of the Overdrive homepage where you will see the link “Getting Started”; this information will walk you through the process. Need more help? Then contact us at 873-3149 or askalib@zionsville.lib.in.us

October United We Read Programs

Now that you’re reading the 2011 United We Read book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot, visit the Library for free programs dedicated to many of the intriguing issues raised in the story. Don’t yet have a copy? You can put one on hold, or faster yet, download it as an ebook or audiobook.

Book Talk Monday, October 3rd, 6:30pm
Share your thoughts about “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” with your friends and neighbors during a book talk.

Why Do We Need Immortalized Cells? Wednesday, October 5th, 7pm
Professor and former Lilly scientist Dr. Sheila Little explains what a cell is, cell research, why we need immortalized cells, and her personal connection to the story.

How To Reduce Your Risk of Cancer Tuesday, October 11th, 6:30pm
Get tips on how to reduce your risk of cancer from Katie Crawford of the American Cancer Society.

Science, Faith, Immortality and Social Justice: The Case of Henrietta Lacks Tuesday, October 18th, 6:30pm
Anthropologists Dr. Kathryn Coe and Dr. Lisa Staten talk about the faith of the Lacks family, the immortality of Henrietta’s genes, and social justice as it relates to Henrietta and her descendants.

Who Owns My Body? Tuesday, October 25th, 6:30pm
The story of Henrietta Lacks raises profound questions about our relationship to our body. Dr. Richard Gunderman discusses ownership of the body- are we our body? Do we own it? Are we at liberty to sell it, or portions of it?

Free Tickets to Saturday's Street Dance

Did you download one of the 800 eBooks or audiobooks circulated this summer from our eIndiana Digital Consortium? If so, we would like to hear from you! Please write a brief book review about a title you read by midnight Thursday, August 4 and post it to our Facebook page. We will randomly select two reviewers, who will receive a pair of tickets to Saturday’s Street Dance and Taste of Zionsville. We will post the winners to our Facebook page by 10am on Friday, August 5 and tickets must be picked up by 5pm that day. Wanna dance? Write a review!

Scan this . . .

Another use for those ubiquitous bar codes: mobile phone apps that let you catalog and organize books. Scan the bar code on a book (using your device’s camera) and import a synopsis, reviews, cover art, prices, and more. Now, when I’m at a bookstore, I can scan the UPC on books I’ve read, books I want to read, and books I want to borrow from the library!! The free app I’m currently using on my Android phone is MyBookDroid. (There are probably others, too.) Inexpensive apps for iPhones include Book Crawler and iBookshelf @ $1.99. No camera? My old iPod Touch doesn’t have one either, but if I enter the book’s ISBN manually, I can still import and store data.

And on the subject of apps, don’t forget OverDrive. OverDrive Media Console apps allow HMMPL Cardholders to download EPUB eBooks and MP3 audiobooks directly to their Androids, BlackBerries; iPhones, iPads, and Windows Mobile devices, so they can read them anywhere, anytime.

Many thanks to Bridget who tipped me off to the existence of “book cataloging apps” at Books Over Coffee, an awesome brown bag lunch bunch that meets at the Library at noon on the second Tuesday of every month.

Thinking about a Kindle? Think again.

I hope I'm not too late in telling you this: Think twice before buying a Kindle for Christmas.

I was just thinking about getting an ebook reader as a Christmas present for my mom. Maybe a Kindle? I realized that would be a bad choice. Mom borrows books from the Brownsburg Public Library. You can't use a Kindle to read an ebook from that library. In general, you cannot use a Kindle to read an ebook borrowed from any library, including our favorite library.

Ebook and audiobook downloads offered by Hussey-Mayfield come from a company called OverDrive. OverDrive and Amazon (the source of the Kindle) haven't agreed on terms that would permit OverDrive to offer Kindle-compatible ebooks.

Fortunately, there are many e-reader devices -- including the iPad, iPhone and Android devices -- that you can use to read ebooks from libraries.

Or save your money and keep life simple by reading your ebooks on your PC. I use my 4-year-old IBM Lenovo laptop to read ebooks from Hussey-Mayfield AND ebooks from Amazon. Kindle-formatted ebooks from amazon.com will work on almost any PC. You just need the free Kindle for PC software, which you download from amazon.com. To read Hussey-Mayfield ebooks on your PC, you just need free software from OverDrive. I use them both.

Have a merry Christmas and a New Year full of happy e-reading!