Bringing Service to You!

Even when the building is closed, the library is always open!

 

Log on to the Emmet O’Neal Library’s website and click Book News on the left sidebar.  There are a variety of FREE e-newsletters you can signup for that put great book suggestions right in your inbox!  New fiction and nonfiction, classics, romance, business, large print, audiobooks, science fiction and more!  

Don’t have time to participate in one of Emmet O’Neal Library’s three book clubs (check out our bookclubs on The Daily Read's sidebar)?  Book News also offers FREE online book clubs!  Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters and you can decide whether or not you’d like to read the entire book. Every Monday you start a new book.

If you like to listen to audiobooks, try the Jefferson County Library Cooperative’s FREE Downloadable Audio service.  All you need to get started is a valid Jefferson County library card!  Log on to the Emmet O’Neal Library’s website and click Downloadable Audio on the left sidebar.  Read the Quick Start Guide before you begin.  The JCLC has recently started a collection of downloadable audiobooks that are compatible with iPods so visit the website for more information!

Want to learn a new language?  Visit the Jefferson County Library Cooperative’s FREE Aurolog Language Learning service!  All you need to get started is a valid Jefferson County library card!  Log on to the Emmet O’Neal Library’s website and click Tell Me More on the left sidebar.

Need to do some research?  Look through the Jefferson County Library Cooperatives databases.  Your Jefferson County library card gives you access to the Alabama Virtual Library as well as databases funded by the Library Cooperative!  Look for literary criticism, business resources, consumer health information, do historical research, and look at the Birmingham Public Library’s digital archives…all for FREE!  Log on to the Emmet O'Neal Library's website and click Databases on the left sidebar.

The online catalog for the public libraries of Jefferson County is available 24/7!  Look for books, audiobooks, DVD’s, music and more from the comfort of your own home.  You can place holds online as well as renew materials you currently have checked out!  Log on to the Emmet O'Neal Library's website and click Online Catalog.

You may pay library fines online as well!  No need to get out in inclement weather, just click and pay!

Take advantage of all the great FREE services available to you with a Jefferson County library card!  Citizens living outside of Jefferson County are still eligible for a card with the addition of a $30 yearly fee.

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