CCRLD News Blog

The Columbia County Rural Library District Board of Trustees announces an opening on the County Library Board of Trustees. The County Library Board is taking applications for anyone who is interested in a five-year term as trustee beginning April 1, 2012.  Applications must be received by Chair Jay Ball at the Columbia County Rural Library District by January 13, 2011.  Applicants will be interviewed by the Library District Board of Trustees at one of their regular meetings in February with one person’s name being recommended to the Columbia County Commissioners for appointment.  The trustee whose term will expire March 31^st will be reapplying for a second term of 5 years.

Please pick up a Trustee packet at the Dayton Memorial Library, 111 S. 3^rd Street, Dayton during library open hours or visit the Employment page to view the packet and print off an application to submit by the deadline date of January 13, 2012.

Fiction:

• Red Mist (Cornwell)
• The Winding Road (Eagles)
• The Right Guard (Hamlet)
• Last Snow (Lustbader)
• The Ladies of Covington Send Their Love (Medlicott)
• A Covington Christmas (Medlicott)
• Promises of Change (Medlicott)

Non-Fiction:

• Capitol Punishment
• Dark Horses and Underdogs
• I Never Thought I'd See the Day

Large Print:

• Red Mist (Cornwell)
• Devil's Gate (Cussler)
• V is for Vengeance (Grafton)

Picture books:

• Bedtime Classics
• Classic Tales
• Curious George
• Princess Classics
• The Great Monster Hunt
• The Twelve Days of Christmas
• There's No Such Thing as Monsters
• Twas the Night Before Christmas

Columbia County Rural Library District has expanded its services with eAudiobooks and eBooks. Best-selling and classic titles are available anytime, anywhere.  Anyone with a library card who lives in Columbia County can check out and download digital media anytime, anywhere by visiting the library’s Web site www.ccrld.lib.wa.us

(Click on eBooks/eAudiobooks at the top)  Choose from two different sources: OneClickdigital with Recorded Books or OverDrive with the Washington Digital Library Consortium.

Users may browse the library’s Web site, check out with a valid library card, and download to PC, MAC, and many mobile devices.  Users will need to install free software to download eAudiobooks. 

With OverDrive, you download OverDrive Media Console software.

With OneClickdigital, you download OneClickdigital Media Manager.

Both are available for our patron’s use.

Currently eBooks are only available through OverDrive.

Whether you are reading an eBook or listening to an eAudiobooks, titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period.  There are no late fees!  Lending periods differ between the two vendors.

Check out and download eBooks for Kindle or Adobe-enabled eReader devices (such as Nook, Sony Reader, iPad).  Check out eAudiobooks and download to your MP3 device or iPod.

Again, be aware that eBooks are only available through OverDrive at this time.  Recorded Books will be adding eBooks in the near future.

Direct questions about our new services to the staff at 382-4131 or email library@daytonwa.net.  Begin now to ENJOY eBooks and eAudiobooks.

Fiction:

• Miss Dimple Rallies to the Cause (Ballard)
• The Drop (Connelly)
• Micro (Crichton and Preston)
• The Alpine Winter (Daheim)
• The Scottish Prisoner (Gabaldon)
• Desert Steel (Holmes)
• Stealing Shadows (Hooper)
• Hiding in the Shadows (Hooper)
• Longing (Kingsbury)
• The Tiger's Wife (Obreht)

Non-Fiction:

• Being George Washington
• Boom Towns and Relic Hunters
• Core of Conviction
• Takin Care of Business
• The Histories
• Throw Them All Out

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We'd just like to remind you all that we will be closed tomorrow (Thanksgiving) and on Friday (Nov. 26th). We hope you have a good holiday among friends and family.

Also, concerning the calendar of events:

• There will be no Preschool storytime Dec. 26^th and January 2^nd.
• There will be no Toddler storytime Dec. 27^th and January 3^rd.
• There will be no baby storytime Dec. 27 and January 3^rd.
• And, there will be no Computer class on Dec. 6^th.

Questions? Please give us a call (382-4131) or send us an email (library@daytonwa.net). Otherwise, have a great holiday season!

Playaways:

• The Kingdom (Cussler)
• Dick Francis' Gamble (Francis)
• Victory and Honor (Griffin)
• The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (Harris)
• Betrayal of Trust (Jance)
• Flash and Bones (Reichs)

"The Story of Beautiful Girl" by Rachel Simon. It is one of our new books.  I highly recommend it. It is well written and the story is very thought provoking.

by Sandy

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If you wish to reserve "The Story of Beautiful Girl " by Rachel Simon , please contact the library:

library@daytonwa.net

382-4131

Fiction:

• Inheritance (Paolini)

Non-Fiction:

• Digital Moviemaking
• Write Your Own Non-Fiction

Graphic Novels:

• Fairy Tail vol 16 (Mashima)