Resume Workshops,Talk to the folks at One Click Digital on March 27 and wrap up Building Common Ground

If you need help with a re'sume' this is your week.  Workforce Solutions (located between White Mountain Elementary and Sierra Vista Primary) offers a session from noon-2pm March 27 and the last Tues of each month.

Ruidoso Public Library invites you to watch a webinar on One Click Digital, the current provider of downloadable audiobooks.  This is a 45 min webinar to walk you through the sign up and download processes.

Tue, Mar 27, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT


I encourage you to attend if you have questions with the current service, too.


This Saturday is the final installment in the Building Common Ground program.  Join Andrea Reed for a dance celebration.

Image at Jillee's One Good Thing

The Childrens Department is looking for very specific pop-up bottle tops (not the flip-caps, but the slide open/closed types).  We hope to make a craft/science project for the summer reading program.

Image at This Next

Art by Jan Habraken

Game Wardens and a 9/11 responder this week (also an update on One Click Digital for Apple)

Thursday, 4pm, meet two of New Mexico's Game Wardens at the library.  They will explore some of the local wildlife and answer your questions.  Children welcome, too.

Image at NM Dept of Game and Fish

Do you have a nuisance animal?  What is a safe practice around squirrels?  Come found out!

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Friday morning at 10 am, local Bill Dement will discuss his book, Delay, Deny, Hope They Die. This is the story of a disabled 9/11 first responder, a former police Lieutenant, N.Y.P.D., who describes himself as an Ordinary Joe.  Learn about the man, two days shy of completing the retirement home he was building in New Mexico, who responded to the World Trade Center disaster. It vividly depicts his months at Ground Zero and more.  


If you have an Apple computer or product, this may be the update you've been waiting for.  One Click Digital has a new release of the Download Manager and the directions for MacIntosh/Apple users to work around within their own systems. 

Apple/Mac updates to One-Click Digital e-audiobooks, virtual book clubs, local author Events, and Downton Abbey reads

At last, One Click Digital has released instructions for Apple/Macintosh users. If you use an Apple or Mac to access the internet, please email me at jenniferstubbs at ruidoso hyphen nm dot gov, and I will reply with the directions as a pdf attachment.  If you are looking for the instructions to begin using One Click Digital, they can be found in the column to the right under "e Audiobook How to."  Just last week I tried downloading two books on my machine at home, without luck. But when I tried again the next day, both were just fine.  Que sera sera, no?

If audiobooks aren't your thing, how about an online book club?  Huffington Post has set up a site, along with a Twitter #tag if you prefer, for HuffPo editors and readers to share reactions to The Tiger's Wife.  The site discussion has only covered the first 4 chapters, though the second part, chapters 5-8, should be up this week--or take the initiative and begin filling the comments yourself.

Online or virtual book clubs allow you to participate when it fits your schedule.  My favorite aspect is how I can skip over comments that feel repetitive or non-productive, while focusing on those with insight from perspectives I missed. (Can you tell I have a patience problem?)  If you have any comments on virtual book clubs (Have you tried one?  Would you give it a try?), please add them to this post's comments.

If local, live events are your interest Ruidoso Public Library offers two this week. Wednesday, 2pm, Jamie Slack (a local author) will talk about the memoir process, especially from a drawing/visual perspective.  She will also sign her book, Now Here's a Thought: A Playful Journal About Life.

Saturday at 11 am, Steven H. Havill (formerly a local English teacher) will discuss and sign his newest book in the Posadas County Mysteries, One Perfect Shot. (Portions of both sales benefit the Friends of the Library.)

Finally, if one hour of Downton Abbey leaves you craving more history and drama, the library has several title suggestions to help fill the six days between (just ask for Jennifer and let me know if you prefer fiction or fact).

It's here! One-Click Digital e-audiobooks

Wednesday, from 3-5pm, meet Mark Haley, of Recorded Books, during our One-Click Digital Bonanza!  We will have swag and demonstration videos, a tech-petting zoo (handle these new-fangled devices yourself), and a chance to meet people who enjoy audiobooks.

If you are already scheduled elsewhere for that time, here are the steps to setting up your own account (or skip to the bottom for the video links).

From Ruidoso Public Library's homepage, www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl, find the e-branch tab near the top right corner. Don't click that, but as your mouse moves over it, a drop-down menu appears.  Select "e-audio downloads" (the second item).

This takes you to One-Click Digital's page for our library.  In the top right corner, select "Create New Account".  This will ask for your Ruidoso Public Library barcode number, among other questions.

You will need to install their Download Manager.  You may do that now, or will be prompted to when you download your first audiobook title.

One-Click Digital is still in development, so this is not a panacea to our digital audiobook troubles of the summer. Their homepage has a button (on the right) that reads, "Our service is currently in a testing phase" and "Click here to comment."  Please email them at support@oneclickdigital.com with screenshots and every step leading up to that situation.  Remember to include your operating system, browser, and which type of mp3 player you were using.

I have had problems I reported to them.  For example, I had to stop the install process and restart my computer because it hung up on the Microsoft .NET 4 framework.  Upon restart, I could find the file in my browser downloads and continue the installation without further hitches.  I also found that I had to log out of the Download Manager (DM) and log in again between downloading a book and transferring it to my player.  I was told to change the preferences within the DM (top left menu, Global) to NO for "Automatically transfer to device."

I do not know when One-Click Digital will leave testing.  Many online services exist in "perpetual beta," which is a nice way to say, they are responsive to any requests you have for improvements.  We also carry MP3 formatted discs at Ruidoso Public Library.  These can be saved to your computer to transfer to a player.

One-Click Digital has the steps and screenshots for creating an account and installing the DM at
http://ruidosonm.oneclickdigital.com/Help/Player%20Tutorial.aspx
and videos at
20-minute Tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQ5B9-65Yc
Windows 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlvsVyrrUzI
Windows XP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th5QguOoSSE
Create New Account http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cEOji_S95E

Please comment away below on your successes or questions.  Thank you!

e-Audio headaches

Ruidoso Public Library's e-audiobook provider, NetLibrary, terminated last Tuesday.  EBSCO-host picked up the service, but Ruidoso Public Library will be switching to One-Click Audio by September.  The audiobook titles you are used to are still available through our catalog; however, EBSCO-host requires that you "create an account" with them first.  This should be possible from home, or feel free to visit the library in person.

From your home computer, visit youseemore.com/ruidosopl.  Look for the e-branch tab on the far right, above the search bar.  As your mouse moves on that tab, click the second row, "e-audio downloads."

This should redirect you to a page requesting your library barcode number.  After entering that there, the next screen will have a 'sign in' option in the top right corner.  Click there.

Now look for a "create a new account" option slightly lower in the top right.  Enter a username, password, and security question/answer.

You will need to download EBSCO-hosts download manager before you may download an audiobook.  The site guides you through the process.  Over the weekend, I noticed the EBSCO-host site was not as easy to search, browse, or generally move around on.

This is only a stop-gap measure while we wait for One-Click Digital to come online. If you can wait until September to download your next audiobooks from One-Click Digital, that company will require their own username/password registration and download manager software installation.

This has been awkward, and I greatly appreciate your patience as we migrate our digital audiobook service.