Technology

In our ongoing effort to provide a great selection of downloadable eBooks, the Troy Public Library now offers an expanded list of titles from Hachette Book Group through the Library's ebook vendor, OverDrive.

This includes previously-unavailable works from bestselling authors including James Patterson, David Sedaris, Alice Sebold, Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Walter Mosley, and Kate Atkinson. 

These titles have greatly expanded the Library's eBook catalog. Click here and use your valid Troy Library card to get started today.

Join millions of eBook readers around the world in reading the same eBook, The Four Corners of the Sky, during the Big Library Read, May 15 to June 1. This event is sponsored by OverDrive, one of the Troy Library's vendors of downloadable ebooks for your portable device. Big Library Read is designed to demonstrate the positive exposure and sales that libraries generate for eBook authors and publishers.

The Four Corners of the Sky is master storyteller Michael Malone's novel of love, secrets, and the mysterious bonds of families. Malone brings characters to life, exploring the questions that defy easy answers: Is love a choice or a calling? Why do the ties of family bind so tightly? And is forgiveness a gift to others…or a gift we give ourselves?

This book will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Log into the Library's ebook site, download Four Corners today, and be a part of a global book club.

For more information on how to download free ebooks, audiobooks, and music from the Troy Library, visit http://troylibrary.info/downloadable.

Troy Public Library is pleased to annouce the newest additions to our Youth Services Tech Farm.

We have added a Mobigo 2, LeapPad 2, and additional books for our Tag Readers. These new items are intended to continue helping the children of Troy gain the multimedia literacy that will help them be successful in school. For more information about digital literacy and mobile technology for young children, checkout the Zero to Eight report from Common Sense Media and Pockets of Potential from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at the Sesame Workshop.

Be sure to stop by the Tech Farm to play and learn with our newest items.

Learning Express Library (LEL) is free for all Troy residents; simply log in with your valid Troy library card for access to a number of courses on Microsoft Office. From beginner to advanced lessons, LEL has a course for you. The classes are listed under Popular Software Tutorials, on the left hand side of the screen. Simply click on the course in which you are interested, select your version, and start studying! 

Learning Express Library is available to you from home, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Log in today to start learning.

In an ongoing effort to offer all the best downloadable ebooks, the Troy Library now has titles from the Macmillan Publishing imprint St. Martin's Press available through our downloadable service, OverDrive. This includes works from such popular authors as M. C. Beaton, Steve Hamilton, Linda Castillo, Nevada Barr, Olen Steinhauer, C. J. Box, and others.

Click here to get started today.