Cuyahoga County Public Library is one of the first public libraries in the country to offer customers a smartphone app. CCPL Mobile is the name of this exciting new feature that brings customer convenience to a whole new level. The CCPL Mobile app is available to CCPL cardholders to download free from the app stores of all smartphone and tablet platforms. With CCPL Mobile you can self-check-out materials, access your account, search the catalog with minimal keystrokes, reserve and renew items, check the programming calendar, search online newspapers and magazines and read book reviews and …
Looking for a place to meet with other business-minded individuals and business owners, hear success stories and grow your entrepreneurship IQ? Come to the library on select Wednesdays, from 6 to 8 p.m., for Club CEO. While each session will feature a facilitated discussion on a select topic, the meetings are designed to be informal and perfect for networking and idea sharing. Whether you are just thinking about starting your own business or have been doing it for years, Club CEO will welcome you. Club CEO next meets on April 13, and the topic is "Protect Your Ideas: Patents, Trademarks, …
The Friends of the Library hold two used book sales a year, and they are the organization’s biggest fundraisers. This year’s spring sale runs from April 7 to April 10. Thursday, April 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. is Members Preview Night. New members may join at the door and then enjoy refreshments while they browse this season’s selection of adult and children’s books, movies and music. The sale is open to the public Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, April 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday is Bag Day; fill a bag with items for only $5. The Friends are looking for …
E-books are the hottest things these days. For the uninitiated, an e-book is the electronic counterpart of a printed book, and can be viewed on a computer, a tablet (the iPad) a smart phone (Android, Blackberry, iPhone) or an e-book reader (Nook, Sony Reader, Kindle, Kobo). People are embracing e-books, and especially e-readers, for convenience and accessibility. While the screens of most e-readers are comparable in size to hardback book, they weigh less than a pound and can hold numerous titles, which makes them great for travel. E-books are also popular for instant gratification. You can …
If you and your family enjoy the adult programs, children and teen activities, and musical events at the Beachwood Branch, thank the Friends of the Beachwood Library. Since the doors opened in 1982, the library has benefited from the support of this all-volunteer group, whose mission is to raise money for activities and services not covered by public funding. In addition to covering the costs of programming, the Friends maintain the Holocaust Collection, thoughtfully selected popular materials on the history and personal narratives of the Holocaust; have purchased artwork for the branch; and …
Next Saturday, the Beachwood Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library will welcome author Chris Bohjalian. What brings the critically acclaimed best-selling author to Beachwood? The paperback tour of his latest novel, Secrets of Eden, the power of Oprah and the Internet. In the mid-'90s talk show host Oprah Winfrey made book clubs cool. Since then, a book that gets the Oprah Book Club nod, as Bohjalian’s Midwives got in 1998, assures the author extra attention. Simultaneously, the Internet took off and changed the way the world communicated. Publishers saw a way to engage readers by …
