Home for the Holidays with Hoopla
The holidays may look a lot different this year, but with hoopla the prospect of staying home just got a …
Online Resources
Tech Tuesday: How to Search for Our Latest DVDs
The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library has an extensive collection of DVDs to choose from. Here is a quick library search tip to help you find the most recent DVDs in our catalog and reserve your copy.
Tech Tuesday: Planning a Road Trip
Planning a road trip? Visit the DriveBC website for current road and weather conditions. This Tech Tuesday blog post by Louise includes useful links to several DriveBC resources.
Tech Tuesday: Wildfire Smoke Visualization Tools
Wondering where all that smoke is coming from? Not sure how safe it is to be outdoors? Check out Kevin’s Tech Tuesday blog post for some great resources to answer these questions and more!
#Staffpick: The Buried Book: the loss and rediscovery of the great Epic of Gilgamesh by David Damrosch
Check out this latest #staffpick from Andree!
Tech Tuesday: Managing Your Passwords
According to research done this year by NordPass, an average person has between 70 and 80 passwords. That’s far too …
How to Overcome a Reading Slump
Do you ever find yourself picking up your phone and mindlessly scrolling Instagram? Meanwhile, accomplishing your Goodreads reading goal is looking less and less likely. It can feel disheartening when you’re not being as productive as the people posting constant homemade bread pictures on Facebook. With these tips, you can overcome that reading slump and get back on track.
Together We Read
Have you ever wanted to join a book club but felt a little intimidated by the idea of sharing your thoughts and feelings about random books? Try out this Canada-wide digital book club running Sep 3-17th!
Ways to Track Reading
Do you ever wonder how much reading you actually do?There are many ways to track your reading habits, and different styles work for different people. Lets take a look at how you can measure your reading and different tracking methods.
Should you set reading goals?
You may have heard others talk about their yearly reading goals, or maybe you’re one of those goal-setters. Whether it’s tracking the number of books through Goodreads or sampling different genres through a Pinterest challenge, there are many different types of reading goals. Should you set reading goals? Are they really a good idea, or is it better to just read whatever and whenever?