Show Your Creativity with Digi-Dock(TM)!!

The Frankfort Library received an LSTA Innovation grant to purchase equipment and software to start our Mobile Digital Media Lab, better known as Digi-Dock(TM). 

Digi-Dock(TM) is a so-called “dock,” which is really a large case (trunk) on wheels that we can roll around the library, where we keep all of our digital media equipment. 

The equipment and software can be used for various purposes in the library and includes: 2 studio-ready laptops with Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium, FL Studio Producer edition, and Audacity; a Digi-Design mbox 2; an Ashly MX-406 mixer and input/output patch panel; 3 hand-held dynamic microphones; 1 hand-held wireless microphone; 2 speakers; 2 speaker stands; 1 pair of professional headphones; a digital videocamera; a digital sound recorder; and 1 camera/sound recorder tripod.

Contact pseabolt@accs.net for more information about Digi-Dock(TM) or to see about using it for yourself!

Digi-Dock(TM) is funded through an LSTA Innovation grant funded by the Institute for Museum & Library Services (IMLS) administered by the Indiana State Library.

Teen Tech Week 2010

Teen Tech Week 2010 is next week, March 8-13.  The 2010 theme – Learn Create Share @ your library – fosters teen creativity and positions the library as a physical and virtual place for safe exploration of the many types of technology available at libraries, including DVDs, music, gaming, video production, online homework help, social networking, tech workshops, audiobooks and more.

During Teen Tech Week, we’re excited to debut programs and workshops featuring Digi-Dock®.

Digi-Dock® is a so-called “dock where we keep equipment that includes a mobile sound recording lab with microphones, amps, mixer, speakers, etc., which will be used for recording events that take place in Skanta Theatre, Harry’s Coffee Bar, or anywhere else in the library.  Digi-Dock® also includes 2 studio-ready laptop computers with Adobe Creative Suite and FL Studio.  With the laptops and the software we will be able to hold workshops to create animations, publications, movies, sound creations and more!

Also during Teen Tech Week look for the unveiling of the new Frankfort Library Gaming Collection.

To wrap up Teen Tech Week, the Frankfort Library will have a Game Night Lock-In on Friday, March 12 from 6-9 pm.  A Wii game console will be available, but we encourage others to bring their gaming consoles and favorite games (rated E only, please) for more fun.  Board games and other activities will also be available. 

So get locked in the library and  “Get Connected” during Teen Tech Week!

Funding provided by an LSTA Innovation grant funded by the Institute of Museums and Libraries Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.

Upgrading our Tech

You might notice some changes around the libraries these days.  For example, don’t worry, the paging system really has gotten louder at the Frankfort Library!  We have recently installed a new telephone system that includes an exapanded paging system that allows patrons to hear us in previously unreached areas, such as the lower level computer lab, main floor magazine area and Hubbard Gallery.

Other changes include a computer and print management system (CASSIE) at the branch libraries as well as Frankfort.  CASSIE allows patrons to manage their own computer sign in and allows management of printing. 

Also, if you haven’t looked recently, check out our main page to see new features from the library’s BookLetters (eNewsletters) that allow us to insert widgets to help promote reader’s advisory.  Our current widget features selections by library staff.

To infinity and beyond!  In the future (by summer), we look to have Download Stations at each of our libraries to allow patrons to download Ebooks and Eaudio directly from their Ditigal Media accounts to their e-devices. 

We also look forward to continuing with DearReader services.  DearReader is an online book club that allows you to receive portions of books in your email each.  You can comment and interact through DearReader’s website and link directly to our online catalog to check if the book is available if you like what you’re reading.  While in our online catalog, feel free to write a review of any item you find by using ChiliFresh.  Simply click on Write Review by the item you wish to review and you’re on your way to writing your review!

We look forward to another year of great changes and hope that everyone in the community and beyond will be a part of our positive changes.

BookLetters, DearReader, ChiliFresh and Spanish PAC are funded in part through an LSTA (Library Services & Technology Act) grant through the Institute for Museums and Libraries Services administered by the Indiana State Library.

Library Receives LSTA Innovation Grant

The Frankfort Community Public Library has received an LSTA Innovation grant administered by the Indiana State Library funded by the Institute for Museum & Library Services (IMLS). 

The Innovation grant is funding “Shaping the Future with Digital Media: From Consumer to Creator,” which will be used to purchase digital media tools and equipment for a Mobile Digital Media Lab for the Frankfort Community Public Library.  Included in the grant is audio and video recording equipment and software.  We plan to have programs for teens and to use the equipment with Clinton County Youth Theatre productions and workshops.  Workshops will also be held for teachers from the local middle and high schools to gain a better understanding of digital media available and how to promote their use to their students.  We will also hold workshops for local small businesses so they can learn how to use these tools in their businesses.  The equipment will be made available to the public upon request. 

Keep on the lookout for programming coming in the next few months to learn more about digital media equipment and what you can do with it!

Michigan Road Receives Grant for Wireless

Michigan Road recently received a grant funded from the William J. and R. Jean Beard Endowment Fund, a fund of the Clinton County Community Foundation to install wireless technology at the library!  Wireless has now been installed at Michigan Road Library, which allows users to use wireless at all of our libraries: Frankfort, Michigan Road, Mulberry and Rossville.  We hope that this service is a great benefit to everyone!

New eNewsletters – Get Library Lines in your inbox!

The Frankfort Community Public Library has new eNewsletters now available!  You can choose to receive any number of newsletters periodically in your email.  Simply go to our sign in page and choose which newsletters you want to receive.  You can choose to receive Teen book news, what books and authors have been on TV during the week, new fiction or nonfiction, new DVDs, or read about various authors. 

At the top of the list are the Library’s custom newsletters, we will be adding more as time goes on.  You can now choose to receive Library Lines directly in your email rather than your mail box!  Just choose that newsletter, enter your email address at the bottom of the page, and click Subscribe.  It’s that easy!  Now you don’t have to wait on the mail to receive library information.  Check the eNewsletter list regularly to find new newsletters!  Coming in the future: FCPL Staff Picks, Friends of the Library News, FCPL Teen News, and more!

This program is funded through a Library Services & Technology Act grant administered by the Indiana State Library from the Institute for Museums & Libraries (IMLS).