![[Swampscott Public Library]](http://www.noblenet.org/swampscott/wp-content/themes/swampscott/images/img6.jpg)
61 Burrill Street · Swampscott, Massachusetts 01907
Phone: (781) 596-8867 · Fax: (781) 596-8826 · swa@noblenet.org
Phone: (781) 596-8867 · Fax: (781) 596-8826 · swa@noblenet.org
Free digital audiobooks! OverDrive is a new service that lets you download audiobooks to your computer and then transfer them to a WMA compatible MP3 player. Some titles can also be saved to Ipods or burned to CD’s.
If you like listening to audiobooks, take a look at this new library service! You can browse through a collection of audiobooks including fiction and nonfiction for adults, teens and children, check them out with your library card, and download them for two weeks. After you download the audiobook, you can listen to it on your PC, or transfer it to an MP3 player. Some titles can also be burned to a CD.
NOBLE residents just have to:
Download Audiobooks–Browse or search our collection, download the special software you need, check out some books, and enjoy listening!
This service is for residents of the NOBLE community of libraries. If you are a non-resident with a NOBLE card, you can still get access to OverDrive by using the Boston Public Library:
Boston Public Library’s OverDrive collection:
BPL OverDrive
Link to sign up for an e-card online:
(All Massachusetts residents are eligible)
BPL e-cards
Looking for a great book to read? Check out NextReads, our monthly e-mail newsletter service which will send you great book suggestions by email. Each newsletter includes new books that may be of interest as well as some older ones that you may have missed, with links to the library catalog so you can see what’s available and place requests for books you want to read. There are over twenty subjects to pick from for readers of all ages, and you can preview them all online before subscribing.
NextReads E-Mail Newsletters — See the list of newsletters, preview and sign up. You will need to enter your library card number before subscribing.
Using your Swampscott Library Card number, you can access NoveList, an electronic readers’ advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles. Through its attractive and easy-to-use interface, NoveList allows readers to use a favorite author or title as a template to locate other authors and titles of interest. Readers can also enter words that describe the contents of a book they would like to read, and NoveList will list relevant book titles. In addition, users can browse over 1,200 theme-oriented book lists, 160 award lists and 1,800 fiction related web-sites.
Access Novelist
*When prompted for a “Patron ID”, enter your Swampscott Library Card Number without spaces. You must be a resident of Swampscott to access Novelist.
This group meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third or fourth Tuesday of every month at the Swampscott Public Library. Izzi Abrams, one of our librarians, leads the group in wonderful, thought-provoking discussions. Books that are discussed range from fiction to nonfiction, biographies to young adult literature, and beyond. Please contact Izzi Abrams at 781-596-8867 if you have questions about this group. New members are always welcome.
This group meets at 6:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month at the Swampscott Public Library. Each participant reads a different mystery title on a common theme, which changes monthly. If you enjoy mysteries, join us for an evening of lively discussion. You can bring a brown bag dinner and the library will supply coffee and dessert. Contact Susan Conner or Alyce Deveau at 781-596-8867 if you have questions about this group. New members are always welcome.
The Dinner Detectives list for April 7, 2009