Special Services

Borrow a Nook!

The Library has begun circulating Nook Simple Touch e-readers, preloaded with a variety of titles.  Additional titles will be added each month.  The Nooks circulate for 14 days, and may be borrowed by Freeport Memorial Library cardholders, 18 years of age or older. 

For a list of titles click here.

Nooks!

New Titles for Adult Nooks

 

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

Fallen Angel - Daniel Silva

Murder in the River City - Allison Brennan

The Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani

 

The Nooks circulate for 14 days, and may be borrowed by Freeport Memorial Library cardholders, 18 years of age or older. Please see a librarian to reserve a nook.

eBooks

Publishers Refusing to Sell eBook to Libraries

The following publishers will no longer make available their eBooks to libraries via Nassau Digital Doorway (OverDrive):

Brilliance Audio
Hachette Book Group
Macmillan Publisher
Penguin Group
Simon & Schuster

If you stop seeing your favorite author's books in OverDrive, that author may be published by one of these companies. We hope that this situation changes in the future.

Technology Help @ FML

If you own an e-book reader, tablet computer, or other electronic gadget and are not sure how to use it, you can make an appointment for quick technical help. This service will include how to download free e-books from the Nassau Digital Doorway. Please sign up at the Reference Desk, call (516-379-3274), email frreference@freeportlibrary.info, or text us at 66746 (start your question with ASKFML) to make an appointment.

eBooks

Free eBooks @ FML with a Kindle

The Freeport Memorial Library is excited to announce that the Nassau Digital Doorway (Overdrive) ebook collection is now compatible with the Kindle ebook reader. Patrons can now download popular and classic ebooks to a Kindle device or any mobile device running the free Kindle app, such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, and more.To get started, visit the Nassau Digital Doorway. Kindle users can browse the collection from a PC or Mac computer, check out titles using a valid library card, and select "Get for Kindle" to deliver the ebook to the Kindle device, or Kindle app. If a title for which you are looking is already checked out, you can reserve it and we will let you know when it is available.

Live Homework Help

Connect to an online tutor and get your homework done with Live Homework Help , a tutoring service powered by Tutor.com. This free service, available in English or Spanish, connects students from K to 12th grade to experts in math, science, social studies, and English. Available from 2 to 9 p.m., 7 days a week. To access, click here.

Library Expands Computer Center

More Computers!
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The Library expanded its computer services to include a total of 32 Internet-capable computers. .

All adult Internet and word processing, etc. will take place in the Job and Education Information Center on the lower level.
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Please note that as of this date, the system in the adult department will charge $.10 per page.

Special Services

eMedia Downloads at the Freeport Memorial Library

My Library DV allows Freeport library cardholders to download movies and videos from the Library’s Web site. Using the 14 digit barcode on your Freeport library card, you will be able to download and watch Hollywood movies, network and cable TV programming, and original digital video content free of charge on your personal computer.

Also available on the Library’s Web Site are three downloadable audiobooks services. Overdrive enables patrons to check out audio versions of popular books, download them to their computer and transfer them to a variety of portable devices. Some Overdrive titles may also be burned to a CD. At the end of the seven-day loan period, the license for the title will expire, and the title will be returned to the collection automatically. NetLibrary contains a large selection of classics, as well as some newer fiction, nonfiction, and language learning titles. NetLibrary audiobooks may be checked out for a period of 21 days, and you may have up to ten titles checked out at a time.

For children, the Library now has TumbleBooks. This online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you.

For more information, please visit us on the Web at: http://www.blogger.com/

Adaptive Technologies

The Freeport Memorial Library provides the following devices to assist patrons with visual impairments:

1. Aladdin Video Magnification System is a low-vision magnifying device for reading books or documents.
2. ZoomText magnifies anything on the computer screen, providing complete access to applications, documents, email, and the Internet.
3. SARA (Scanning and Reading Appliance) translates printed materials into computerized speech.
   

These devices are located in the Job Education and Information Center (JEIC) located on the Library's lower level.

Free Service to Homebound Patrons

Freeport residents who enjoy reading, but are homebound due to permanent or temporary medical or physical problems, and are not able to come into the Library, may contact the Library to arrange free delivery of books.

Library materials will deliver books to residents in North Freeport on Tuesdays between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm and South Freeport on Fridays between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm.

For additional information, please call 379-3274 or email the Reference Department reffr@nassaulibrary.org

Long Island Talking Books

Long Island Talking Book Library (LITBL) is a free library service for individuals who cannot hold, handle or see well enough to use regular print books. LITBL is a subregional library of the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), the division of the Library of Congress that produces books and magazines in Braille and recorded media for people with visual or physical disabilities.

LITBL lends professionally recorded books and magazines (and the equipment needed to play them) to eligible residents on Long Island. Materials are sent to borrowers and returned by postage-free mail. LITBL currently serves about 4,000 readers, and lends over 100,000 talking books a year.

This program is made possible through the support of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System and the Nassau Library System, in an effort to ensure accessible library services to people with disabilities throughout Long Island.

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If you have questios about the program or would to receive applications please contact LITBL at (631)286-1600 and ask for Talking Books.