Category: Technology

• Video Games at the Library – What’s New to Play

  November 2024 There are new games to borrow from the Russell Library! Itching to bring home something to share with your friends and family? Or looking for a more beefy, immersive time sink that you can get lost in? We’ve got you covered with our latest additions. Here are six titles new in our collection…

  Jack B.

  November 4, 2024

  Kids and Teens, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  EchoesOfWisdom, EldenRing, ForzaHorizon5, GodOfWarRagnarok, HorizonForbiddenWest, Minecraft, NativeAmerican, Nintendo, NintendoSwitch, NintendoSwitchSports, Persona, Persona3Reload, Persona5Tactica, PlayStation, PrincessPeachShowtime, RedDeadRedemptionII, SuperMarioRPG, TheLegendOfZelda, TheOregonTrail, TheSpace, Xbox, XBoxOne, XBoxSeries

• Level-Up Your Summer: Video Games at Russell Library

  Played any good games lately? It might be time to check out Russell Library’s ever-growing video game collection! Russell Library began offering Nintendo Switch games approximately one year ago, and they quickly became one of our most popular collections. Now, we are pleased to offer titles for PlayStation and Xbox consoles as well! We plan…

  Jack B.

  August 5, 2024

  Contests, Events, Kids and Teens, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  Gaming, JediFallenOrder, MarioKart, MarioParty, MilesMorales, Minecraft, Nintendo, NintendoSwitch, NintendoSwitchSports, PlayStation, PS4, PS5, SpiderMan, StarWars, SuperSmashBrosUltimate, TheSpace, VideoGames, Xbox

• Want To Become A Bookstagrammer? Here Are A Few Tips To Get Started! (From Your Local Librarian/Bookstagrammer)

  By Briana G I know what some of you may be thinking: what the heck is Bookstagram? A Bookstagram is simply an Instagram account dedicated to books/bookish topics. Those accounts share giveaways, book reviews, book challenges, and general posts about their love of books, reading, and libraries too! I created mine in February of 2023…

  brianarusselllibrary

  July 22, 2024

  Library Services, Recommendations, Technology, Trending

  bookstagram, BookTok, Canva, CharterBooks, Instagram, Props, QOTD, TikTok

• The Joy of Audiobooks

  If you think of beaten up CD cases containing scratched up discs when you hear the term “audiobooks,” the time has come to revisit them. During the pandemic, audiobook use skyrocketed when folks wanted to avoid public places. But their use has continued to gain in popularity even post-pandemic. Today, over half of audiobook listeners…

  Amy S.

  April 29, 2024

  Inside Stories, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology

  Audiobooks, Eaudiobooks, Hoopla, Libby, Overdrive, ThePalaceApp, ThePalaceProject

• The Novelty of NoveList

  If you’re like me, when I find a series I love I burn through it in record time and then am left mourning that I have finished the series. Finding a new series can be challenging, so invariably I turn to NoveList for help. NoveList is an online database available through Russell Library’s website that…

  Mary

  February 19, 2024

  Inside Stories, Library Services, Recommendations, Technology

  AppealMixer, BestAdultFiction, BookALike, NoveList