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New Town Talk: We're Not Just Books
Posted on July 1, 2021 7:00 AM by Sarah Carey
Speaker: Barry Trott, Special Projects and Technical Services Director, Williamsburg Regional Library/Sarah Carey
 
This June 12th New Town Talk was focused on the digital resources on the Williamsburg Library website (www.wrl.org). The two Apps to use are Overdrive and Libby. Help is always available, either by email, chat, text, phone call or coming into the library. Williamsburg Library in downtown is located at 515 Scotland St, Williamsburg and the James City County branch is located at 7770 Croaker Road, Williamsburg.  
 
There are 6 digital collections. 
  1. Ebooks, of which there are 25,000, can be renewed 3 times and return automatically.
  2. There are 13,000 downloadable audiobooks which are a great way to “read” while walking and helpful for the vision impaired.  Once they are downloaded, they are offline.
  3. There is a large digital magazine collection of 3200 issues! 
  4. Streaming and downloadable music can be accessed anywhere, anytime using the FREEGAL App for a total of 3 hours, but during the pandemic it was extended to 24 hours. You can download 3 songs/week and keep them forever.
  5. Streaming video is through the Kanopy App. You can get weekly updates on new videos available. The video is available for 72 hours and can be streamed to a Smart TV.
  6. The last collection is Learning at Home which offers resources for teachers, school age children and librarians. There is also a section on resources which includes such topics as ancestry, life-long learning classes, languages, arts and crafts. 
Spend some time browsing the library website! It’s not just books.
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