Category Archives: New on the Shelves

New Circulating Maker’s Lab Equipment: Meta Quest 2 VR Headset, Cricut Joy Xtra, and More

Calling all makers! Our Maker’s Lab has a nice selection of New Circulating Equipment for you to browse! Visit the Maker’s Lab on the second floor to see what we have available: — C-Pen Reader 2 – Scans text to have words read aloud with natural speaking voices and defined with highest tier dictionaries instantly. — […]

NOW AVAILABLE – Movies on 4K UHD

Attention movie fans! You can now find 4K UHD movies on the shelves at the Irondequoit Library. 4K UHD is the newest video format on the market and is currently the best way to watch a movie at home. They provide a better picture quality over standard Blu-ray discs and they can also include more […]

New Book Discussion Kits: Cloud Cuckoo Land, The Four Winds, How To Be An Antiracist, and More

Is your Book Club looking for their next pick? Check out the latest additions to our collection of Book Discussion Kits! Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Each kit […]

New on the Shelves (1/7/21): Fiction, Non-Fiction, DVDs, and Blu-rays

New Year… New Stuff on the Shelves! The Irondequoit Public Library is adding new items to our shelves all the time, and here’s what we’ve added recently. On our New Non-Fiction shelf, you’ll find two books from Ibram X. Kendi that were very popular throughout 2020, How to Be an Antiracist and Ibram X. Kendi […]

Great Reads on Hoopla – Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything

Want to learn how to stop nose bleeds, cure insanity, or correct vision impairments? Well, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything is NOT the book for you. If you’re up for a darkly humorous compilation of some of the most gruesome cures and treatments the history of medicine has to […]

First Batch of Wi-Fi Hotspots Have Been Delivered to the Post Office

Internet connectivity is a vital resource that lets us work, learn, socialize, and inform ourselves. And earlier today, our first batch of Wi-Fi Hotspots were mailed out to more than a dozen Irondequoit residents. Wi-Fi Hotspots are available to Irondequoit residents for a loan period of three weeks, and they allow unlimited Internet access on […]

New Ebook Services Now Available for Kids, Teens, and Adults

The Monroe County Library System has obtained special access to five new ebook services for all ages. Just click the links and start reading right in your browser… all titles are available on-demand with no waiting! Access to all of these services will be available through August. TumbleBooks Books, graphic novels, videos, and games for […]

New Books at the Irondequoit Public Library (3/6/20): Friendship, The Sun Down Motel, Blindside, and More

Come and check out new books in our collection! Lydia Denworth, a prolific science journalist, dives into the evolution, biology, and psychology of relationships and what we need to in order to thrive with her new book Friendship. Denworth’s insights into human nature make this a must-read non-fiction book for 2020. Bestselling and award winning […]

New DVDs and Blu-rays: Parasite, Joker, Terminator: Dark Fate, and More

Have you had time to browse all the new DVDs and Blu-rays we have on our shelves? Here’s a few highlights… Parasite recently became the first foreign language film to win the Oscar for Best Picture, and now you can see it for yourself on DVD. Joaquin Phoenix also took home an Oscar earlier this […]

Iron Library Radio: New CDs from Beck, Selena Gomez, 2019 Movie Soundtracks, and More

Iron Library Radio, a regular playlist of songs from the Irondequoit Library’s most recent music purchases, is back with some new music. You’ll find music from Beck, Selena Gomez, 2019 Movie Soundtracks, and others in this month’s playlist. Beck is back with his 14th album, Hyperspace. Selena Gomez is only on her 6th album, but […]