Blinkist is a popular subscription-based app that distills bestselling non-fiction books and podcasts into key insights. Westfield Memorial Library is excited to announce its most recent digital offering: Blinkist Premium, now available free to all Westfield cardholders. Through a partnership with Library Ideas, LLC, Westfield joins libraries worldwide in providing access to Blinkist’s...
The Western Counties Regional Library has added VOX books to its children’s section at all 10 of its branches in southwestern Nova Scotia. Lydia Hunsberger (above), manager of collections and digital services, holds two VOX books. The audiobooks that live in print books are now available to borrow at all 10 branches of Western Counties Regional Library. VOX books are audiobooks that live in...
The following article was written by Sharon Verbeten, the Youth Services Manager at the Manitowoc Public Library. Original article found here. Making books cool again. That could be the unspoken motto for VOX Books—it’s also our hope for the newest collection to hit our Youth Services Department shelves at Manitowoc Public Library. We know it’s a challenge to get kids off those omnipresent...
Teachers at Washington Township Schools are dedicated to supporting students on their journey toward becoming confident readers. But for some students, this journey can feel like an uphill climb. To help motivate and encourage striving readers, Allisonville Elementary teachers have added another tool to their kit: VOX Books. VOX Books are audio-enabled book readers that live in print books. The...
Written by Jennifer Mathews, Instructional Media Technology Specialist Original article found here. The CSDB library has gone through some major changes this year as we have worked to move into and design a new space as well as to combine two libraries into one! The hard work has paid off and resulted in a wonderful new space where both our blind and deaf students can feel welcome, relax...
The Walmart in New Richmond recently provided a generous grant to the Hammond Community Library worth $1792. This grant was written by the Friends of the Hammond Community Library, a nonprofit working to help the Hammond Community Library’s program. The grant enabled the Library to purchase almost one hundred items to start a Spanish/English collection that will help young learners study either...
Parents are always looking for ways to make learning fun and engaging for their children. Well, thanks to a new offering from Paul Pratt Memorial Library, they won’t need to look far! iVOX is a children’s book app which uses the latest in storytelling technology to delight and engage curious young minds. Children ages 2-10 can follow along with a story while interacting with its...
A book that reads itself aloud is now available in Maōri, a world first. Auckland Libraries has teamed up with global company Library Ideas to add spoken Māori to six children’s books that come with VOX readers attached to their front covers that read the books aloud. Librarian Raniera Kingi (Ngāpuhi) translated six Māori picture books for the project, which he says is a world first. “This book...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) – In honor of Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, March is designated as National Reading Month. It’s a time to get young ones excited about reading. Titusville Library Branch Manager Reba Williams joined the CBS 42 Morning News live Saturday morning to share ideas for how to inspire kids to enjoy reading. Williams said research shows kids exposed to reading leads to overall...
The U.S. ranks second in the world for the most Spanish speakers, after Mexico. With shortages of bilingual teachers reported nationwide, librarians and publishers consider meeting an acute need. What is the impact of bilingual staff? For Anna Avalos, multilingual collections manager for Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), one experience comes to mind. A staff member wrote a...
