We have a brand-new ebook product on board, Hoopla. If you have used larger libraries across the country, you are probably familiar with this popular product. Our new subscription comes through our AspenCat membership, and offers both e-books, including comics, as well as e-audiobooks. Ruby Sisson Library will continue to offer Libby (Overdrive). We will no longer offer CloudLibrary.
Why the change?
You might be surprised to learn that ebooks cost us anywhere from $40 to $120 per copy. That’s considerably more than individuals pay for the same content. Our ebook purchases also have limits set by the publisher to how many times they can be borrowed. This model is very expensive, and we are always working to find high-quality content for you at a price that is sustainable.
The Hoopla model of lending to libraries promises to be more affordable without sacrificing quality, allowing us to provide more titles and more copies for shorter waiting lists.
Quick facts:
• All content in CloudLibrary previously purchased by our ebook consortium will transfer to the Hoopla platform for continued discovery and use.
• If you have placed holds on books in the CloudLibrary app, those holds will not automatically transfer to the Hoopla app. You will need to manually place those holds in the Hoopla app.
• You will have a limit of seven holds and five checkouts at a time in Hoopla, just like in Libby. So, between the two ebook products, you can read to your heart’s content.
Ready to get started? Download the Hoopla app on your digital device and sign in as an AspenCat library member with your library card number.
Need help? Call or stop in and we will help you make the transition.
Summer reading challenge wrapping up
With just a few weeks to go, you have surpassed our lofty goal of 250,000 minutes read and are almost at our next-level 350,000-minute goal.
Yes, Pagosa, this summer you have read a combined 320,000 minutes. That is simply phenomenal. And we have one more week to go. Read Wild! ends Aug. 28 with an end-of-summer celebration for all ages on Aug. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Yamaguchi Park.
We hope you all had a wonderful time at the library this summer. As one young visitor exclaimed recently, “It’s the summer for kids.” It was, indeed. And all of you made it so special.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten prepares your little one for success
Don’t let the Summer Reading Program be the end of your reading time together. As the beginning of another school year looms on the horizon, you might be thinking about your own small child’s first day of kindergarten. Will she be prepared?
The library has a free, fun program to give your child the head start she needs.
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is an early childhood initiative that helps inspire a love for reading and literature while also helping our youngest readers get exposure to print and phonetics, and earn prizes along the way.
The goal is not to read 1,000 different books before kindergarten, but to simply read 1,000 times before they begin their journey to expand their knowledge. If your little one has a favorite book that they want you to reread to them immediately after finishing it the first time, then that counts as another book read.
Every 100 books is a milestone where our young patrons can receive a small prize or an experience at the library. At the end of their journey, they will receive a grand prize as well as an invite to a celebration at the library with all of those who have finished their 1,000 books before kindergarten.
Sign-up is free and easy. Enroll today by visiting the library.
Group meeting room available
While we’re waiting for the full library to be completed, we have carved out a meeting room space for small groups of six to eight people to use by reservation. Give us a call at (970) 264-2209 to reserve your spot today.
Colorado Parks Passes for checkout
Summer is slipping away. Have you visited a Colorado state park this year? Colorado state parks require a paid pass to enter, but you can borrow one from the library for a few days at no cost to you.
Passes come with a backpack filled with nature guides, binoculars and fun activities. Reserve yours today.
Note: Colorado State Park passes are not valid for Chimney Rock National Monument.
Activities calendars
Pick up monthly calendars at the library or check the website, www.pagosalibrary.org/events-calendar, so you don’t miss any of the free programs, events and activities available to you and your family.
Tech Time
Free in-person slots are available from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursdays. Taylor helps with basic questions relating to computers, smartphones and tablets, and also provides assistance in accessing the library’s online resources. No appointment is needed, but please bring your device’s charger and passwords with you.
New books collections brimming with interesting titles
For a full list of new titles and to reserve your copy, go to www.pagosalibrary.org and choose “Search the Catalog” at the top of the screen.
Don’t forget, if there is a waiting list for the book, it may be available now as an e-book or e-audiobook on Hoopla or Libby.
During our transition period, most books are in storage, but the new books are available to browse, and you can reserve any title in the catalog and have them brought in from other libraries. All the children’s collection is available in our bright, new, shiny children’s room.
Need help? Just ask. We love talking about books.
New in large print
• “Eyes of Kings” is the action-packed final installment in Chloe Gong’s “Flesh & False Gods” trilogy. The 400-page fantasy novel is inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and follows an ultimate showdown for power in the kingdom of Talin.
• Kristin Harmel is back with “Meet Me in Paris.” Julia Glover has brought her 23-year-old daughter, Piper, to Paris for the first time, their last trip here together. Julia is dying, and as the mother and daughter desperately try to make memories together as the clock ticks down, they both meet men they never want to leave.
• “The Wild Beneath” by Kelly Anderson will appeal to fans of “Wild Dark Shore” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” A woman caught in a tsunami meets a mysterious stranger with magnetic secrets. When the stranger disappears, the woman must make impossible choices.
New fiction
• Joyce Carol Oates is back with a collection of psychological stories in “The Frenzy.”
• “Spinning at the Edges” features protagonist Ruth Pearl, a woman who has found critical solace in the Connecticut countryside from the horrific legacy of the Holocaust but must somehow cope when her peaceful sanctuary is threatened.
• A new thriller, “Wisdom Corner,” from native author David Heska Wanbli Weiden, features Virgil Wounded Horse, who is trying desperately to escape his past as a hired vigilante but is forced to return to the job when a legendary figure is murdered on the reservation.
Back to school
• “The Complete IEP Guide: How to Advocate for Special Education Services for Your Child” is a legal guide for parents and caregivers to arrange for appropriate evaluations and win disputes with school districts.
• “Get Into Any College: The Insider’s Guide to Getting Into a Top College” by Gen and Kelly Tanabe will appeal to many high school seniors who dream of attending the college of their choice.
• The companion to the above title is “Get Fresh Cash for College: Secrets to Winning Scholarships,” with plenty of advice for affording to attend that college of your dreams.
True crime
Fans of mystery fiction may enjoy true crime stories. These are new to our shelves:
• “Confessions of the Green River Killer: A True Story of Manipulation, Madness, and a Search for Justice” is by Maria DiLorenzo, one of the few journalists to interview the killer.
• “By the River’s Edge: A True Story of Identity and Serial Murder,” tells the story of the 1990 murders by one crazed killer of women near Spokane, Wash.
New in history
• “Enslaved on the Trail of Tears: Race, Removal, and the Transformation of Indian Territory” is from historical scholar Terry J. Ligon.
• Middle Ages historian Thomas Asbridge brings us “The Black Death: A Global History of Humanity’s Most Devastating Pandemic.”
• World War II buffs will find interest in “The Last of the Old Breed: An Oral History of the Final Marines of World War II,” a collection of oral histories from surviving soldiers aged 90 to 103.
See you at the library.
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