Need a New Read? Ask Alexa to Get it from Your Local Library
OKLAHOMA CITY–Metro Library’s eResource, Hoopla Digital, launched an Alexa integration enabling library customers with the Amazon Alexa smart home speaker to use voice commands to access their library Hoopla account – giving customers more from their library, without leaving the house.
The integration will allow library customers to use voice commands like, “Alexa, ask Hoopla to list popular audiobooks” or “Alexa, ask Hoopla to play my music” and other commands. Through the new Hoopla skill library customers will be able to stream full music CDs and listen to audiobooks that they ...
LIBRARY HOSTS FAN FICTION AND FAN ART CONTEST
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Metropolitan Library System is looking for local artists and writers to share their fandom and talent with the community for a chance to win prizes. Metro Library announced the annual Fan Fiction and Fan Art contest.
Submissions will be accepted through March 24 at 6:00 p.m. by emailing cjones@metrolibrary.org or by dropping them off at the Southern Oaks Library. Winners will be announced at the announcement party and awards ceremony on March 30, 2019 from 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Prizes for the winners will include gift cards, DVDs, plushies and more. The anno...
New Bakery Opens at the Downtown Library
OKLAHOMA CITY– The Ronald J Norick Downtown Library is welcoming a new bakery and sandwich shop to their downstairs café space.
D Taino Bakery will open Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 at the Ronald J Norick Downtown Library café on the corner of Park and Harvey. In addition to freshly baked pastries, they will serve a variety of savory breakfast and lunch items.
“We are excited to have D Taino in our library and looking forward to the convenience that a quality bakery nearby will bring to our customers,” Deputy Executive Director of Operations for the Metropolitan Library System A...
Large-Scale Renovation Planned for Belle Isle Library
OKLAHOMA CITY– Plans for the renovation of the Belle Isle Library will soon be underway after the City of Oklahoma City Council recently awarded the design of the project to ADG, a local architecture firm.
The renovation will include major changes to the existing floorplan and an expansion that will add about 14,000 square foot to the library. In addition, the library will add new furniture, fixtures and equipment.
“We are excited to get started on the Belle Isle Library renovation project,” Deputy Executive Director of Operations Anthony Herron said. “The Belle Isle Lib...
Citizenship Program Opens Doors for Metro Families
OKLAHOMA CITY– The Metropolitan Library System offers local literacy programs to help immigrants become citizens as a part of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Citizenship Corners Program.
Southern Oaks and Edmond Metro Library branches coordinate Citizenship Classes as part of Citizenship Corners, areas designated across the country to serve non-native English speakers. The program helped 38 immigrants become citizens in the first two years of the program and has worked with immigrants from over 35 countries.
Metro Libraries, together with the Teaching English to Spe...