Surviving the Dog Days

It’s truly the dog days of summer now.  How can the Ridgefield Library help you cope?

Check out all the resources available on www.ridgefieldlibrary.org without leaving the convenience of your cool – and dry! – home or office.  Do research, find a good book to read, download an e-book or audiobook, learn a language and more.

Log in your entries for Summer Reading while on vacation.  You can record your reading online – no need to come in to the Library except to pick up your prizes and get more to read!

Look for Waldo – he’s all over town, including at the Library.  Pick up a passport and earn prizes.  It’s all part of Shop Local: Find Waldo Now organized by Books on the Common.

Download the Biblio app and check our catalog, your account, event listings and more on most devices while on the go to beach or camp.

Stop by to cool off!  Our building is nicely air conditioned, and we have lots of drop-in programs for kids, plus newspapers, Internet and more to keep adults happily occupied.  Don’t miss PJ Storytime every Monday night at 6:00 and our literature course MOOC meet-up Wednesdays at 6:30!

We’ve Got an App for That!

More and more Library patrons rely on their smartphones and other personal devices while on the go.  We are pleased to announce that now they can stay connected with the Library with the new “Biblio” app.

Compatible with all web-enabled phones and many other devices, Biblio offers a menu of links to frequently-used Ridgefield Library content and services, in most cases formatted or optimized for the mobile environment. Please note that some services require you to download their own apps first in order to interface with Biblio.

You can access our catalog and the My Account feature for renewing, reserving and seeing what you have checked out.   See a book somewhere and want to know if we have it?  Just activate the built-in scanner and point it at the book’s ISBN barcode.

You can download eBooks and eAudiobooks from OverDrive directly to your device. There is also a calendar of all our myriad programs and events.  Look up our hours and other information or contact us on the fly by automatically linking to your device’s phone and email features. Finally, learn the latest news with handy interfaces for Twitter and Facebook. 

Just search for “Bibliomation” in the app store on your device, and you’re ready to go – and take the Ridgefield Library with you!