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Remote Book Return Place in Halfmoon
Township
A remote book return has been
placed outside of the Uni-Mart at the crossroads of 322 and 550 – at
Carson’s Corner. The book return is available 24 hours.
Schlow Centre Region Library’s
remote book returns accept materials from Centre County Library, including
all branches and the bookmobile. Materials are picked up every day, Monday
through Saturday. One or two day loan items (reference books, popular
videos) are to be returned directly to the appropriate library.
Schlow Centre Region Library’s
remote returns also are located at:
Barnes & Noble: 365 Benner Pike Store Hours: Daily 9 a.m.-11 p.m.
Giant: Northland Center, N. Atherton St. Store Hours: Open 24 Hours
Weis Market: 110 Rolling Ridge Drive Store Hours: Monday-Saturday:
7 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sunday: 8 a.m.-9 p.m.
New Website/Online Catalog Launched
The county's library patrons may notice a new look to the the
federation's website, http://www.ccfpl.org.
The site redesign corresponds with the unveiling of a brand new online
catalog system (Horizon Information Portal) that vastly improves on the
old catalog (known as Webpac). In addition to the many new ways to
search the libraries holdings, "HIP" also offers a more reliable design
that will greatly improve availability to the new system from home.
The new search interface lets patrons limit searches to specific libraries
and collections, as well as have increased access to account information
and temporarily collect and save "booklists." Look for more to be
added to this powerful new system in the months to come.
Assistive Technology Grant Benefits Libraries & Patrons
Centre County library patrons with sight or hearing impairments, learning
disabilities, or physical disabilities involving limited hand movement,
will benefit from assistive technology recently installed in their local
libraries.
Assistive technology is equipment and computer programs that allow people
with special requirements to use a computer to run various programs, view
the library catalog, and access the Internet.
Each library in the Centre County Federation of Public Libraries (CCFPL) -
Aaronsburg Area Public Library, Centre County Library, Centre Hall Area
Library, Holt Memorial Library, Schlow Centre Region Library and the Centre
County Bookmobile - has installed assistive technology, which was funded
by a federal Library Services and Technology (LSTA) grant.
The libraries and the bookmobile are equipped with screen magnifiers,
screen readers, speech synthesizers, ergonomic mouse, and special
keyboards, all of which will aid patrons with disabilities. Each computer
workstation is set-up on a special table that will raise and lower for
wheelchair compatibility. In addition, each library will soon have
scanners that allow any type of printed material to be scanned into the
computer and read to the user.
Centre County Library Added to Schlow Remote Book Returns
For your convenience, Schlow Centre Region Library’s remote book returns will
now accept materials from Centre County Library, including all branches
and the bookmobile.
Schlow Library has numerous remote book return locations throughout the
Centre Region. Materials will be picked up every day, Monday through
Saturday. One or two day loan items (reference books, popular videos) are
to be returned directly to the library. The remote returns are available
during store hours.
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