Collections E-News
March 3, 2017
Collections E-News
Keeping You Up to Date with Calgary Public Library E-resources
PRESSREADER IS COMING!
We’ve said this before, now we’re saying it again–Calgary Public Library will soon be offering PressReader by mid-March 2017! PressReader is the successor to the Library’s most popular e-resource, Newspaper Direct. PressReader is a much more mobile-friendly version and delivers a stream of top news stories to read, discuss, and share. Members will get full issues of thousands of newspapers and magazines, just as they appear in print; members will also have a greater capacity to manage their own accounts.
SPOTLIGHT ON ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES
Did You Know?
The most popular courses in lynda.com in the past 30 days are (in ranked order):
1) Foundations of Programming: Fundamentals
2) Logo Design Techniques
3) HTML Essential Training
4) Deke’s Techniques
5) Online Marketing Fundamentals
6) WordPress Essential Training
7) Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Advanced
8) Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Fundamentals
9) Excel 2016 Essential Training
10) Excel 2013 Essential Training
The average view time on lynda.com is 27 minutes.
BRAINFUSE FEEDBACK
Those e-resources are invisibly working away on behalf of the Library at all hours of the day and night! Check out the time stamp on the comments below from hardworking students using Brainfuse! (Do you think the assignment is due tomorrow?!)
2/7/2017 1:06:36 AM
Krystal
I just want to say thank you Calgary Public Library and Brainfuse for organizing this AMAZING free tutor service. From the bottom of my heart I just want to say thank you! Please continue to provide services like this because a lot of students struggle a lot to pay for expensive tutor fees, this is the perfect service for students like me. THANK YOU to the tutors and organization. Thank you!
2/18/2017 12:24:16 AM
arshdeep
best website!!!!!!!!!!!
2/18/2017 11:04:33 PM
Adam
Thank you for providing such services to students who can’t afford tutoring thank you 1,000,000x
2/19/2017 11:38:59 PM
Thomas
3rd time I'm answering this survey, every time, I just gotta say thank you for providing this service to us students. Thank you!!!!
MORE ABOUT READ ALBERTA EBOOKS
Calgary Public Library is pleased to host this new provincial eBook platform dedicated to showcasing Alberta authors. The e-resource currently includes over 1,000 eBooks published in Alberta and, with the ongoing support of the Public Library Services Branch, will continue to grow over the coming years. The Collection spans multiple genres and includes materials for adults, teens and children. Calgary Public Library members can access this collection through a link in our E-Library using their library cards.
As a bonus, the Read Alberta eBook Platform offers Calgary Public Library members simultaneous access to every title in this unique collection which means no long wait periods! Users can have a total of seven loans at one time and once they’ve finished with an eBook, users can return it for another.
We hope Library members (and you) enjoy discovering Alberta talent!
February 3, 2017
Keeping You Up to Date with Calgary Public Library E-resources
COMING SOON TO THE E-LIBRARY:
Cantook Station’s Alberta eBooks
The Public Library Services Branch has partnered with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta to create a collection of ebooks published in Alberta. The collection launches with 1,130 ebook titles by 24 Alberta publishers. These ebooks include a wide range of genres, and members will be pleased to find popular local titles, such as the Kananaskis Country Hiking Guide by Gillean Daffern. This platform is projected to launch in mid-February.
NEW TO THE E-LIBRARY:
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspaper Source Plus, a research source from EBSCO, is being provided to public libraries across the province courtesy of the Public Library Services Branch. This robust historical archive includes nearly 67 million full-text articles from more than 1,200 newspapers, newswires, and news magazines from major media outlets.
EBSCO UPDATES:
Due to security risks, EBSCO will no longer support Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0 as of July 2017.
ROSETTA STONE APP UPDATE:
The Rosetta Stone App has been updated to comply with Apple's latest security guidelines. This means that versions of the app installed before May 2016 are no longer supported on Apple products. Apple mobile device users will need to upgrade to at least iOS 9 and version 3.x of the app to continue to use Rosetta Stone.
OVERDRIVE RECENT UPDATES:
As a result of ’s ongoing upgrade to HTTPS in order to improve member security and privacy, some older devices and software versions may experience compatibility issues. Direct members to at help.overdrive.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2688756 to troubleshoot their device.
FIND WORLD LANGUAGE BOOKS IN THE CATALOGUE
As of 2016, Collections has been cataloguing all new world language books to allow members to search the catalogue for materials in their own language. The major task of reviewing and cataloguing all of the older world language books is underway, and will be completed this year.
World Language Collections themselves have also been undergoing change. There are now 21 World Language Collections (not including French or English) represented in the catalogue. These 21 languages represent current demographics, immigration trends, and member use. Updating the method of cataloguing facilitates use by members who read the language, as well as the Library’s ability to add and remove collections in response to Calgary’s changing needs.
What about French? As an official language of Canada, French is not considered part of the World Language Collection. French adult books have always been fully searchable in the catalogue. French children’s books are searchable in French and English to help English-speaking parents find reading materials for their children.
If you would like to know which languages we carry or how to search the World Language Collection, please read our FAQ on the website under Catalogue Searching Tips called, “How do I find books in my language in the catalogue?”
RESOURCES CANCELLED:
Due to low use, Book Review Digest Plus and Canadian Literary Centre are no longer available in the e-Library.
