Nancy Klingener, Community Affairs Manager for Monroe County Public Library, joined Good Morning Keys on KeysTalk 96.9/102.5FM this morning to talk about what’s been going on in the libraries.
Libby is an app that puts books at your fingertips.
Klingener said, “If you go onto our website, over at the top right hand corner, you’ll see a tile about Libby. Libby is the app where you can get and read e-books, e-audiobooks, and something that I think a lot of people don’t know, we have a collection through Libby of 5,000 different magazine titles. That includes back lists, back issues, and there’s no waiting. There’s not like a hold list, like with the e-books. So you can go on there and I think you can find a magazine for just about any interest on there, cooking or crafts or general interests or just any health lifestyle, it’s amazing. You can obviously save a lot of money because these magazines can get pretty expensive. The main thing that people use Libby for is the e-books e-audiobooks. We have a huge collection. It’s growing all the time, and it’s an amazing resource.”
Libby will require a PIN.
Klingener said, “When you first set up your Libby account, you enter your library card number and your PIN. But recently, Libby has told us they’re going to start requiring people to verify their PIN every time they request a book or download a book. So if you don’t have the PIN off the top of your head, that could be a problem. Generally, when you set up your library account, the PIN is the last four digits of your phone number that you gave us, but if you forgot, if you changed it for whatever reason, it doesn’t work, you can reset your PIN and there’s a link in that big display on the home page. There’s a little article explaining all this, and there’s a link for where you can reset your PIN.”
Kanopy is another form of electronic entertainment with films and TV shows for all ages.
Klingener said, “There’s unlimited plays for Kanopy kids, which includes, educational and entertainment. So it’s a pretty good way to keep the kids busy.”
The conch shell will show you the menu when you’re on the website.
Klingener said, “One thing we’ve been adding is, if you look at either the conch shell menu or the menu down at the bottom of the website, which is called the footer, if you click under news, you’ll find news for each branch and also for the Florida Keys History Center and for kids and teens. So we’re trying to really be able to spread the word that way with our blog, and it’s worth checking out, especially if you look under the kids and teens news right now. There’s an item that would be of particular interest to homeschool parents, which I know we have a growing number up here in the Keys. Many of them use library, and there’s a free app through the library called Mango, which is for language learning. The Mango company has recently come up with a guide specifically aimed at homeschooling parents for how they can use Mango in their curriculum. If you go down on the website in that sort of gray area with the grid of four squares, there’s a library card tile and if you just click on that, you can find all about getting a library card.”
For more information, click here: https://www.keyslibraries.org/