Drake Community Library http://grinnell.lib.ia.us 930 Park Street, Grinnell, Iowa 50112. (641)-236-2661. Fri, 11 May 2012 21:43:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The library in your pocket http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/the-library-in-your-pocket/ http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/the-library-in-your-pocket/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 21:00:45 +0000 Monique http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/?p=2119 Did you know that many of our online services can be accessed via a mobile device app? You can use your mobile device to search thousands of news resources with EBSCO, learn a language on the go with Mango, listen to audiobooks from WILBOR or the new OneClickDigital, read ebooks from WILBOR, as well as . . . → Read More: The library in your pocket]]> http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/the-library-in-your-pocket/feed/ 0 Drake Community Library Donor Wall http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/donor-wall/ http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/donor-wall/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:38:49 +0000 Marilyn http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/?p=2043 The name of each donor who gave $500 or more toward library construction appears on the spine of a book.

 

A beautiful donor wall has recently been installed in the lobby of the library recognizing the many contributions to the library construction campaign.

More than 900 donors provided over $4.5 million toward the . . . → Read More: Drake Community Library Donor Wall]]> http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/donor-wall/feed/ 0 Join the Friends on Facebook and Twitter! http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/join-the-friends-on-facebook-and-twitter/ http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/join-the-friends-on-facebook-and-twitter/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:01:11 +0000 jeff http://grinnell.lib.ia.us/?p=1913 The Friends are getting social! You can now join us on Facebook and Twitter. We will be providing news about Friends activities via both networks. This is also a good way to connect with other library-friendly folks! So click the links here to connect – and don’t forget to tell us what you think:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Drake-Community-Library/105175702945665

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/FODCL

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The library is excited to be able to provide two new online book services for young people - TumbleBooks for early readers and TumbleReadables for older elementary through high school students. Access to either resource is simple with no login required! Find them under the Books and Reading link in the Kids section of our website.

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Thanks to funding from Friends of DCL, we have just added Mango Languages to our list of online learning resources. Mango is free of charge to all library card holders and is an easy and effective way to learn to speak a foreign language.

CLICK HERE to learn more and start your online learning.

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Search over 7000 eBook & audiobook titles! Download to your computer or mobile device and enjoy! See our the library blog here  for details. DCL received a grant from Grinnell College to enable this service.

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