If you're used to finding lists of on-order and new titles by using Featured Lists in our classic catalog, you might not have seen our new lists, which you can find in the "books & more" section of our web site. Here's a comparison of the two.  read more »

Here are the 2012 Oscar nominees for the major categories, with links to those which you can get from the library. Just click on a title to check its status and place a reserve in the library catalog. For a complete list of nominees, see the list at Oscar.org.

Best Picture  read more »

Now you can download audiobooks on any Internet computer in the library. All you need is a library card and a supported portable device (except for an iPhone). Just go to the Ohio eBook Project or SEO ebook catalog, check out an audiobook or music, and when you click "download" on the next screen the Overdrive Download Station software will lead you through the rest.

Get an entire audiobook on a device that's about the size of a deck of cards. Add your own earbuds and a battery (or buy some here). Listen and enjoy; it's that easy. See our Playaways page under "books & more" for more information.

This year is Cuyahoga Falls' 200th birthday (and the library's 100th), and you can buy bicentennial t-shirts, hats and candles at the library for $10 each. The red, white, & blue striped candles created by Sisters Scented Candles of Cuyahoga Falls have a different scent for each color (rain, vanilla and cinnamon). T-shirt sizes are youth M and L, and adult S, M, L, & XL. The ball caps have an adjustable Velcro strap. You can pay by cash, check or money order made payable to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Bicentennial.

Try Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, with over 25,000 encyclopedic entries, or Oxford Reference Online, which includes over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works, or World Book Online, which includes an encyclopedia, a dictionary, a guide to doing research, computer and web tutorials, "how to" resources such as understanding health and medical insurance, government resources, and more.

If you have a Kindle Fire, you might be able to use it with downloadable audiobooks and another format of eBooks. This blog post has instructions, though it does say this might not work on all devices.

If you're at your checkout limit in the Ohio eBook Project, or if the waiting list is too long for something you want, try the SEO Consortium's ebooks. This is a separate collection that you can access with your Falls Library card, with a separate checkout limit and separate waiting lists.

Here are a few of our many resources that can help you meet your goals in 2012. We'll also be glad to help you find materials for your individual needs -- just ask at the Information desk upstairs or call us at 330-928-2117.

For more titles, search the library catalog and SearchOhio.  read more »

You picked 'em: These were the most popular titles at the library in 2011, based on the number of checkouts.  read more »