Freecycle Event - We need donations!

We are hosting our first (hopefully not last!) Back to School Freecycle Event!  Freecycling is giving away unwanted but still usable things to help keep items out of landfills. 

Here's how it will work:


 DONATIONS

• Beginning on July 22, bring your clean, gently used clothes & wearable accessories (hats, shoes, purses, etc) for kids from babies to teens to the Oldsmar Library
• We're also accepting small childrens toys and school supplies
• Please leave them with a staff member, and remember...NO UNDERGARMENTS! 
• We're accepting donations until Thursday, August 8

SHOPPING

• Staff will sort donations and have items out for FREE on Friday, August 9 and Saturday, August 10 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
• Don't have anything to donate? That's OK, you can still come and "shop" for what you need!

Bring what you can - take what you need!

Anything left over will be donated to Oldsmar Cares.

Special thanks to the New Port Richey Public Library for the idea & for helping us get started!

Questions? Give us a call or email at 813-749-1181 information@oldsmarlibrary.org

Thanks for your support.  Let's work together to make this a success!!

New Newspaper database including Tampa Bay Times

  
The Oldsmar Library is pleased to announce the immediate availability of its new digital newspaper collection: Access World News. This collection is available to all library patrons (both in-house and remote) and is updated daily.

Access World News provides Web-based access to current and archived issues of  full-text newspapers, including access to the Tampa Bay Times archives going back to 1987.

This new resource appears under the Research & Learn tab on the library's homepage, or you can use the links in the pictures above.  Use outside of the library will require an Oldsmar Library Card.
 
Access World News is a resource offered by NewsBank, the world’s premier provider of newspapers and other news sources online. Serving public libraries for more than 45 years, NewsBank offers Web-based access to more than 12,000 titles from the U.S. and other countries around the globe.

For more information on this collection, contact us by calling 813-749-1181, emailing information@oldsmarlibrary.org, or visit http://www.oldsmarlibrary.org/

New Library App

Pinellas Public Library Cooperative Announces New App:

Your public library, 24/7, wherever you need us to be

The Pinellas Public Library Cooperative (PPLC) and member libraries announce the release of their new improved app. Search Pinellas Library Cooperative in Google Play or the Apple App Store to download the free app to search the catalog, manage your account and renew items, place holds on titles, find the nearest library with their hours and phone number, or locate valuable online resources. You even can scan the ISBN barcode found on a book to see if your library has a copy!

For more information please call us at 813-749-1181 or the PPLC office, at 727-441-8408.

New Database Available: Fold 3 Military Records

You may have noticed a new link under the Research & Learn tab on our website: Fold 3.

Distributed by ProQuest, Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to a growing collection of US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served from the Revolutionary War onward. It contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available on Fold3.

Fold3 supplements the records available in the Ancestry Library Edition database (available for in-house use only).  You can use Fold3 from anywhere, all you need is your Pinellas Public Library Cooperative library card.



The Fold3 name comes from a traditional flag folding ceremony in which the third fold is made in honor and remembrance of veterans who served in defense of their country and to maintain peace throughout the world.

For more information or for help getting started, please see this.pdf from ProQuest:

Fold 3 Quick Tips