Vegreville Centennial Library hosts Tech Thursday

Vegreville Centennial Library hosts Tech Thursday

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

As part of Vegreville Centennial Library’s 100th Anniversary, the first session of Tech Thursday was held at Vegreville Centennial Library on January 9.

Calina Sokalski helps Antoinette Fortier learn how to print pages off of the computer’s printer.

(Rosanne Fortier/photo)

Calina Sokalski, Library Programmer said on Tech Thursday, the public can come into the library and get help with any thing they want to know how to do on their technical device or they can ask any question they wish to about technology.

“They can do e-resources multiple ways; most people do them on their phone, their tablet, or their ipad. There are various apps that a person can use to access magazines, listen to audio books, read e-books, look at newspapers, and almost anything else they wish have access to with their library card.”

Sokalski added that people can access some audio and video materials when they use the app- Libby, which is linked to Overdrive, but is a user friendly version. When the person is online, they can also download and listen to audio books or read e-books on there. When they are on the go where they don’t have WiFi, the person can download them and take them to wherever they are. They need a library membership for this where they can get up to three weeks or later to access them if they need to or they can renew them. People can put holds on items and wait for them to come in for them, and the items will automatically be added to the person’s shelf.