Library Highlights

Library Now Has Mango Online Language Learning Program

Mango LogoHave you always wanted to learn a foreign language? Refresh your knowledge before a trip abroad? Mango...

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Talk Time - English as a Second Language (ESL) Conversation Group

Talk Time is for those who would like to practice speaking in English and practice listening to English. If English is your second language, please join us in an informal, friendly setting. We practice our conversation skills when we talk in small groups about selected topics,...

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Online Newsletter

E-mail Newsletter graphicSign up for our monthly e-mail newsletter. Every month we'll automatically send you an e-mail highlighting upcoming library events and current news about the library. Signing up is easy. It will take you less than a minute to complete. ...

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Pet Communicator

Healer and Pet Communicator, Kathleena Katona will "read" your pet's thoughts at the Waterford Twp Public Library on Tuesday, September 28 at 6:30pm in the Community Room. Please bring a photograph of one living or decease pet. Register early as space is limited. Call 248-618-...

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Park & Read is back!

hammock readerBack for a second summer, the DNRE and the Library of Michigan are again offering Park & Read at more than 400 libraries across...

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September Is Library Card Sign-Up Month!

Students in grades K-5 who sign up for their first library card at the Waterford Township Public Main Library, or the Waterford Leggett Branch Library, will receive a coupon which can be redeemed for a free book, courtesy of the Children’s Department.

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Leggett Branch Hours Change

Posted by: Jean Hansen on July 29, 2010

Our Leggett Branch Library will be closed on Saturdays starting September 4 due to staffing constraints.  The Leggett Branch hours during the rest of the week remain the same:  Monday - Thursday 9am-6pm, Fridays 9am-5pm.
The main library on Civic Center Drive is open 7 days a week, including Saturdays 10am-5pm, and Sundays 1-5pm.

Stieg Larsson Readalikes

Posted by: Karen Mitchell on August 23, 2010

Looking for something to read while you're on the hold list for Stieg Larsson's The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest? Try one of these mystery/thrillers with lead females similar to Larsson's Lisbeth Salander.

Retribution by Jillian Hoffman

L.A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg

In the Woods by Tana French

Grant County series by Karin Slaughter, starting with Blindsighted Read more

Overdrive is here

Posted by: Jean Hansen on July 26, 2010

Bestselling and classic books in downloadable audiobook and eBook format are now available 24/7 to Waterford library card holders via our website. You can browse the collection, check out with your library card, and download to PC, Mac®, and many mobile devices. To get started, you will need to install free software. For audiobooks: OverDrive® Media Console™. To read eBooks, you’ll need Adobe® Digital Editions. Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod®, Sony® Reader™, and many others.

 

This new service, powered by OverDrive, is free with your library card.  Find out more and get started downloading audiobooks and eBooks.

Online Privacy

Posted by: Sarah Weinstein on May 23, 2010

The Detroit Free Press published an article on Sunday, May 23rd addressing the security of your personal information on the Internet. The popular social networking site Facebook has come under scrutiny lately because of confusion over their privacy settings, resulting in a growing number of people deleting their profiles entirely. In this article, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg does admit some privacy mistakes have been made.

The article lists websites you can use to detect your own online safety, including Profilewatch.org, which scores how private your Facebook information is and Youropenbook.org, showing what Facebook is making public. Reclaimprivacy.org will allow you to check your current Facebook privacy settings and make adjustments as you see fit. The June 2010 issue of Consumer Reports also features an article about online privacy as well as rankings on security software, many of which are free.

It's important to protect yourself from being vulnerable to online predators, and this information can help.

New at the library: a Rental Collection

Posted by: Jean Hansen on March 2, 2010

Our new Rental Collection provides library users with another option for obtaining popular fiction and non-fiction titles currently on national best-seller lists.  The rental collection consists of copies of best sellers.  Rental books are available on a walk-in basis only.  They are not holdable electronically nor will staff pull copies to hold for callers.  (Some libraries call it a "Lucky Day" Collection).  The collection is located in the Circulation lobby to the left of the entrance to the Periodicals Room.

 How do you check out a rental title? 
1.  Rental books check out with a non-refundable rental fee of $1 for the first 4 days collected at the time of checkout.
2.  Rental books out for more than 4 days will accrue an additional 25 cents/day beginning on day 5.
3.  Additional rental fees that accrue on copies out more than 4 days will be assessed to your library account.
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2009 Annual Report available

Posted by: Joan Rogers on February 4, 2010

Our 2009 Annual Report is completed and available electronically on this website: select ABOUT tab at the top of the page, then Annual Reports from the drop down menu, then 2009 from the bulleted list. Print copies are available at the Main and Leggett Branch libraries.

Message from the Director

Posted by: Joan Rogers on January 29, 2010

An open letter to you explaining choices made to meet the demands of declining revenues for library services while demand for those services is on the increase.