March 2023 Monthly General Meeting
Topic: Library Resources and New Books
Date of Meeting: Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023 at 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Speaker: Eric Grob, Seattle Public Library (Northgate)
Zoom Recording: To be added
Meeting Notes:
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Randy Harkness made a statement about his
mother who was a 70 year HLCC and neighbor.
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Eric Grob, Seattle Public Library (Northgate)
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Note:
Eric has a video show as a part of his presentation.
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He’s a librarian
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Preso:
§ Go to
Ask Us at SPL to chat with real librarians
§ Go to
Ask a Question for an email style Question to SPL
§ Free
museum passes are distributed by the SPL.org website at noon, promptly, every
day, if the museum is open that day.
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Quite a diverse list of good, local museums
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You do need to have an active SPL.org account
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Passes are for 1 month ahead of the event. Every day increments an event one day later.
§ Branch
study rooms:
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Need to create an account
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Book up to 1 month ahead
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Food & bev allowed
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Eric:
“Had a wedding at Northgate”
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Birthdays are OK
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As a public space, you cannot stop people from
coming in the room.
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Central library rooms require pay
§ Your next
5 books
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Enter info and librarian gives a custom list
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Real humans with ability to adjust on feedback
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Where else? SPL.org
§ SPL
EBooks
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Overdrive/Libby is SPL’s paid content provider
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Collection has gotten pretty good
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Libby is a re-brand of Overdrive
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Librarians can help you with EBooks
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O’Reilly:
computer tech e-books
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By chapter
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No extra download needed.
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No check out needed
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Sometimes dated content
§ Peak
Picks – popular collections, high demand books
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500 waitlist is not unusual
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2 week waitlist
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Books do become available
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Need to return books promptly please
§ New:
no late fees
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Do require books back within 2 weeks
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Account gets frozen if overdue
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Get a lost charge if over a year
§ Newspapers
and Periodicals
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Flipster – most publications are available
here. Long list
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There is a Flipster app for mobile but browser
resizes nicely
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Q: Do
you have consumer reports?
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A: Eric,
absolutely
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Actually, very good consumer report coverage
across an array of publications
§ SPL
Streaming Video
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Hoopla – most popular
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Login with library card
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Create free acct as usual
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Big collection
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Comic books
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Music
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Freegal to save music – 5 free songs p/ week
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Access Video
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David Attenborough
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Kanopy
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Classic, world cinema
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Playback
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Local music showcase
§ Genealogy
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Both online, books and…
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appts with a genealogy librarian!
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Work on it over time
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Make an appt
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SPL does have ancestry.com
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Only on-prem access
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Heritage Quest – good for online explore
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Available anywhere in the country
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Local Newpapers, digitized back by many, many
years
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NYTimes back to 1951
§ Online
learning Resources
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LinkedIn Learning (aka, Linda)
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Use your library card
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MS apps, coding
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Microsoft Imagine Academy
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Certification training
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Test ready
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Free!
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Mango Languages
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Large collection of languages
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Starter/Beginner only
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Good for travel
§ Events
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Afterschool/Homework – After school hours
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Diff hours across libraries
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Great tutors
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Eric provided pamphlets
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Q&A:
§ Q: Had libby and would not work. One drive was not available.
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A: Eric
says that Libby is best as it’s supported
§ Q: check out
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A: 3 week checkout
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Might have to wait until available
§ Q: How is your audio book library?
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Great.
Have good vendors for now to provide content.
§ Q: How to get a pin? Go inside library?
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A: Yes,
come in person to get the PIN. Might be able to get it through chat.
§ Q:
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Thanks, that's a helpful overview of the library system right there!
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