Our New iMacs

iMacs Rock!

We were thrilled last week to get 40 brand new iMacs installed in the library! Huge thanks go to the PTSA dor their incredible generosity. It’s been such fun hearing all the “Wows!” and excited and surprised expressions of students seeing them for the first time. The library is always a busy place. Now, with 40 well-functioning computers, we are busier than ever. Please come by the library to see them live in action. In the meantime, enjoy these photos:

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Read an eBook!

Please check June 2013 this update information to this posting.

The Mira Costa Library now has ebooks! We have:

  • 22 new ebooks you can check out like a library book and then read online on any computer with an internet browser. This collection includes popular favorites such as Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy titles, John Green’s Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska, Sarah Dessen’s The Truth about Forever and Along for the Ride, and Gayle Forman’s If I Stay.
  • 2 new reference books, the electronic version of the multi-volume Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Social Issues and Voices of Shakespeare’s England: Contemporary Accounts of Elizabethan Daily Life. These two reference books can be accessed by an unlimited number of readers simultaneously.
To check out the 22 new popular title ebooks:
  1. Visit the library catalog online through this direct line, or through the library catalog link on the library website.
  2. If you see a list of district libraries, be sure to select Mira Costa High School.
  3. Click Login at the top right of the Mira Costa Library Catalog screen. Your username is your nine- or ten-digit Permanent ID and your password is destiny.
  4. To see all the ebooks, select Resource Lists from the left menu bar and then Public Lists from the tab at the top right. Then select the eBooks list. You can also identify a book as an ebook when you search the catalog if you see this icon:  ebook logo
  5. To view information about an ebook in the list, click on the title or on Details.
  6. Choose Read Online to browse a book and decide if you want it, or choose Check Out Online to check the book out.
  7. Once your book is checked out, you will have it for two weeks, unless you choose to return it earlier. You can access it at any time by logging into your library catalog account and selecting the My Info tab.
To read the two new reference books:
  1. Click on the ebook title or on Details.
  2. Click on the hyperlink provided in the detail record.
  3. Enter Mira Costa’s username and password for ABC-CLIO reference materials. Come by the library or email Mrs. Lofton for this username and password.
Enjoy reading! Be sure to let Mrs. Lofton know how you like the experience. 🙂

Teen Tech Week @Your Library

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It’s Teen Tech Week, a national celebration sponsored by YALSA, the Young Adult division of the American Library Association. It’s a chance for teens to learn more about technology and what it can offer them both for fun and productivity. To celebrate, the Mira Costa Library is hosting several activities:

  • A Teen Tech Week Scavenger Hunt. Come by the library to get a contest form and answer five easy questions. Or, you can even download it here. But, if you come to the library, we’ll be happy to help you with any clues you need to answer all the questions. All participants with correct answers will be entered in a prize drawing for an iTunes certificate.
  • Come to the library  during lunch on Tuesday to learn about Wordle.net, a fun and easy word cloud creation tool. Please eat lunch quickly and come straight to the library at 12:30 for the session. There will be a raffle drawing for all participants.
  • Come to the library  during lunch on Friday to learn about Flickr.com, a fun and easy word cloud creation tool. Please eat lunch quickly and come straight to the library at 12:30 for the session. There will be a raffle drawing for all participants.

For more Teen Tech Week fun, visit YALSA’s Teen Tech Week site, and participate in the contest there, where you could win an Amazon gift certificate or Nook e-reader. Don’t wait to check this link. The first portion of the contest begins and ends on Monday, March 7. The second portion runs from Tuesday, March 8 through Friday, March 11.