Your Library Connection

Quick Links to News and Weather Resources 
Your Library Connection 10/04

Winter seems to be fast approaching!  Colder temperatures bring this to our attention even if we had hoped that warm weather would linger on.  As the weather changes we think more about school and event cancellations, postponements, and late starts.  Not to mention what clothing and outerwear are appropriate for a given day.  I find it easier to go to the Internet when I need a quick update on the weather than to go to radio or TV, because I may have to wait to hear it on radio or TV and it is always easily accessible on the web. 

If you have access to the Internet, I have provided links to news and weather on one page of the library website.  This includes local, regional, and national newspapers, area TV stations, and weather websites.  To get there, you need to first go to the library homepage www.indylibrary.org.  Next, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Web and Reference Resources.  Then click on News/Weather Resources.  If you think you will use the news/weather webpage often, you might want to bookmark it (or save it as a favorite). 

Once you get to the page, the news and weather links are broken down into categories.  The newspaper sites typically publish the front page or headline stories, not always including entire articles.  For news and weather, the local news stations KCRG, KGAN, and KWWL are all available as links.  These are handy links for local news and weather.  The remaining category is Weather.  Below I will highlight a few of the special features available related to the weather sites.

KCRG has an option of signing up for the Personal Pinpoint Futurecast.  This is a free service that you must sign up to get.  It gives an hour-by-hour forecast for up to four locations of your choice.  They will e-mail you daily with a link to access the personal forecast, or you can access it via the KCRG website.  Also, if there are any severe weather alerts for your area, they e-mail you the alert as soon as it is announced.

Intellicast provides a complete 10-day forecast including highs and lows, chance of rain, sunrise and sunset times.  It’s as easy as clicking on the Intellicast site, putting in the zip code or city and state at the top after Find a Forecast and clicking on the arrow (or use enter on your keyboard).  Quick and handy!

The Weather Channel provides a free desktop weather option.  This is a service that will provide a local weather station on your desktop (you always have the option of closing the window).  It includes the current temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed.  Options to access an hour-by-hour forecast and maps showing radar and other weather information are also available with a click.

Looking for other information on the web besides news and weather?  Go to the library home page www.indylibrary.org , click on Web and Reference Resources at the bottom of the page, and look through the list of other available topics.  Genealogy, health and medical information, employment sites, kids’ resources, basic reference links and other categories of information are available.  These sites have been examined for accuracy and are reputable sites.  Have fun browsing! 

Library Tidbits:

• Storytimes are on Monday evenings 7:00-7:30 and Wednesday mornings 9:30-10:00.
• If you are a teenager (6^th grade or older) and are interested in becoming involved with a teen group at the library, keep watching for a meeting date and time for brainstorming and getting started.
• The library will be participating in Downtown Trick-or-Treating.  Our table will be located by S & K Collectibles.
• Computer Classes are still being offered.  October classes are full, but watch the Bulletin-Journal or our website www.indylibrary.org for the November schedule
  

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