February Events Calendar

January 27, 2012 in Library News

Download our February 2012 calendar (downloads as PDF).

Friends of the Library “Found Treasures” Weekly Used Book Store

January 16, 2012 in Events, Library Friends, Library News

Image used under Creative Commons from Stewsnews

Image used under Creative Commons from Stewsnews

Thursdays, 5pm – 7pm

Starting February 2, Found Treasures, a bookstore filled with gently read books will be open Thursdays, 5:00pm – 7:00pm in the storm shelter.

Operated by the Friends of the Library

 

Downloadable eBooks are here!

January 12, 2012 in Library News, Slideshow

Downloadable eBooks are now available for the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android phones and tablets.

Visit the Kansas EZ Library website for more information and how to download the 3M Cloud Library app to your device.

eBooks for the PC, Nook Color, Nook Tablet, Sony eReader and Kindle will be available soon.

 

Free eBooks available for your eReader

January 10, 2012 in Library News

Did you get an eReader for Christmas? The library has free eBooks available. EBooks through the 3M Cloud Library will be coming soon. With this service, you can choose to use a direct wireless connection or download to a computer and transfer. Kindle compatibility should be coming soon. In the meantime, hundreds of free (Project Gutenberg) ebooks and digital audiobooks have been loaded into NExpress.

More about that and instructions are available here.

Other links of interest for eBook readers:
Project Gutenberg (look for .epub file format for ebooks for Nook users or Kindle version for Kindle users)
Kansas EZ Library info

Booklist Editor’s Choice for 2011

January 8, 2012 in Library News

The editors of Booklist have released their top books of 2011.

Thank you to Rosemary Honn at Ottawa Library who put together the presentation.

Books, Blocks & Bubbles Young Child Fair

January 1, 2012 in Events, Kids, Library News, Slideshow, Storytime

Saturday, March 31
10 am

Families with young children are invited to come and explore activities throughout the library.

Other local and Wyandotte County agencies will be present with information for families with young children.

Sponsored by:

 

The New Downloadable Audiobooks are here!

January 1, 2012 in Library News

Scroll down for directions on downloading audiobooks. 

Getting Started with our new downloadable audiobooks on OneClickDigital.

Registration is only required once!

Click “Nexpress” button on the left-hand side of Bonner Springs Library’s website.

  1. Log in to your library account with your library card and password.
  2. Click “Kansas EZ Library” listed in tabs on the left-hand side of the screen. This will take you to the OneClickDigital registration screen.
  3. Select your operating system. (Mac users—The media manager is not ready yet, manual download will occur.)
  4. Personal information:
    1. Username—you may use your library card number or any username you’d like.
      Librarians are unable to look up your username.
    2. Password—must contain some letters, so you cannot use your birthdate in MMDDYYYY format. Passwords can be changed at any time.
    3. Email address—you will be sent notification of holds and OneClickDigital has the ability to email a new password to you if you forget it.
  5. Click “Create an Account” to complete your registration.

Downloading Audiobooks

To log in to your account to download audiobooks simply click on the “Kansas EZ Library” button on the
right-hand side of the Bonner Springs City Library website and log in with your username and password.

 Downloadable eBooks will be available soon!

 

Celebrate Kansas Day!

December 26, 2011 in Adults, Library News

Sunday, January 29
2:00 p.m.
 Learn about local history with
Bertha Cameron
of the Monticello Community
Historical Society

Everyone is welcome!
Refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by Friends of the Bonner Springs City Library

Meet the Artists – Delaware Ridge Elementary Student

September 10, 2011 in Events, Library News

Sunday, November 13
2:00-3:00 pm
All ages welcome

Meet the Delaware Ridge Elementary student artists whose artwork pieces are on display for the month of November.

Refreshments will be served.

This event is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

Scarecrows on Parade

September 3, 2011 in Library News

Check out the Library’s winning 1st place entry
for the the Bonner Springs Convention & Tourism’s Scarecrows on Parade!