Freading, a NEW ebook program!

Effective May 1st, The Alberta Library has licensed Freading (http://www.libraryideas.com/freading.html), an ebook solution for TAL member public libraries.  This is a one year pilot project funded by the Alberta Public Library Electronic Network (APLEN) via Alberta Municipal Affairs Public Library Services Branch and is meant to supplement library ebook collections.  Up to $400,000 has been committed to the license over the next 12 months.

The easy-to-access collection currently includes approximately 12,000 titles from all genres, with new titles added regularly.

Freading offers unlimited simultaneous access to all titles, so there are no wait times or hold lists. Freading also provides mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.

As the name suggests, Freading is free to library patrons, based on a weekly token system.

Each book on the Freading site is labeled with the number of tokens required to download it. The required number of tokens varies between 1 to 4 tokens per two-week checkout and the average ebook is 2 tokens.

Ebooks are downloaded for a two-week period and may be renewed for another two weeks. The two-week renewal may use additional tokens, depending on the book.

Patrons will be allotted 4 tokens per week and unused tokens roll over to the next week.   If the weekly limits are reached, users may not download, but may add an ebook to the "wishlist" and reserve it for the next week.

 

Wills and Estate Planning

 Having trouble navigating the perplexing world of Wills and Estate Planning?

Wills and Estate Lawyer, Lani Rouillard, of Rouillard Law Office will be at the Sylvan Lake Municipal Library to answer your questions.

This informative session will give you peace of mind now and show you how to protect your most valuable asset, your family.

Topics of discussion will include organizing your living will and creating a road map for your executor. 

Date: Saturday, May 26

Time: 1pm - 3pm

Place: Sylvan Lake Municipal Library

Call the library to register.

403-887-2130

Seating is limited. 

Sylvan Lake Film Society Presents...

Edwin Boyd

Directed by Nathan Morlando, this is a fascinating portrait of the notorious WWII veteran and family man turned Toronto gangster and bank robber. Returning to Canada after being discharged from the army, Edwin Boyd (Scott Speedman, Underworld; Underworld Evolution) turned to crime in a bid to provide for his family. Unable to find legitimate employment, Boyd cut his teeth in the crime world by robbing a New York branch of the Bank of Montreal. He continued pulling bank heists over the next few years with his newly formed “Boyd” gang causing the largest manhunt in Canadian history.

Nominated for four Genie Award’s including best actor for Scott Speedman, this is a must see for any Canadian history buff, gangster movie fan and lovers of great stories that only get better when they are based on truth! 

Where: Landmark Cinema Sylvan Lake

            9 Beju Industrial Drive

When: Monday, April 30

Time: 7:15 pm

Admission: $8 

Tickets available at the library or at the theater the night of the screening.

Art Display at the Library

Alberta Society of Artists
Traveling Exhibition
Program presents….

The works of
Henry
Stewart
Cameron,
Cartoonist

This exhibition offers a rare glimpse into the career of Calgary-born master cartoonist Henry Stewart Cameron. Included are reproductions of rough sketches, ink drawings, and copies of press prints created during Cameron's time as a student, as an employee of the Calgary Herald as well as a freelance cartoonist with the military and the Vancouver Province.

This exhibition runs from April 23 - May 23 at the Library.

We welcome your visit to this educational and entertaining exhibit.

Poetry Month - Let's Get Lyrical

April is Poetry Month!!
This year we are celebrating LYRICS.
Our display is up and we want to hear from YOU!
What are the lyrics that you love?

Wedding Songs? What was yours? Unforgettable by Nat King Cole? I Swear by All for One?

Funeral Songs? Have you picked out your own or heard one you love? I personally like At My Funeral by the Crash Test Dummies.


War Ditties? Sink the Bismarck by Johnny Horton? Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton?

Children's Songs? Banana Phone by Raffi? The Cat Came Back by Cordell Barker

Bizarre Lyrics? The Walrus or any Beatles song?

Songs as stories? Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry



Political Songs? The Grave by Don Mclean? Signs by Five Man Electrical Band

Dare I open a Pandora's box and say Leonard Cohen?

We want to know the lyrics of your life.
Come write them down and post on our display.

Check us out on Facebook and add your lyrical comments there also.
We can't wait to see your postings.

Freedom to Read Week 2012

We have had lots of requests and questions regarding our Freedom to Read Week Display this year. Yay!

I thought I would post the pictures for all to see! We opted for "Don't be a Zombie! Read for Yourself" as our theme this year. Hope you like it!

Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction

THE WINNER OF the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction is Andrew Westoll for The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A Canadian Story of Resilience and Recovery. 

It was chosen from a short list of five books announced in January of 2012.The short list finalists also included: 
WADE DAVIS, author of Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest.

CHARLOTTE GILL, author of Eating Dirt: Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe.

JJ LEE, author of The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit.

MADELINE SONIK, author of Afflictions & Departures: Essays.