Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Changes to EVPL eNewsletters

For several years, we've offered an assortment of eNewsletters. On our eNewsletters page , patrons have subscribed to eNewsletters and received them via email. Unfortunately, our content providers have discontinued the following eNewsletters: BooksTV...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2009 1:17 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: fyi, email, newsletters, evpl.org, enewsletters, nancy pearl

Central's anniversary celebration SUNDAY features mini-golf, Book Cart Drill Team, & more!

View larger version. Starting with a press conference on Thursday, September 17, we've been honoring Central Library's 5th anniversary with some special events . Our Film Festival wraps up this afternoon with a showing of Citizen Kane . On Saturday...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2009 11:59 am by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: central library, voting, fyi, food, fun, celebrations, films, free stuff, anniversary, cakes, mini-golf, events, music

Please pardon our mess: Parking deck repairs at Central Library

Due to repairs to the parking deck, portions of Central Library's parking lot will be closed at varying times until mid-November or when construction is complete. Parking is still available in Central's underground parking garage. The entrance...

Published Mon, Sep 09 2009 1:32 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: central library, maintenance, repair, fyi, construction, parking, meeting rooms

PINs updates for self-checkout & in-library computer usage

Last March, the EVPL introduced PINs for security & privacy reasons. At that time, PIN numbers became required for users accessing their library account on our website. Upon logging in for the first time, users were prompted to create a numeric PIN...

Published Tue, Aug 08 2009 3:27 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: maintenance, fyi, policy, computers, tutorials, online privacy, PINs

Credit Reports Are Your Friend

Welcome back to the second installment of my blogs about managing your debt. I recently in the last week just signed my life away in blood in order to procure a car loan. My poor hubby's Toyota Camry decided to let it be known she was dying a potentially...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2009 11:31 am by PotionsMaster@evpl

Filed under: fyi, credit cards, debt management, credit reports

How To Get a Handle on Credit Card Debt

If you are like any other red-blooded American living in the current time of today, you probably are carrying a balance on one or a few different credit cards. This revolving debt is going to cost you plenty of money in interest rates, so the big credit...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2009 10:01 am by PotionsMaster@evpl

Filed under: fyi, debt, credit cards, debt management

Encore unavailability on Monday, July 27

Encore , a new online catalog we introduced last December , will be upgraded to a new version on Monday, July 27. Encore will be temporarily unavailable during the upgrade process. We don't have an exact time yet for the upgrade, but I will update...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2009 9:48 am by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: maintenance, fyi, evpl.org, encore

Beat the Heat by Coming to EVPL!

This is the second day of a Heat Advisory for this area. Sure, we all feel drained and listless, not to mention that any kind of physical movement makes a person break out into sweat. But especially in the Ohio River Valley heat can cause more problems...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2009 10:26 am by PotionsMaster@evpl

Filed under: central library, evansville, health, water, weather, fyi, evpl, air conditioning, heat, health risks

Services available to laptop users at EVPL libraries

Do you have a laptop? Bring it in on your next visit to the EVPL to take advantage of the following services! Wireless Internet Access Wireless internet access (aka Wi-Fi) is available for free at all locations. If your laptop has a wireless network card...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2009 1:31 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: internet, technology, fyi, evpl.org, computers, mp3 players, mac, tutorials, electronics, iphone, wi-fi, printing

NEW security feature for EVPL patrons: PINs

On Tuesday, March 3, the EVPL will be implementing a new security feature to protect patron accounts: PINs. Similar to using a PIN at the ATM, EVPL cardholders will be required to enter their name, library card number, & PIN when accessing their account...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2009 3:59 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: maintenance, fyi, evpl.org, tutorials, online privacy, PINs

Library Elf now a paid-subscription service; here's our free alternative!

Library Elf , a free service that library patrons all around the world could use to keep tabs on their & their family's due dates, is no longer free. Check out their announcement here , which details the reasons for the change. Since Library Elf...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2009 5:07 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: internet, technology, Online resources, Web 2.0, fyi, email, libraries, evpl.org, tutorials, library elf

Introducing Encore: A better way to search the catalog!

Last October, we discontinued AquaBrowser . Today I am happy to unveil its successor: ENCORE ! The catalog widget at the top of our webpages now searches Encore. In a nutshell, Encore works very similarly to Google. In the search box, simply type in words...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2008 10:54 am by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: Web 2.0, fyi, cataloging, evpl.org, tutorials, encore

OverDrive @ EVPL now Mac compatible!

OverDrive @ EVPL is a collection of downloadable materials (including audiobooks, eBooks, movies, & music) available free of charge to all EVPL cardholders. Since launch, patrons with Windows PCs have been downloading countless items from this digital...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 11:31 am by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: technology, Web 2.0, fyi, collections, overdrive, downloads, evpl.org, ebooks, computers, zune, mp3 players, mac, ipod

New computers at EVPL libraries

Public-use computers at all EVPL libraries are being replaced with new Dell Optiplex 755 computers. With Windows XP, Core 2 Duo processors, and 2GB of RAM, these computers are much speedier than our old ones! These computers also include DVD burners ...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2008 3:29 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: maintenance, technology, fyi, evpl, transition, computers

AquaBrowser to be discontinued on Monday, October 27

AquaBrowser, an alternative interface for searching our online catalog, will be discontinued on Monday, October 27. At that time, the Classic Catalog will be the only way to search our catalog. We'll soon be implementing a new search interface in...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 2:15 pm by professor.knowsitall@evpl

Filed under: maintenance, fyi, evpl.org, evpl.org, maintenance, fyi

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