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eBooks + Audiobooks

Browse + borrow at bit.ly/meisora
You can borrow up to 4 eBooks or audiobooks at a time, and you have 3 weeks to enjoy them until SORA automatically returns them when they are due — which means no late fines for you!
Under construction …
The library catalog is switching to a new & improved website for next year — the current catalog will not be available after June 25.
Info on how to find and login to the new library catalog will be included in the back-to-school newsletter sent from MEI Secondary Library. Keep an eye on @meilibrary on social media this summer!
school’s out for the summer …
… and if you left without a stack of stories for Summer Reading, MEI Secondary Library has a collection of eBooks and audiobooks available for you to check out!
Visit the app store on your device and download the free SORA app to search, read, or listen to MEI Secondary Library eBooks & audiobooks. Or if you don’t want to use the app, browse the SORA website to check out an eBook or audiobook.
You can borrow up to 4 eBooks or audiobooks at a time. Is the eBook or audiobook you want to try already checked out? Save your spot for a turn by putting it on hold! You can place up to 10 items on hold.
You have 3 weeks to enjoy the eBooks & audiobooks you check out, and SORA automatically returns them when they are due — no late fines! If you are finished reading the book before it is due, you can always remove it from your account so that the next person has a turn, and so that you are free to check out more eBooks & audiobooks!
Want your yearbook?
Avoid stress and guarantee you’ll receive your YEARBOOK on the last day of classes. BY JUNE 9 make sure you take care of any outstanding issues — pay all School Cash Online fees, return all 1-3 quarter textbooks, pay library fines, etc. Ms. Penner has waived all late fines, extending a little kindness in these unusual COVID days. Only replacement or damage fees remain, and need to be paid for by June 9.
JUST A WORD OF CAUTION: If there are still outstanding issues on your account, you will not receive your yearbook when everyone else does.
**Double check that your library account is all clear here (how-to) >> http://bit.ly/meilibrary
**A quick how-to for paying library fines, including a reminder to email Ms.Penner the School Cash Online receipt so she can update your library account >> https://thebeak.edublogs.org/about/pay-library-fines-online/
Note: if you returned your Q1-3 textbooks last week, don’t worry if they still show on your library account as they may not have been checked in yet
There’s a list for that!
Curious about what is new at the library? Looking for some book suggestions?
Check out the Public Resource Lists for the newest novels, biographies, graphic novels & comics, eBooks & audiobook, and much more!
Go to bit.ly/meilibrary to learn how to view the Resource Lists if you aren’t sure where to find them.
Do you hear what I hear?
Did you know that the library has a collection of eBooks and audiobooks available for you to check out?
Visit the app store on your device and download the free SORA app to search, read, or listen to MEI Secondary Library eBooks & audiobooks.
If you don’t want to use the app, browse the SORA website, or find eBooks & audiobooks by searching the MEI Secondary Library catalog!
You can borrow up to 4 eBooks or audiobooks at a time. Is the eBook or audiobook you want to try already checked out? Save your spot for a turn by putting it on hold! You can place up to 10 items on hold.
You have 3 weeks to enjoy the eBooks & audiobooks you check out, and SORA automatically returns them when they are due — no late fines! If you are finished reading the book before it is due, you can always remove it from your account so that the next person has a turn, and so that you are free to check out more eBooks & audiobooks!
Go on an adventure!
Looking for a little Spring Break inspiration? There’s lots to do outside, and books with suggested hiking trips to get you there! Or curl up inside with a good adventure story or a biography of survival.
Any library books you borrow in the month of March will be all yours over Spring Break, and there is no limit on what you can check out!
Have an idea of what you want? Login + Hold It! HERE >> bit.ly/meilibrary
OR if you don’t want to login and are not sure what you want to read next, request a BOOK BUNDLE to enjoy over Spring Break >> bit.ly/meibookbundle
eBooks & audiobooks
Did you know that the library has a collection of eBooks and audiobooks available for you to check out?
Visit the app store on your device and download the free SORA app to search, read, or listen to MEI Secondary Library eBooks & audiobooks.
If you don’t want to use the app, browse the SORA website, or find eBooks & audiobooks by searching the MEI Secondary Library catalog!
You can borrow up to 4 eBooks or audiobooks at a time. Is the eBook or audiobook you want to try already checked out? Save your spot for a turn by putting it on hold! You can place up to 10 items on hold.
You have 3 weeks to enjoy the eBooks & audiobooks you check out, and SORA automatically returns them when they are due — no late fines! If you are finished reading the book before it is due, you can always remove it from your account so that the next person has a turn, and so that you are free to check out more eBooks & audiobooks!
YES you can still borrow books!
Anything you could borrow from the library last year, you can still borrow this year! Biographies, novels, books for research, non-fiction, graphic novels, and much more.
LOGIN to your library account, and LOOK for library books that you want to borrow.
Found one that looks good? Put a HOLD on it, and Ms. Penner will check it out to you when it is available.
GRAB your bag of book(s) from the Library table in the front entry of the school and GO!
Ms. Penner will send a Schoology message when you have something to Grab + Go!