www.acpl.lib.in.us
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Allen County Public Library website is more than just an online catalog. Many patrons do not realize what a valuable information center that this website is. Yes, you can look thru the catalog for wanted materials. You can even place holds on these materials via this site. However, did you also know that you can pay library fines and renew materials with just a few easy clicks? This site offers a link to your library card account number that will allow you to do these things and more. If you have placed a hold on a popular book, this account link will tell you where you are in the hold list. What about if you are out of town and just remembered that you have a pile of library books at home that are due in a few days? Just go to your account link and renew all of the materials. You can also change your address and phone number here without having to make a special trip to your local branch. The my account link is one of the most important resources that the ACPL website has to offer. Use it and it can save you time and money!
This website is also a useful one stop shop for easy database searches. If you need recent information on a specific topic, choose one of these databases to do your search. It is much easier to browse thru the databases on the library's website than to try to learn or remember which ones to use for your search.
If you have children at home, this site offers links and advice on great children and young adult materials. Perhaps you are searching for some safe websites for your children to play on. The children's tab at the top of this site offers all that and more. If your children are homeschooled, this site also offers great tools and classes to help you with this.
This is a technological age and this website and everything it offers emulates this. You can find links to facebook, you tube, and flickr. With budget cuts and more to come, patrons need to familiarize themselves with this new technology. With the spread of self-checkout, employees are no longer able to renew items for patrons. They need to know how to visit this site and renew the items themselves. Do not be afraid of this new technology. It is here to help you and as I have stated before, it will save you time and money!!
Here is the link to the website:
www.acpl.lib.in.us
This website is also a useful one stop shop for easy database searches. If you need recent information on a specific topic, choose one of these databases to do your search. It is much easier to browse thru the databases on the library's website than to try to learn or remember which ones to use for your search.
If you have children at home, this site offers links and advice on great children and young adult materials. Perhaps you are searching for some safe websites for your children to play on. The children's tab at the top of this site offers all that and more. If your children are homeschooled, this site also offers great tools and classes to help you with this.
This is a technological age and this website and everything it offers emulates this. You can find links to facebook, you tube, and flickr. With budget cuts and more to come, patrons need to familiarize themselves with this new technology. With the spread of self-checkout, employees are no longer able to renew items for patrons. They need to know how to visit this site and renew the items themselves. Do not be afraid of this new technology. It is here to help you and as I have stated before, it will save you time and money!!
Here is the link to the website:
www.acpl.lib.in.us
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