On Saturday, January 14th the Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library celebrated the over 50 years of service Robert Gaylor has given libraries and literacy in Michigan. Mr. Gaylor was joined by 96 of his friends and colleagues at the surprise event held after hours at the Library. Now a retired professor emeritus from the Kresge Library at Oakland University, Bob Gaylor began his career at OU in 1961 and remained a part of the faculty for 37 years. He served as Head of Reference, … [Read more...]
Rochester Library to Offer Downloads to Kindles
April 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
On April 20th Amazon announced a new alliance with Overdrive which will make Kindle compatible e-books available later this year. The Rochester Hills Public Library has been offering free downloadable e-books for several years and is looking forward to this new alliance. Last year over 16,000 e-books were borrowed through the library. The usage was slightly over 9,000 the previous year so it is obvious that there is growing interest in e-books. Librarians noticed a dramatic increase in … [Read more...]
