The latest 12 months is a time of change – developing latest habits (or breaking old ones), setting goals and starting latest adventures. Trying something latest may be daunting, but the New Orleans Public Library is here to help.
As we wrap up 2024, listed below are 10 ways to use a few of the Library’s many resources and services to show you how to achieve your New Year’s resolutions and make the most of 2025:
1. Reach your profession goals with LinkedIn Learning, a large online learning library offering self-paced and on-demand content in quite a lot of fields, from art and design, business and marketing, technology and science, and every thing in between.
2. Expand your creativity with hundreds of video tutorials on every type of crafts on Creativebug.
3. Be more environmentally friendly by borrowing materials as a substitute of shopping for them. In addition to books, the library lends CDs and DVDs, skilled cake tins and more. Libraries are also recurrently stocked with current issues of assorted newspapers, magazines and periodicals, making it easier to limit your consumption of products that you’ll only use once.
4. Get cooking with any variety of cookbooks available in the Library, or find latest recipes in popular culinary publications akin to Bon Appetit, Good Housekeeping, Food & Wine and more on Flipster – a digital kiosk offering full problems with dozens of magazines, newspapers and magazines.
5. Master a brand new language with Mango Languages, an internet, self-paced resource with 70 world languages and over 20 English courses, in addition to specialized courses covering a variety of culture-specific topics.
6. Learn higher with (*10*) Louisiana, which incorporates live online tutoring, skill-building tools, a writing center, and profession advice. While this comprehensive online learning tool is designed for personalized assist in kindergarten and basic college-level classes, it even offers an adult education center and job search assistance.
7. Connect together with your roots at Ancestry.com or Heritage Quest. Visit any New Orleans Public Library location without cost access to all the resources Ancestry.com has to offer, or use your library card to unlock HeritageQuest at home, a free version of genealogy resources.
8. Improve your mental and physical health with meditation, full-body fitness, and healthy food videos on Hoopla, the Library’s free streaming service.
9. Spend more time in nature by planting a garden with our seed libraries. Seed libraries positioned in seven locations – Alvar, Hubbell Library, East New Orleans Regional, Mid-City, Latter, Nora Navra and Rosa Keller – offer tons of of seed varieties without cost, all of which may be grown in Louisiana. Plus, you may browse our collection of gardening books and magazines for inspiration on how to take your garden to the next level.
10. Save money through the use of your library card to its full potential. It could seem obvious that using a public library can prevent money, but have you actually considered how much you might save?
Ditch streaming services and watch movies and shows on Kanopy or Hoopla, and stream or download music without cost on Freegal.
Cancel your Audible subscription and download audiobooks without cost with Libby.
Take advantage of the Library’s Culture Pass program to get to New Orleans museums and attractions with no admission fee.
This is only a small sample of the wide selection of products, services and resources you may access without cost together with your library card. Not a member? What are you waiting for!
Visit nolalibrary.org or visit a library near you to register today.
