Newport's Digital Saturday At The Library

From the City of Newport Beach:

November 14, 2019

Newport's Digital Saturday At The Library

Newport Beach Public Library invites the community to enhance their technological literacy at the fourth annual Digital Saturday on Saturday, November 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Central Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach.

Digital Saturday will showcase the library’s digital resources, including e-books, e-magazines, audio books, and online databases, as well as explore the Media Lab, Sound Lab and Tech Toys available for loan. A 53-foot Digital Bookmobile will be in the library parking lot from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. so that readers of all ages can learn about and engage with digital books from Overdrive.

Detective Shawn Dugan from the Newport Beach Police Department will start the day off with a special program on cybersecurity, identifying different types of fraud and current fraud schemes that are prevelent in our community, and showing attendees the best way to protect their digital data.

Staff will be on hand to introduce customers to the library’s eBranch and to show them how to access valuable research materials, genealogy databases, online legal reference materials and student resources; and create projects using state-of-the-art software and technology. A current library card and Google or Apple ID password is needed for instruction on downloading ebooks and magazines to personal mobile devices.

All library customers are invited to enter a drawing for $100 gift certificate to Fashion Island and other prizes.

For more information on Digital Saturday, contact the Newport Beach Public Library at (949) 717-3800 or email library@newportbeachca.gov.

DIGITAL SATURDAY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Newport Beach Public Library, November 16 2019. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Overdrive Digital Book Mobile will be in front of Central Library

10:00 a.m. Cyber Security presentation by Detective Shawn Dugan, NBPD

11:00 a.m. Introduction to the eBranch and digital apps: Flipster, Kanopy streaming video, Libby and RG Digital magazines

12:00 noon Children’s Online Learning Resources in the Children’s Room

1:00 p.m. Introduction to digital resources: Rosetta Stone language program,

Consumer Reports, Ancestry.com and Legal Reference

2:30 p.m. Grand prize drawing for $100 gift certificate

All programs will last approximately 30-45 minutes and will be held at the Central Library, 1000 Avocado Avenue, Newport Beach.

This press release was produced by the City of Newport Beach. The views expressed here are the author’s own.