Kimball Library News 1/15/18

2018 is here! Happy New Year, everyone!! Mostly everyone is back to school now... we hope this term will be a great one! 

You know how they say, "New Year, New You?!" Well at TumbleBooks they take a different approach. It's a New Year and that means NEW BOOKS!!

You might have noticed three new books from Kate DiCamillo's Bink and Gollie series, which dropped just before Christmas. Well keep an eye on the site in the next few days because a few more new books are coming as well. Check out their Coming Soon section (bottom of the home page) to see what other awesome new books they have on the way. 

What?  You don’t know about TumbleBooks?  Go to our website (www.kimballlibrary.com) and look for the TumbleBook Library icon in the upper right-hand part of the page.  Lead your kids to read-along books, puzzles, and games.  There are even foreign language books to help anyone beef up their pronunciation.  Check it out and Happy Tumbling!

ATTENTION! BIG NEWS about our NEW DIGITAL SERVICES!  500,000 Titles – Instantly available! No waiting! We are excited to introduce Hoopla Digital to our library.

Hoopla is the best-in-breed service that is fun, fast and reliable. With hoopla, we will have immediate access to: movies, full music albums, eBooks, audiobooks, TV episodes, comics and graphic novels.
ALL of this content will be available to our patrons in one all-inclusive mobile app or website. The platform is simple, intuitive and free to our patrons. BEST OF ALL? There is NO WAITING for titles, the collection contains half a million titles and is growing every day.

Here are some other great features of Hoopla: Borrowed content is available for immediate streaming on a computer or mobile device, on the digital app, and borrowed content can be temporarily downloaded for offline use (yes, you can watch movies and listen to movies and audiobooks while you are traveling!)  Also, music albums can be listened in their entirety or shuffled between other checked out albums. Hoopla’s eReader, Action View, is interactive, allowing a comic book to be read panel by panel!   AND, Hoopla has a Kid’s Mode setting, allowing young people access to content geared towards ages 12 and under.

As a Kimball Library card holder, we are going to offer you exclusive use of our new Hoopla digital service for free! To register, please visit the Apple or Google Play store and download the hoopla digital app, or visit www.hoopladigital.com and select our library from the list!  You can go to the hoopla website and read all about it.

Hoopla Digital will NOT be replacing our other online digital resources such as Overdrive and the Libby App, and the thousands of books available through Tumblebooks. You can continue to digitally check e books, audiobooks and children’s interactive books via those formats. Visit our website and click on Downloadable Books and Tumble Books on the right hand side of the top menu for more information.
Please note Hoopla is for members in good standing, so be sure to stop in with an ID if your card needs renewal and be sure that you have less than $15 in fines.  We are excited to kick off the New Year with this great service.  Are you concerned the kick-off is when we are not open?  Don’t be—it’s all online!

PRACTICES THAT GROW THE BRAIN SERIES ~ MINDFULNESS: Thursdays--February 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd (*A snow make up day will be determined if needed) 6:30 – 7:30 PM.
Take advantage of ‘Practices that Grow the Brain Series’ with Liz Korabek-Emerson. Try one or give all four sessions a go!

In this series of one hour workshops participants will learn the practices that actually grow the grey matter of the brain and help individuals become more resilient, emotionally intelligent and happier. Each workshop focuses on a single topic and will provide formal instructions for the practice, exercises for integrating the practice into your life and discussion.

Sign up for each session individually.  Session #1 meets on February 1^st topic ~ MINDFULNESS, Session #2 meets on February 8^th topic ~ GRATITUDE AND TAKING IN THE GOOD, Session #3 meets on February 15^th topic ~ LOVING-KINDNESS, Session #4 meets on February 22^nd topic ~ COMPASSION.  No prior experience required.  

This series will be led by Liz Korabek-Emerson who is a certified mindfulness instructor, transformational workshop leader and creative coach.  She is owner of Korabek Training and the Grow the Brain Series addresses the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Prefrontal Cortex, Hippocampus and Insula Cortex of the brain.  She has been designing and facilitating mindfulness programs for organizations since 2012, including Portsmouth Hospital, Beacon Hospice, and Liberty Mutual.

 *This program series is sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library and Atkinson Recreation.

HOLIDAY CLOSING: Please take note that we will be closed on Monday, February 19^th, honoring Presidents Day.  Stock up accordingly, and remember that downloadable books from Overdrive, Digital Hoopla, and Tumblebook Library for kids are open on our website 24/7.  

MORE INFO: Go to www.kimballlibrary.com and not only read the posts on the page, but also click the calendar icon and see each event for the current month and months to come.  Please also ‘like’ us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter, Flickr, Blogspot, and Instagram.  Just send your email address by text message: text KIMBALLLIBRARY to 22828 to get on our newsletter mailing list.  You may also call us Monday-Friday from 10-8 and on Saturday from 10-3 at 603.362.5234.