Archive for October, 2009

Stacks? ECE? Where’s that? Show me a map.

October 30, 2009

You want to see if we have the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.  You look it up in the library catalog and find out that it is located in STACKS with a call number of BF 637 .S38 G 533 2008. Yeah, and… Well, we’ve now added a link to each item in the library [...]

Take a break with a jigsaw puzzle

October 28, 2009

Sometimes you just want to take a break and lose yourself in a jigsaw puzzle.  Now you’ll find one in process on the first floor of the Tunxis Library in a quiet corner behind the reference stacks.  Pull up a chair by the window with your friends or just by yourself and put things all [...]

Download Some Bestsellers

October 27, 2009

We know that for some of you we can never have enough audiobooks.  So, we wanted you to know that if you have a public library card from your town library there are some great downloadable reads for you to access (for free!) through the iCONN website.  You will find over 1300 nonfiction and fiction [...]

Renew Your Items Online

October 19, 2009

Did you know that you can renew your items online? It’s easy and fast.  Look for the link to Renew Your Items from the library homepage under Useful Links or on the sidebar on any other page of the library website. Once you’ve clicked on Renew Your Items you will need to enter your Net [...]

What New Yorkers Read on the Subway

October 9, 2009

Seems like people on the subways in NYC are still reading old-fashioned books, and some pretty good books, too.
The New York Times recently did an informal survey of some of the most common books seen on the subway lines.
Peter from the blog Flashlight Worthy discusses the 21 most popular here.  If any sound appealing, almost [...]