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Library Card: "The Smartest Card" You Own! |
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Your
Library Card
–
"The Smartest Card" You Own
* September is National Library Card
Sign-Up Month *
* Library Partnership with the Business
Community *
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September is
Library Card Sign-Up Month, a time
when we at the Wauconda Area Library
like to remind all district residents
that your library card is the
"smartest card" in your
wallet! Our goal is to make your library
card the most valued and most
used card you possess.
Your library card
is your ticket to opportunity.
What other card in your wallet gives you
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access to books,
magazines, CD’s, DVD's,
computers, eBooks and eAudiobooks,
MP3 players and iPods, and other great resources and
programs that can change
your life – or just make it a little
more fun? |
Freebies
and Discounts!
There are
more reasons than ever to get a library card or
replace a lost one, or dig yours out of your
wallet! More than 125 participating
businesses throughout the library district will
reward you with discounts or freebies when you
present your library card. This offer
lasts throughout the whole month of
September.
Everyone is invited to
pick up a
list
of vendors and their discounts or freebies
at the library or view the list at
www.wauclib.org.
For further information or
to
learn
how to get a library card, please call the
library at 847-526-6225.
Better yet, come to the library to see what’s
new and how many ways you can take advantage of
your library card – it may well be the
smartest thing you ever do! |
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Library Offer for National Library Card Sign-Up Month |
Put Your
Library Card to Good Use and WIN!
In celebration of Library Card Sign-Up
Month, library users who check out at least 10
items in a single visit will be eligible to
enter our prize drawings for $25 gift
certificates from Barnes and Noble or other
great prizes donated by participating businesses.
Check out 3 items using the Self-Checkout
machine and be eligible for the prize drawings.
The library now owns more than 135,000 books,
magazines, DVD's, and CD's, and we guarantee
that you'll be glad you put your library card to
good use. We hope you win one
of our prize drawings, but even if you don't,
you are a winner -- after all, you will have
made good use of "the smartest card"
you own! |
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Web 2.0 -
What is it? |
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Web 2.0 - What is it?
If you haven't heard the term "Web 2.0", you
will! No, it isn't Spider-man's latest
web-spinning technology. Web 2.0 refers to
the evolution that is changing the way we use
the World Wide Web.
Instead of just surfing for information, we are
now able to interact with each other on the
Web with the use of tools like
web logs (blogs),
podcasts,
wikis,
RSS feeds,
and
video blogs (vlogs).
Try
it!
Go
to
http://maps.ask.com,
type in Wauconda, IL in the Start Location box
to the right of the map. Click Go and
instantly a map of Wauconda appears. Left
click on the red pushpin and hold down the mouse
button to drag it anywhere on the map.
Instead of opening up a new map, the map
automatically adjusts to your address change.
Welcome to Web 2.0!
Customize it!
Web 2.0 is about customizing the Web to fit your
needs. You no longer have to rely on what
other people put out there, and it's free!
Create your own radio station at
www.pandora.com.
Type in an artist or a favorite song. Pandora will select similar artists.
Vote on each song and build your station from
there!
Create your own search engine at
www.rollyo.com.
Add all your home improvement websites to one list and
search them all at once!
Notify your friends and family of upcoming events
with
http://upcoming.org.
You add the events and make them available to your
friends, family, the world or just yourself.
Go beyond your typical news sites with
www.newsvine.com.
Read, write or discuss current news. Add articles
from your favorite newspaper or submit your own
articles. Then others can read your additions and
comment on them.
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