 Notes
from the HOCO Bookworm
J. Milton Turner: An American Hero
by Mary Barile and illustrated by HOCO Library board member Peggy Guest
is the story of a slave who after becoming free worked tirelessly for
education for all people He served as Ambassador to Liberia until
President Ulysses S. Grant The book which is available in both
hardback and paperback will soon be available in the library. Guest is
known for her murals in the library and on buildings around the square
in Fayette.
Tom T's Hat Rack by Columbia MO author Michele Spry recently received a second place in the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest. The book was illustrated by HOCO Public Library Board member Peggy Guest. The Dragonfly Book Awards honor published authors of all types of literature - fiction and nonfiction - in a wide variety of genres for excellence in writing and publishing. Both Spry and Guest were speakers at last year's Friends of Library Annual Membership meeting.
New Time Library Board members
voted to change the time of the meetings from 4:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The board meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the
Board Room in the basement of the library.
Meetings are open to the public.
Come read our periodicals, newspapers.
The Howard County Public Library presently
subscribes to the following periodicals and newspapers:
Consumers Reports with Buying Guide, Ebony, Entertainment Weekly,
Missouri Life, National Geographic, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, Taste
of Home, Time Magazine, The Fayette Advertiser and the Fayette
Democrat Leader, the Columbia Tribune and The Glasgow
Missourian. In addition, the library has other periodicals
which have been donated by some of our patrons.
New Books - Click
here to see the most recent purchases.
Thank you
to those who donated books recently: Click
here to see a list of recent
contributors.
Book Written by Columbia Author, Illustrated by Fayette Artist,
Receives Award
Tom T's Hat Rack
by Columbia MO author Michele Spry recently received a second place in
the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest. The book was illustrated by
HOCO Public Library Board member Peggy Guest. The Dragonfly Book
Awards honor published authors of all types of literature - fiction and
nonfiction - in a wide variety of genres for excellence in writing and
publishing. Both Spry and Guest
were speakers at last year's Friends of Library Annual Membership
meeting.
E-books, Audio Books, Videos Now Available to HOCO Library
Patrons
 E-books
and audio books are now available to patrons of the Howard County Public
Library. Beginning on Sept.
1 patrons with a valid Howard County Library card may go to the Howard County
website
to download electronic material to a computer and a variety of other
electronic devices.
The Howard County Public Library has joined the
Missouri Libraries 2 Go Consortium which uses OverDrive, a global
distributor of electronic materials, to offer electronic material to its
members. Howard County
library card holders may access e-books, audio books, music and videos
from the consortium’s collection by clicking on the Missouri Library 2
Go link on the library’s website.
Each of the member libraries will be expected to purchase
material for the consortium’s collection.
Library card holders may browse and search the consortium’s website,
check out titles and download them to a PC or Mac®.
All titles can be transferred to portable devices – including
iPod®, Sony®ReaderTM, NookTM,
KindleTM, and more.
Most of the audio books can be burned to a CD.
 HOCO
Public
Library
Joins
Missouri
Evergreen
Consortium |
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Your local library has joined the Missouri Evergreen Consortium. This
consortium
was
specifically
formed
to
help
libraries
like
Ho
Co
Public
Library
deliver
services
at a
reasonable
cost.
As a
result
of
this
change,
our
holdings
records,
patron
records
and
circulation
records
are
stored
on a
computer
off
site.
You
may
use
the
same
library
card
and
PIN
to
access
the
new
system.
Only
the
link
and
interface
has
changed.
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Once
you
have
logged
in
you
may
search
the
catalog,
renew
your
checkouts
and
place
holds
on
items
you
desire.
In
addition,
you
may
also
view
all
the
library
items
available
from
other
consortium
members.
You
may
place
holds
on
those
items
and
they
will
be
delivered
to
your
local
library
free
of
charge.
The
consortium
has
been
adding
one
new
library
per
month
for
ten
months
and
anticipates
continuing
to
do
this
for
another
year.
We
encourage
you
to
log
into
the
new
system
and
explore
its
features.
We
ask
that
you
bring
your
profile
up-to-date
by
providing
an
email
address
and
a
text
messaging
phone
number.
The
new
system
is
capable
of
texting
(or
emailing
or
calling)
you
when
an
item
on
hold
becomes
available.
Creating
a
wish
list
and
keeping
track
of
the
items
you
have
read
are
all
part
of
the
new
system.
Stop
by
the
library
and
get
acquainted
with
the
new
system.
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William Least Heat-Moon has accepted the Friends of Library’s invitation to speak at the Friends’ annual membership meeting in April.