Now I am one for anything that is free. Who isn't but I thought this was just truly amazing. Generally I don't watch the news for anything only because of all the devastating happenings going on plus I could really care less about the presidential race at this point (I only know I will vote for the lesser of two or three evils). But every now and again I will watch the news (my fave right not is ABC 15) and make sure the world and Arizona is still standing. And it is at least for now. But this night's news cast was a special involving the Smart Shopper segment that is occasionally done with host Daphne Munroe where she tells you all about certain deals you can find in the Valley as well as products she tries out before you buy them to see if they are worth it or not.

So tonight they had a segment about what you can do at the public library and since I am getting my Master's in Library Science I felt I had to see what it was all about. And what do you know it was all about how to get free books, music or even take a free class. Which I thought was awesome. And all you needed was a Phoenix library card. The thing that really excited me was the borrow a Nook program because that gives Barnes and Noble (where I work) more publicly about the e-reader device the Nook. This will get more people to try it out for free and see if it may be worth getting one themselves, especially since they can get free ebooks from their local library.

I really hope this furthers not only the future of ebooks and the Nook from Barnes and Noble but the further cements the futures of public libraries every where because if more and more of them take on programs like this (and I hope that my hometown of Chandler gets the hint and starts something like this) then the future of public libraries were be there for the taking. This will open up a whole new world and many opportunities for patrons and staff.

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Download music, borrow a Nook and take a class all for free at Phoenix libraries