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Digital Bookmobile
2019-05-28 10:00:00 2019-05-28 14:00:00 America/New_York Digital Bookmobile The Digital Bookmobile National Tour is making a stop at the Alexandria Library! Beatley Library Parking Lot -

Tuesday, May 28
10:00am - 2:00pm

Add to Calendar 2019-05-28 10:00:00 2019-05-28 14:00:00 America/New_York Digital Bookmobile The Digital Bookmobile National Tour is making a stop at the Alexandria Library! Beatley Library Parking Lot -

The Digital Bookmobile National Tour is making a stop at the Alexandria Library!

Visitors are invited to an interactive experience to learn about and try eBooks and audiobooks available from Alexandria Library.

Staff will facilitate one-on-one tutorials to help visitors borrow and read or listen to eBooks and audiobooks. Equipped with interactive workstations, touchscreen activities, devices to sample titles and more, the Digital Bookmobile has everything a reader needs to get started. Popular devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phones and tablets, Chromebook™ and Kindle®, fill the Gadget Gallery for visitors to browse.

Come aboard to enhance your digital reading experience with tips and tricks from the experts, including how to sort and filter your searches, create bookmarks, highlight text, sync reading positions across mobile devices, and much more. Library card holders can take advantage of the featured services to borrow eBooks and audiobooks, for free, 24/7 with no late fees on the library's website or by using the Libby app to read or listen instantly from virtually any smartphone, tablet or computer.

The event is free for library lovers of all ages.

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Children | All Ages | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Technology | Computer & Tech Classes |

TAGS: | eBooks | Digital Literacy |

Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
dprice@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1702
Fax: 703.746.1763
Branch manager
Diana Price
Hours
Mon, Jun 09 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jun 10 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jun 11 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jun 12 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jun 13 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Jun 14 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jun 15 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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About the branch

Parking: The library has a large parking lot with 175 spaces.

Public Transit:

  • Metrorail: King Street Station (Yellow & Blue Lines 3.2 miles); Van Dorn Station (Blue Line 2.1 miles)
  • Metrobus: 29K/N, 21C
  • DASH Bus: 30, 32

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact jgregorio@alexlibraryva.org or call 703.746.1701 or TTY 703.746.1790.

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