Category Archive for "Announcements" | Windsor Public Library

Watch Disney With WPL

Posted in: March 16, 2015 by Daniele | Comments are closed

Fantastic news! We’ve added tons of new Disney films to our Hoopla collection. From The Sword in the Stone and Air Bud to Ghosts of the Abyss and Aliens of the Deep, you can stream great movies from home – for free – through Hoopla. Be in the Know about Hoopla: * Hoopla has music, movies, television shows AND audiobooks! *You can borrow 20 Hoopla titles each month * Titles automatically check out...

Disney Movies Arrive at Windsor Public Library

Posted in: March 15, 2015 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Windsor Public Library customers now have access to 100 popular Walt Disney movies which can be streamed to smart phones, tablets and computers. Thanks to a new content licensing agreement between The Walk Disney Studios and hoopla digital, public libraries across North America can now provide online and mobile access to all of the most popular Disney titles. Hoopla digital is a category-creating service that partners with public libraries to...

Change to Electronic Collections

Posted in: January 7, 2015 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

WPL has made some changes to our electronic collections for January 2015. We will be directing all customers to use Chilton Library.com for their automotive repair needs. Our subscription to AutoRepair Reference Centre has been cancelled, due to cost and duplication of information. In addition, we’re happy to announce that music lovers will find a new, enormous selection of songs and albums at Hoopla. Because of cost and selection, we are no...

Windsor Public Library Adds Payment Option to Website

Posted in: December 15, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Windsor Public Library customers can now use their credit cards to pay fines and fees or make donation payments, all through the library’s website (www.windsorpubliclibrary.com) at any time, day or night through SMARTPAY. Developed by Comprise Technologies, the leading independent provider of technology access and revenue management solutions for libraries and municipalities, SMARTPAY is an additional service introduced to assist and facilitate enhanced customer service at WPL. The secure online payment...

Windsor Solar Project REA reports: for public inspection at Central

Posted in: December 4, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Windsor Solar LP is proposing to build a renewable energy generation project on lands owed by the City of Windsor and contained within the Windsor International Airport. From now until the next public meeting to be held on Thursday January 29, 2015, copies of draft documents relating to the Windsor Solar Project, as required under the Environmental Protection Act, will be available for public viewing. One set of the two...

Music & Audiobooks now Available on Hoopla

Posted in: September 12, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Hoopla, Hoopla, HOOPLA! This word has been in my vocabulary for about a year now, and it’s just as much fun every time I say it. With our Hoopla-versary just around the corner, let’s look back and reflect on all of the reasons why we love this eResource so dearly. –Every title is available right away. No waiting. No holds. Ever. –It’s available anytime, anywhere. I have used Hoopla on...

Library Value Calculator

Posted in: September 10, 2014 by Julie Catenacci | Comments are closed

You know that satisfied feeling you get when you score a really good deal on something? You can get that feeling every time you use a resource from the public library! Every book, movie, CD, magazine, newspaper or video game you check out or download from us is one less thing you have to buy yourself. Following the lead of many other public library systems, WPL has come up with...

Longer checkout period for TV Series

Posted in: July 7, 2014 by Julie Catenacci | Comments are closed

You told us you couldn’t watch a whole season of a TV series in 3 days, and we listened. In response to customer requests, we are lengthening the loan period for adult TV series on DVD to 2 weeks – shortened to 1 week when the holds build up. These DVD sets are highlighted with a yellow spine label. Each patron is limited to borrowing 2 TV seasons at a...

World’s Largest Newsstand, Now Available!

Posted in: March 3, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Customers of Windsor Public Library have now unlimited multi-user access to a selection of complete digital magazines, easily viewed on most internet-enabled devices, through Zinio for Libraries, the world’s largest newsstand! Zinio for Libraries enables you to: • enjoy complete digital editions of your favourite magazines – some of which are only available in this format; • download full-colour magazines with interactive elements such as audio and video; • find the stories...

WPL Continues to Expand its Database Collection

Posted in: January 10, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Windsor Public Library is pleased to announce it is now offering another online eResource to WPL customers: PressDisplay. WPL joins 13 other Ontario public libraries currently offering this service. PressDisplay is the online version of the resource that produces WPL’s printed NewspaperDirect Print-On-Demand newspapers, which are offered in-branch at Central Library (850 Ouellette Avenue). PressDisplay provides instant online access to today’s newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format....