eBooks eBooks Everywhere!

eBooks are becoming easier and easier to find online. You can check out our collection of new and popular fiction and non-fiction eBooks and eAudiobooks through our website.

If you're searching for older books that are no longer under copyright, Project Gutenberg has digitized many books in the public domain. You can read the full text of these books online at their website for free. Project Gutenberg Australia has some books that are still under copyright in the U.S.

Google Books has also started a wide scale project to digitize books in and out of the public domain. The site allows you to search for key words or phrases within each book. You can read about the controversy this project has created in the publishing community in the article "Why Publishing Should Send Fruit-Baskets to Google"

If you want to learn more about the public domain take a look at this comic book "Tales From the Public Domain"

Nasa loses photos of
moon landing

For those of you who enjoyed the most popular film at the Library's "Summer Down Under" film festival The Dish or for those of you who might wonder why organized libraries with their skilled librarians are necessary, this article is for you:

"One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures"

Toy Return

The library is requesting a return of the summer reading program toys shown above in order to comply with a RECALL INITIATED BY HIGHSMITH INCORPORATED due to lead content. This recall will affect many public libraries across the country, including the Mission Viejo Library, who used the toys as prizes during this year’s Summer Reading Program.

The toys, a bendable dog and cat (see above picture), were found to have 0.4 and 0.24 percent lead. The maximum safety limit is currently 0.06 percent. The toys are roughly 3.75 inches long and are similar in shape to a lollipop.

We would like all children and parents to return these toys ASAP to the Mission Viejo Library for safe disposal. Replacement reading prizes will be provided in exchange for the bendable toys.”

For more information, please contact Library Administration at (949) 830-7100, extension 4002.

Calling all Fiction Fanatics and

Book Club Members

Come join us on Thursday, August 10th, at 7 p.m. in the Library Community Room as we wrap up our first-ever Adult Summer Reading Program. We'll be demonstrating NoveList, the library's fabulous fiction database, and several reading group and book review websites. Find a new favorite author, or share your favorites with others. We'll have a grand prize drawing and refreshments. Everyone is welcome! Please R.S.V.P. to Gayle Meldau at gmeldau@cityofmissionviejo.org