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Let’s Get To Work

September 3, 2016 by Ben Lamb Leave a Comment

The Saunders Family Library welcomes new and returning faculty and students to the 2016-2017 school year. As the song says, “We’ve only just begun,” but it’s never too early to start thinking about how to put your library to work for you.

We have an incredible collection of print, film, and digital resources, and are here to help connect you with what you seek.

To explore resources currently available join the Saunders Family Library Schoology Group:

https://collegiaterva.schoology.com/group/342283919

And if there’s something you need that we don’t have you can request it.

Faculty: Drop a line or just drop by to request titles that might benefit your students, enrich their research, and improve their projects. We also encourage you to request titles of personal or professional interest to you and the faculty community.

Students: Stop by to request titles related to course work and/or independent study, to enhance an honors project, to fill gaps in our collection, or simply (and shockingly) for pleasure reading in your down time.

Recently purchased titles requested by Collegiate faculty and students include:

Joe Sacco’s striking “illustrated panorama” The Great War for Vlastik Svab.
The doorstop (read: large, heavy) history Chinese Ceramics: From the Paleolithic Period through the Qing Dynasty and the gorgeous children’s book Wabi Sabi for Mary Arzt.
How to Make Books for Shayna Cooke’s.
For Ling Fung-Wu, a selection of texts on the history of the Chicano Movement and a collection of Spanish language films.
Books on the history of women’s education in the South for the Julia A. William’s Study & Archives Center.
By Its Cover: Modern American Book Cover Design for a student honors project.
Various fiction titles for student’s free reading assignments.

Call, e-mail, or just stop by and let us know how we can put the Saunders Family Library to work for you this school year.

An explanation of Ebook apps

September 27, 2013 by Saunders Library 1 Comment

There are a handful of apps that may help make your Axis 360 ebook experience a pleasant one. You may use the all. You may only use one. Maybe print is your jam, and you won’t use any. That’s ok.

Here is a list of the apps that work with Axis 360 and what each app offers you:

Blio

Blio works on Windows OS, iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch), Android OS tablets/phones, and Kindle Fire/Fire HD.
Blio is great for viewing artwork, maps, and illustrations. Let’s hear it for high resolution!
Blio has text to speech capabilities.
Right now you can’t return a book early in Blio, but that feature is coming.

Adobe Digital Editions

Adobe Digital Editions works with OS X, Kobo eReaders, Sony eReaders, Nook, and Nook Color devices.
There is no text to speech capability.
You can return books early with Adobe Digital Editions.

* You will need to set up a free Adobe Digital Editions account.

axisReader (for iPhone / for Droid)

axisReader is for mobile devices only.
There is no text to speech capability.
You can return books early with axisReader.

* You’ll need axisReader to read an ePub file. You can link your Adobe Digital Editions account to your axisReader account.

Acoustik (for iPhone / for Droid)

Acoustik plays downloadable audiobooks (which we don’t have at the moment, but that may change).
Acoustik is for mobile devices only.
You can return audio books early with Acoustik.

Setting up your Axis 360 account (for ebooks)

September 27, 2013 by Saunders Library Leave a Comment

Do you like to read on your iPad or your Android device? Do you own a Nook or Kindle? You can now check out ebooks through the Saunders Family Library. Our collection of ebooks work with Windows OS, OS X, iOS, Android OS, Kobo eReaders, and Sony eReaders.

To see the ebooks we currently own, go to the Saunders Family Library web site. Click the “Books with Byte” tab. Or go directly to our magic book wall.

Go to saundersfamilylibrary.org

2. You’ll see our wall of books. Pick a book you want to read. Check the wall often. We’re always adding new books. Don’t see anything you want to read? Recommend some books by stopping by the library or emailing saunderslib (at) collegiate-va.org.

Ebook magic wall!

2a. If there are a few books you want to read, click the “add to checkout list.”

2b. You can check out three ebooks at a time. You’ll have access to the books for 21 days. If don’t need the book for 21 days, shorten the checkout period by clicking on “my checkout list” and moving the slider to mirror your preferred checkout time.

Shorten the checkout/loan period by moving the slider pictured above. I changed the loan period from 21 days to 10 days on the ebook you see above.

3. When you’re ready to check out, you’ll be prompted to enter your librarycardID and pin. You will create your library card ID and pin.

Your library card ID must begin with SFL (and SFL must be capitalized). We recommend SFLcollegiateusername and your birth month and day of birth for a pin.

So, my library card ID is SFLmbarker. If I were born January 1, my pin would be 0101.

Create your account

4. You’ll now be asked for more information regarding the creation of your Blio account (Blio is one app you can use to read ebooks through Axis 360). There are also a few other apps that you’ll find handy. Those apps are explained here.

The email address and password you enter here will be the email address and password you use to sign into the Blio app.

Enter more information about your account

5. Once you’ve created an account, check out the book you want. If the book is checked out to someone else, put it on hold. You’ll be notified when it’s ready for you.

Check out the book you want

6. Log into the Blio app on your device. The books you’ve selected will download to your device.

7. Start reading.

Those are the basics. Stay tuned for more tips and insights for becoming an ultimate Axis 360 power user.

Please see Allen Chamberlain, Melanie Barker, or Ben Lamb if you have trouble creating an account, downloading the Blio app to your device, or want to request books.

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