Prospect Heights Public Library News & Announcements

February @ Your Library

In The News
We don't know much about North Korea. Now we know even less after the death of Kim Jong Il. Here's a list of Books and Websites about the Hermit Kingdom that might prove interesting.

ePay
The Library has partnered with the Illinois E-Pay Program to provide you with an innovative, secure, and convenient way to make online payments for overdue fines, lost or damaged materials, and processing fees. There is no additional fee for this service. Read More

Download Music For Free With Freegal
Watch the Video to learn how to use it. Go to Freegal .

Online Library Catalog
Finding titles, placing holds and monitoring your Library account just got easier!
>> Find Out How

Large Print Keyboard Available For Public PCs
>> Read More about our Keys-U-See keyboard.

Register to Vote @ Your Library!

If you've recently moved, turned 18, earned your U.S. citizenship, or have simply never done so before, you can register to vote at the Prospect Heights Public Library!
You'll need two forms of identification, one with your current address on it. You must actually reside at this address - it cannot be a business address or post office box.

The last day you can register and still be eligible to vote in March's primary elections is February 21st.

Acceptable forms of ID include:

• Illinois Drivers License or State ID
• Social Security Card
• Utility bill in your applicant's name
• Valid US passport
• Employee or student ID
• Credit card
• Birth Certificate
• Mail postmarked and addressed to you.

Visit the Cook County Clerk's election website to view your sample ballot and for other voting information.

2012 Winter Reading Program

Use Your Kindle with MyMediaMall!

You can now download Library books to your Kindle using MyMediaMall! To use this service, follow these steps:

• Select MyMediaMall from the Library's homepage (under Catalog in the left menu), or go directly to www.mymediamall.net. Sign in using your Prospect Heights library card.

• Search or browse for the Kindle title you would like to check out.

• Add the title to your cart, and checkout.

• After checkout, click Get for Kindle. This opens the Amazon.com website. You may be required to sign in with your Amazon.com account if you are not already logged in.

• Select a Kindle device or Kindle reading app. Click the Get Library Book button and sync your device or app to download the book, or choose to send it to your device via USB.

An active Wi-Fi connection is required for wireless delivery to a Kindle device.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Library.

Food for Fines - Thanksgiving thru January 31, 2012

Edible Fiction Book Club

Members of the Edible Fiction Book Club admire a homemade quilt that a staffmember brought in to complement the club's chosen book selection "The Quilter's Apprentice" by Jennifer Chiaverini. View the Elm Leaf Newsletter for current discussion group selections.

Bibliocommons: New Streamlined Menus

Your online catalog just got easier to use! Menus have been revamped to to be more intuitive and your personal account page has been enhanced to show the information you want first! Read More and View the Video

2012 Winter Reading Program

Bibliocommons Streamlines Your Account Menus

Your online catalog just got easier to use! Several of the menus have been revamped to make them more intuitive and your personal account page has been enhanced to show the information you want first! Learn more about the changes through this video. 

 

Nooks @ Your Library

The Prospect Heights Library circulates Nooks for patron use. Three Nooks in the Youth collection contain award winning titles such as Newberry and Caldecott winners. Three Nooks in the Adult collection contain various best selling novels and non-fiction titles. Nooks circulate for three weeks. You must have a Prospect Hts. Library card to check one out. Check Nook Availability