Schaumburg Township District Library notes
Schaumburg Township District Library
For more information, call (847) 985-4000.
Single Song Contest:ŒBand members ages 13 to 19 may enter the Single Song Contest at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. The deadline is Nov. 30. Entries must be original, and may consist of music and lyrics or lyrics only.
To enter the, send the MP3 file link to aalessio@stdl.org, or drop off a CD at the Reader Services Desk of the central library or the branch libraries in Hoffman Estates or Hanover Park. Winners will receive gift certificates to area music stores and will have the song linked to the STDL Teen MySpace site, as well as the STDL Teen Web site.
For more information, call Amy Alessio at (847) 923-3120 or e-mail at aalessio@stdl.org.
Calling all movie buffs: Those who enjoy movies and discussing them with others can join the American Cinema and Book-Film Discussion groups at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg.
The American Cinema Group meets at 6:45 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month, September through May, in the library's Adult Classroom.
Members view the movie and follow up with a discussion lead by film critic Alan Grimm. Registration and a $20 fee are required for the series.
The Book-Film Discussion Group meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month in the library's Rasmussen North Room. Group members view the movie at the first meeting and discuss the book and movie at the second.
Led by Grimm and fellow film critic Bonnie Antosh, registration and a $30 fee are required for the group. The fee includes the cost of all books in the series.
For more information or to register, call (847) 923-3347. Fees can be accepted via telephone with a credit card, or in person at the Information/Magazines Desk on the library's second floor.
Coffee and current events:ŒLocal, national and international events are always on the agenda at the Coffee and Current Events group, which meets from 10 a.m. to noon the second Monday of each month at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg.
There is no fee or registration required. Drop in and meet with a group of adults who enjoy sharing their opinions on what is going on in the world today.
Visit MyMediaMall: Schaumburg Township residents are among those in the Chicago area who can benefit from a new, free online service used to download popular digital audiobooks and ebooks.
Using MyMediaMall -- www.mymediamall.net -- patrons can enjoy their favorite digital books on a wide range of devices, including MP3 players and PDAs.
MyMediaMall is the result of 20 Illinois libraries working together with the North Suburban Library System to offer patrons 24/7 access to the latest digital materials. The consortium's online collection provides hundreds of titles, including bestsellers and classics, fiction and non-fiction from popular authors and leading publishers. Titles include the works of Dean Koontz, Ridley Pearson, Charles Dickens, Nora Roberts and Catherine Coulter.
"Digital technology and books were a marriage meant to happen," said Sarah Long, director of the North Suburban Library System. "Downloadable books prove what librarians knew all along, that computers and the Internet would support expansive growth of library services, not the death that many predicted."
To access materials, patrons first download free reader software from www.mymediamall.net, pick titles, then download the digital books to their personal computers. Audiobooks can be enjoyed on PCs and hundreds of portable devices. Audiobooks can be transferred to portable WMA/MP3 players, or burned to a CD for use on any standard CD player. eBooks can be read on personal computers, PDAs and Smartphones.
For more information, call Amy Peterson at (847) 923-3332.