Bethlehem Library Notes for Tuesday, September 27, 2022

In early 2023, OverDrive will finish the process of discontinuing its legacy app in favor of the reader-friendly Libby app. 

Libby makes it easy to borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your smartphone or tablet. With your library card and the app, you have access to OverDrive’s extensive digital collection. 

Libby is compatible with all major computers and devices, iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and Chromebooks. Through Libby, you can also send titles to your Kindle. All titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period and there are no late fees. Readers can also download titles onto Libby for offline use. 

Are you struggling with the transition from the OverDrive app to Libby? We can help. Stop by the Information Desk or sign up for one of the following programs sponsored by the Upper Hudson Library System to get your questions answered. Visit bethlehem.librarycalendar.com to sign up for these: 

— Monday, Oct. 24, from 10 to11 a.m.: The Basics 

Learn everything you need to know to get started with Libby’

— Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 10 to11 a.m.: Deep Dive 

Learn some of our favorite tips and tricks to enhance your Libby experience. This will include the reciprocal lending agreement; and  

— Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 10 to11 a.m.: Magazines 

Learn all about Magazines in Libby.  

Are you too nice? 

At our Thursday, Oct. 13, Virtual Author Talk, Dr. Aziz Gazipura, a leading expert on social confidence, will talk about how to stop being too nice and worrying about what others might think.  

Are you too nice? Do you find it hard to be assertive and ask for what you want? Did you know millions of people struggle with being “too nice?” Being nice can make it hard to speak up, say “no,” or do something that might upset someone.

Dr. Gazipura will showcase lessons from his book ,“Not Nice: Stop People-Pleasing, Staying Silent, and Feeling Guilty ... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, and Unapologetically Being Yourself,” to teach participants that the opposite of nice is not mean but rather real.

You’ll learn how to say “no” when you want and need to; confidently ask for what you want; and eliminate feelings of guilt, anxiety, as well as stop worrying about what others will think. 

The discussion begins at 4 p.m. Visit bethlehem.librarycalendar.com to sign up. 

Bus to NYC

with Friends 

There are still a couple of seats left for the library Friends’ trip to New York City on Saturday, Dec. 3. The bus will leave CDTA’s Delaware Avenue park-and-ride lot in Elsmere next to The Warbler Brewery at 7:30 a.m.

The bus will depart New York City promptly at 6 p.m. Bryant Park is the arrival and departure point in New York. 

The cost is $45 for members and $50 for nonmembers. For more information, call (no texts) Patty Caporta at 518-439-1328.