StudentAccess, the program launched this fall that allows all students in the county school systems of Jackson, Macon, and Swain to have access to Fontana Regional Library materials through their student ID numbers, has recently been expanded.
The Jackson County Public Library has announced a new series of public programs to run through the summer called Mind and Body: Health, Nutrition, and You. These monthly presentations will focus on community health priorities and have been created in collaboration with local agencies and organizations. Topics include nutrition, diabetes prevention, PTSD, suicide prevention, addiction, dementia, and end-of-life care and planning.
FRL is delighted to announce that Wood and Jody Lovell, owners of Highlands Sotheby’s International Realty, have contributed a generous $10,000 to sponsor Kanopy film streaming service for all FRL card-holders. This type of sponsorship is a first for FRL, and a new venture for Highlands Sotheby’s as well.
As of this writing, FRL is anticipating a significant upgrade to the underlying architecture of the shared NC Cardinal catalog. Previously maintained and hosted by Equinox, Inc., the catalog and patron database will be moving to servers hosted by MOBIUS, an arm of the Missouri State Library.
On February 20th the Jackson County Public Library hosted the 2nd in a series of region-wide broadband information sharing meetings.
Because there are broadband developments happening in our region, the Fontana Regional Library is committed to having semi-annual public meetings that will help all to "stay on the same page.”
During the week of February 26-March 5, the NC Cardinal library catalog (shared by Fontana Regional Library and more than 160 libraries across the state) will undergo necessary maintenance and upgrading. The State Library of North Carolina will improve the catalog and patron database by moving it to a new host server, and the transition will take several days. During that time, the catalog will not be fully available either to patrons or to library staff.
On Tuesday, January 30, in the historic courtroom at the Jackson County Public Library in Sylva, Fontana Regional Library will be hosting the second in their semi-annual community information sharing meetings about Broadband. An informal meeting open to the public, the series brings together the various entities concerned with affordable broadband in our region - internet service providers, government (both at the county and state level), representatives of higher education, and regional entities such as the Southwestern Commission.
In a new program called “StudentAccess” all students in the county school systems (Jackson, Macon, and Swain) now have access to Fontana Regional Library materials through their student ID numbers, even without a library card.
StudentAccess accounts allow students to borrow e-resources and access online library databases. Students can also borrow up to 10 print or audio books from their local public library collection. The student account is free and there are no overdue fines for student accounts.
