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Browse Our Virtual Library Of eBooks! |
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As our patrons purchase, or receive as a gift, eReaders such as the iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc., they are looking to their public library for eBooks.
Through the Harrington Library Consortium, public libraries, throughout the panhandle, are able to provide a large, and still growing, selection of eBooks for patrons of all ages. The HLC provides this service through its partnership with OverDrive, one of the leaders in digital distribution.
All Library card-holders have access to this online virtual library which is available at your finger-tips both within the Library and remote locations, such as your home, school, or work place.
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Upcoming Events & Workshops |
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HLC is on the cutting edge of development in two ways. HLC was the first network in the United States to include diverse libraries in a shared environment, and the HLC
patron card is reported to be the first accepted as a universal library card.
The Consortium provides library automation products and services, training and continuing education, exploration of innovative technologies and products, and library business intelligence for informed decision-making. |
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Library Developments From TSLAC |
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Webinar on How to Enhance Library Instruction with Mobile Devices – Find a Host Site
- Posted Yesterday 1:32 pm
- On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:30 – 3:00pm central time, 45 libraries around Texas will be hosting a webinar featuring Meredith Farkas on how libraries can enhance instruction using mobile devices. Would you like to attend this webinar? If so, here’s a list of the hosts for ALA techsource mobile with instruction(excel). Simply contact [...]
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Take 25 on May 25: How Libraries Can Help Keep Children Safe
- Posted May 15, 2012, 1:07 pm
- Posted on behalf of the Texas Regional Office – National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Take 25: Created in commemoration of National Missing Children’s Day, Take 25 is a national child safety campaign that encourages parents and guardians to take 25 minutes out of their day to talk to children about safety. Annually observed on [...]
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TSLAC Strategic Plan (Draft II) Now Available Online
- Posted May 14, 2012, 11:08 am
- The current version of the Texas State Library & Archives Commission’s Agency Strategic Plan is now available online. Access it via our strategic plans landing page: https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/pubs/strategic-plans.html or open it directly in PDF format via this link: https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/sites/default/files/public/tslac/pubs/docs/TSLAC-strategic-plan-2013-2017.pdf. The plan covers fiscal years 2013-2017 and will be presented to the Texas State Library & Archives [...]
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We need feedback…AGAIN!!
- Posted May 9, 2012, 11:11 am
- We have completed a draft of the agency’s Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) five-year plan for 2013-2017. The plan will govern how TSLAC spends its federal funds during that time period. I’d like to thank all of you who completed the survey and participated in our focused conversations to get us this far!! The [...]
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4 Grant Opportunities – May/June deadlines
- Posted May 7, 2012, 11:45 am
- Program: Banned Books Week event grants Agency: Freedom to Read Foundation: Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund Award: $1,000 or $2,500 Deadline: May 11, 2012 Grants will support “Read-Outs” or other activities that celebrate Banned Books Week (Sept. 30 – Oct. 6, 2012). A Banned Books Week Read-Out is an event at which people gather to [...]
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To Pin or Not to Pin?
- Posted May 7, 2012, 7:00 am
- Have you heard people talking about “pinning” the night away, but are clueless as to what they’re actually talking about? Join me and Librarian Angela Palmer, of Bee Cave Public Library, (both of us are avid Pinterest users) in an overview of this fun tool. Find out what all the fuss is about and explore ways [...]
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Our Top Webinars of 2012
- Posted May 4, 2012, 3:47 pm
- Ladies and gentleman, I know you’ve waited for this exciting news. For FY12, we identified our top webinars in terms of attendance. The good news is that even if you missed these live, you can make this fiscal year complete by taking them in the form of a shortcourse! Just view the archived webinar, create a short post on [...]
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Libraries and E-reader programs – blind patrons file suit against a library over NOOK program
- Posted May 3, 2012, 1:12 pm
- The Free Library of Philadelphia has a program in which free NOOK Simple Touch e-readers are loaned to patrons over the age of fifty. A group of four blind patrons, with the assistance of the National Federation of the Blind, is filing suit against the library because the NOOK devices are completely inaccessible to them. [...]
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TexShare Strategic Planning Report
- Posted May 3, 2012, 7:00 am
- In February 2012, we convened a Statewide Resource Sharing Summit that brought together representatives of various stakeholder groups to develop strategies to plan for the future of resource sharing in Texas. The library resource sharing cooperative is known as TexShare. This planning session will help shape the TSLAC legislative appropriations request for the 2013 legislative [...]
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Host a Webinar on How to Enhance Library Instruction with Mobile Devices
- Posted May 2, 2012, 7:38 am
- The Texas State Library & Archives Commission would like to offer libraries around the state the chance to host an upcoming ALA TechSource Workshop (webinar) called How to Enhance Library Instruction with Mobile Devices with Meredith Farkas. Date/Time: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 1:30 – 3:00pm central time Description: In this workshop, Meredith Farkas will [...]
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Products Provided With Full HLC Membership |
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