Submitted by San Juan Island Library

San Juan Island Library is excited to announce the creation of a new eCard, available to all island residents who don’t already have a regular library card with us. In this difficult time of social distancing and quarantine, access to online resources such as streaming video, ebooks, magazines and more has become essential for our mental health.

Many of you already have access, with your library cards, to the Library’s collection of digital resources when you visit our website. But do you have family members or friends who don’t have library cards and are missing out on these fun, important resources? Why not let them know they can access all of our digital offerings by registering for our new library eCard at www.sjlib.org.

It’s fast and easy, and once they have registered, library staff will email them their new account number.

If friends or family don’t know what they’re missing, tell them all about these popular favorites:

• Acorn TV, great British TV and Films

• eBook and audiobooks, Libby App or Overdrive for Libraries

• Flipster, full-color magazines for all ages

• Lynda, hobbies, computer skills, and more

• Ancestry Library Edition, temporary remote access to genealogy resources

• Morningstar Investment Research Center, comprehensive financial information

• Pronunciator, learn a new language

• Muzzy, language learning for children

After the library’s building reopens, eCard accounts can become full accounts with photo ID and proof of local address. Account-holders can then enjoy full access to the Library’s services and collections.

The San Juan Island Library hopes that this new eCard will help islanders remain connected, educated and entertained during this health crisis.

Remember, we are all in this together. Please stay healthy, stay strong.

We miss you, and we look forward to connecting with you in person again soon!