News

New Calling System

If you have reserves ready to be picked up, or overdue items, you'll probably be receiving a call from our new Telephone Notification System. This automated calling system will help us deal with a dramatic increase in reserves, and will provide you with timely overdue reminders, helping you keep your fines down. more info...

Falls Library by the Numbers

Now available on our Budget and Statistics page: the library's 2008 budget and 2007 statistics, as well as a graph that shows our increase in items borrowed from the year 2000 (489,801) through 2007 (836,114).

Get Your OSCAR Movies Here!

Check our our list of 2008 Oscar winners and nominees that you can get from the library.

Library Wi-Fi Expanded

We now have wireless access points at both ends of the building upstairs and one for the meeting rooms downstairs; you should be able to get a good signal almost anywhere in the library - just connect to the "FallsLibrary" network.

New Electronic Resources

We have subscribed to several new electronic resources, making even more quality information available to you. Most of these are available 24x7 from anywhere with a Falls Library card (Ancestry cannot be used outside the library). You can find these our Databases page (under "Quick Links" on your left).

Favorite Books of 2007

Check out the staff's favorite books of 2007.

Tumblebooks - Online Story Books for Children!

The TumbleBook Library is a collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) and TumblePuzzles that you can use right now on the web. Pull up Tumblebooks by author or title, or by reading level or language (many titles in Spanish and French).
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Go to the TumbleBooks now

Download Your Favorite Movies

We have added Hollywood Favorites and World Cinema to our MyLibrary DV subscription. Now in addition to documentaries and classic movies, you have hundreds of newer movies to choose from! Just download the latest version of the MyLibrary DV software to get started.
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Flash Memory Drives for Sale

We are now selling 512 MB flash memory drives at the Circulation desk for $10. USB flash drives are more reliable than floppy disks because they have no moving parts and have a more durable design. Floppy disks are highly sensitive to dust, condensation, temperature extremes, static electricity, and magnetic fields. more info

At Your Fingertips: Over 7 Million Items!

With SearchOhio, you can search a single catalog of titles from seven libraries, place requests online, and check out the items here using your Falls Library card. more information

PIN's Are Here

In order to better ensure your privacy, we are now asking for a PIN with your library card number. Initially your PIN is the last four digits of your phone number... more info...