Fall 2016 Newsletter - Bibliothèque publique de Nipissing Ouest

West
Nipissing
Public
Library
Volume 2, Issue 4
Fall 2016
Fall 2016 Newsletter
Ontario Public Library Week 2016
Inside this issue:
NEW Teen & Adult
Launchpads
2
e-Resources
2-3
Book Club
3
Stay Connected!
3
Summer Review
4
News and Events:
 Upcoming Technology
Training Sessions:
Sept. 20 & 27; Oct. 4,
11, 13, 18 & 25
 Ontario Public Library
Week: Oct. 16-22,
2016
 Please take a look at
our website for more
news and updates, and
for information on library services:
www.wnpl.ca
 Check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and
Goodreads!
The West Nipissing
Public Library will once
again be celebrating
Ontario Public Library
Week: October 16-22,
2016! This special
week is part of Canadian Library Month. During this month, libraries and library partners
across Canada raise
awareness of the valuable role libraries play
in Canadians’ lives.
The WNPL is planning
special events to mark
this important week,
including a story time
session for kids. Full
event details will be
announced soon. Stay
connected with the
library by checking our
website regularly for
updates, www.wnpl.ca.
You can also like us on
Facebook, follow us
on Twitter, and join
our Goodreads group!
The library looks forward to celebrating
Ontario Public Library
Week with our community! #OPLW
Fall Technology Training Sessions
The library is pleased to
announce that it will continue to offer technology
training sessions throughout September, October,
and November with our
Technology Trainer and I.T.
Support Coordinator, Jeff
Cousineau. Jeff can help
you navigate the internet,
become a pro at using your
tablet, and everything in
between. For more information about this program,
and to reserve a one-onone 40-minute session
with Jeff, please call 705-753
-2620 or email [email protected]. Thanks to the
Ontario Trillium Foundation for their
support in
this initiative.
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NEW Launchpads for Teens & Adults
The West Nipissing Public
Library is excited to announce that we have acquired Playaway
Launchpads for teens and
adults. Similar to the tablets that we currently have
for children, these new
Launchpads are secure
tablets with pre-loaded
apps and games. The library recently purchased
five Launchpads for teens
and adults with various
themes, including games,
trivia, health, and language
-learning. The customizable interface allows teens
and adults to personalize
each tablet by changing
the background colour and
personal icon. User-friendly
features include the ability
to adjust screen brightness, change app badge
size, and enable text-tospeech for audio support
while navigating the
Launchpad experience.
Every Launchpad is also
pre-loaded with a Pack
Booster filled with productivity tools and bonus brain
games, such as a calculator, timer and stopwatch,
dictionary, and solitaire,
among others. These new
Launchpads for teens and
adults will be available for
circulation soon. For more
information, please enquire at the front desk of
the Sturgeon Falls branch
or call 705-753-2620. Official launch information will
also be announced shortly.
Stay tuned!
Back to School e-Resources
The West Nipissing Public
Library offers a variety of
online research databases
for both kids and teens.
These databases can be
accessed both at the library and remotely. For
example, if you want to
access a library database
while at home, all you
would need is your library
card barcode number to
login. These databases are
a great resource and can
be used for a variety of
school projects. In addition, several databases
include student or junior
versions. For a complete
listing of all of the online
resources available at the
library, please visit our
website: www.wnpl.ca.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo is a reading
and research database
for children from pre-K to
Grade 3. This resource is
divided into two major
categories, Animals and
Science, and includes
built-in reading and research tools. For example, all of the topic articles include read-along
audio and word-by-word
highlighting.
NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a fiction
database designed especially for elementary and
middle school-aged kids.
This powerful database
contains information on
over 70,000 fiction titles,
Britannica Library
This award-winning online
resource from Encyclopedia
Britannica provides easy to
use, and easy to find trusted information. This encyclopedia offers different
search levels for all ages.
Search results include full
text articles with word-forword definitions provided
by Merriam-Webster, images, videos, links to journal
articles, online ebooks, and
much more!
more than 290 Recommended Reads, thematic
book lists, and more.
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More Back to School e-Resources
Canadian Points of View
This full text database of
news and commentary
covers about 150 topics
and controversial issues.
It is aimed at students
writing argumentative
papers.
World Book
World Book is a powerful online encyclopedia that offers
many different products/formats for all ages. From research tools and historical timelines, to fun games and
activites for kids, and interactive maps, World Book truly
offers a global perspective on information discovery,
research, and learning.
Book Club
The West Nipissing Public Library Book Club meets on a monthly basis to discuss a preselected book. Members can also discuss the books they have read online on the library’s
Goodreads group (West Nipissing Public Library). The book club meets the last Wednesday
of every month at 1:30 PM in the boardroom of the Sturgeon Falls branch. New members
are always welcome! The book club will be reading the following novels for Fall 2016:
September: The Lake House by Kate Morton
October: Walking Home by Eric Walters
November: To be announced
Upcoming Book Club
Meetings:
 Wednesday, September 28
 Wednesday, October 26
 Wednesday, November 30
West Nipissing Public
Library—Bibliothèque publique de Nipissing Ouest
@wnpubliclibrary
www.wnpl.ca
Stay Connected with the Library!
Stay connected with the
West Nipissing Public Library by following us
through our social media
pages and/or checking out
our website. You can like
us on Facebook, follow us
on Twitter, and join our
Goodreads group. We reg-
ularly post the latest library
news, events, and pictures
on our Facebook and Twitter pages, in addition to
keeping our website up to
date with full details on
upcoming events, new materials, and more. The library’s website is also the
portal to our online services and resources, including online databases,
the library catalogue, and
OverDrive. Start exploring
our online presence today
and stay connected with
your library!
Summer 2016 Review
“Delicious autumn! My
very soul is wedded to
it, and if I were a bird I
would fly about the
earth seeking the
successive autumns.”
-George Eliot
The West Nipissing Public Library
had a great summer this year,
thanks to you! We had strong participation at all of our events and
programs, including the TD Summer
Reading Club, our Makerspace
Madness sessions, and the Science
North event. We also offered fishing
equipment to borrow, thanks to the
TackleShare program. The library
was active and busy, with lots of
materials circulating and services
being used. Thank you for supporting your local library!
WEST NIPISSING PUBLIC LIBRARY
Sturgeon Falls—Main Branch
225 Holditch Street, Suite 107
Sturgeon Falls, ON
P2B 1T1
Phone: 705-753-2620
Fax: 705-753-2131
E-mail: [email protected]
Visit us on the web at: www.wnpl.ca