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Attleboro -  Attleboro Public Library wants to remind you of an email newsletter service called NextReads. No library card is necessary—just an email address—for library Web site visitors and patrons to subscribe to any of the 22 different newsletters, all of which provide great reading suggestions. Fiction and nonfiction newsletter topics include Biography and Memoir, Fantasy, Mystery, Nature and Science, and Audiobooks, as well as two children’s newsletters and one for young adults. Newsletters are sent on a monthly or every-other-month basis, and include up to 12 book recommendations each. Subscribers can link directly to the library catalog from books of interest on the newsletters, and place a hold or request a title immediately. Even those library patrons without email addresses can take advantage of the newsletters by viewing them online, either at the library or from any Internet access point.

Walter Stitt, Library Director, states “We see the NextReads service as being an important part of our outreach to the community. Attleboro Public Library is better able to serve its many library patrons who are less able to visit our facilities in person to browse the shelves and book displays to find something new to read. Our newsletters are our opportunity to bring the library to them—whether they are at work, school, home or on the road.” Attleboro Public Library’s Web site, found at

www.sailsinc.org/attleboro/apl.asp

Head of Reference Services at Attleboro Public Library, Kathleen Hibbert, sees NextReads as a way to improve communication with library patrons and the community at large. “Connecting our readers and listeners with books has always been a priority for us. Now we are able to connect patrons with all of our other resources and services—those who are more interested in Home, Garden, and DIY will be reminded that the library licenses a great auto repair online resource.” Attleboro Public Library currently gives patrons access to close to over fifty electronic databases and other resources.

Visit Attleboro Public Library, in person or online, to sign up for NextReads today!