Our Go-To Go-Tabs

So, you're visiting my library, and you need to access the Internet, but you've forgotten your mobile device or laptop or whatever.  You could use our computer lab, but that cramps your style (I'm only guessing here, but let's just say for fun).  You'd really like to be able to checkout a portable tablet with Internet access that you could use while you're inside the library, taking it to one of our many quiet areas with tables by the windows.  Guess what?  We've got you covered.

Use your Evergreen Indiana library card to checkout our Hublet portable Internet tablets available at the circulation desk.

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You'll need your Evergreen Indiana password (i.e., PIN) to checkout the tablets.  If you've forgotten your password, our circulation staff can reset it for you.

Our I.T. guru T. Rex has pre-loaded these tablets with our mobile app (MPL2GO), as well as some popular, super helpful apps.  These may require your own login credentials, however, so you may need to setup an account with the app providers to use them.

These tablets only function inside the library, so don't try to take them outside.  If you do, we've got a highly trained squad of attack kitties standing by.

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The tablets should automatically connect to our WiFi network after you check them out.  There are instructions on each tablet to help you.

When you're done, just return the tablet to the Hub at the circulation desk, insert it into a vacant slot, and it automatically checks-in.  It's as simple as that.

Try out our tabs on the go.  (We need a catchier name.)  Go-Tabs?  I like the sound of that.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

What's All the Hoopla (Now With Promo Trailer)

Recently I asked what all the hoopla was about at my Library.  Guess I should watch this promo trailer to find out.

Hoopla Promo Trailer, by MPL

Hoopla is coming to MPL in mid-March 2015.  More details are available on our website.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Those Books Just Won't Sit Still

I recently blogged about our new Wowbrary email newsletter.  If you sign-up, you'll know about our latest books, movies, and music before most other folks.  That means you can place holds on them (the items, not the folks) early, so you'll be able to check-out stuff sooner.  After all, those books (and other materials) won't just sit quietly on the shelves waiting for you to meander into the stacks.  Our promo trailer elaborates.

Wowbrary Promo Trailer, by MPL

See what I mean?  Better sign-up for Wowbrary newsletters (click the logo below) and then grab those books before they waltz right out of here.

So Click It Already!

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  Here's some of our latest items to check-out.  Click the book covers (below) to jump to our Evergreen Indiana online catalog.

Forma Dat Esse

Form gives being, so says the Latin legal maxim (forma dat esse).  (You can look it up [see my postscript].)  That's true, for example, when a statute requires a contract to be in a particular form to be enforceable [District of Columbia v. Bailey, 171 U.S. 161 (1898)]. There's a reason lawyers are such sticklers for particular language in legal documents. Poorly phrased legal instruments may end up worth less than the paper they used to be printed upon.

This is why you should always consult attorneys when you have a legal quandary involving any significant sums of money.  Of course, that can be expensive.  What about finding your own legal forms online?  Most websites charge a bundle to download them.  But, now, finally, my Library lends a paw to help folks who need free downloadable, editable legal forms.

Gale Indiana Legal Forms Database

Use your MPL-issued Evergreen Indiana library card number to log-in, and then browse the hundreds of Indiana-specific legal forms available to download and fill-in.  The database covers many areas of the law--powers of attorney, wills, trusts, contracts, divorce, bankruptcy, real estate, incorporation, name change, landlord/tenant, affidavits--you name it, there's probably a legal form here somewhere.  Plus, there are many sample letters you can adapt to your own purposes.  This is the best legal forms database available at my Library.  Okay, it's the only one available, but, still.  Hey, free is good.

Scowl-Face says you should still consult an attorney concerning your legal matters.  He has to say that.  He says I do, too.  Also, that I'm not providing legal advice in this blog.  Just saying.

Take a peek at these legal forms.  The right words make all the difference in court.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  Blacks Law Dictionary 586 (West 5th ed., 1979); District of Columbia v. Bailey, 171 U.S. 161 (1898).