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Digital Branch Blog

Focuses on emerging trends, social media, and the library’s latest technology-related news. Have a technology-related question? We’ll address it in a blog post! Email me at dking@tscpl.org.

Recent Digital Branch Blog Blog Posts

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New Library Catalog Coming Soon!

Quick Fact of Day 5 – Electronic Resources like OverDrive, Freegal Music, Databases, etc. Q. The library has a variety of downloadable/digital media, including ebooks, digital audiobooks, music tracks, research databases and periodicals, most of which require a library card PIN. Are these still available during the May 17-23 transition? How will these resources I [...]

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Social Media at the Library

Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube … do you use social media? Nationally, over 50% of people age 13+ use Facebook, and over 7% use Twitter. People friend, fan, check-in, and share short updates with their friends daily. The library does this too – we have quite a few social media sites to choose from. Want [...]

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Your iPad, our Library = Great Match!

The new iPad is out! What can you do with your shiny new iPad at the library? Read books, of course – download the Overdrive app and start reading. Take our iPad for Beginners class. Browse our website. Search our library catalog. Use our free wifi to check your email. Tweet us, Facebook us, etc. [...]

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Subscribe to our Website

Like our stories, articles, blog posts, and book reviews? Want us to send them to you automatically, so you don’t have to constantly revisit our website, hunting for new articles (not that there’s anything wrong with that – we love digital visitors!)? Well – you can, and it’s very easy to do! There are two [...]

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Do you use Pinterest?

Pinterest is a new social media tool that’s been getting a lot of attention lately, and I’m wondering who in Topeka is using it. What is Pinterest? From their About page – “Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can [...]

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Visit our Flickr Page

Photos – we love taking photos! Last post, I told you how to subscribe to our Youtube videos. This time, let’s learn how to subscribe to our photographs! We frequently use Flickr when we teks library-related photos. Flickr is a great photo sharing website. Just like Youtube, there are many ways to follow our photos: [...]

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Subscribe to our Youtube Videos

If you have followed our library blogs or digital branch for any length of time, you have probably noticed our videos. We really like making videos for you, and plan to make more in 2012! If you really like our videos, did you know there are a couple of ways to watch our videos? Here’s [...]