Knox County Public Library, Knoxville, TN

Update your OverDrive Media Console app

OverDrive has released version 2.4 of OverDrive® Media Console™ for Android™, BlackBerry® and Windows Phone.

With this release…

• Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone users can return audiobooks as well as eBooks.
• Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone users can find definitions while reading using the dictionary lookup feature.

Audiobook return and dictionary lookup are coming soon for iOS.

The system requirements are still the same. The free apps can be installed on phones and devices running…

• Android OS v1.5 (or newer)
• Touch screen BlackBerry OS v4.7 (or newer)
• Non-touch screen BlackBerry OS v4.5 (or newer)
• Windows Phone 7

The updated app is available from:

• Android Market
• BlackBerry AppWorld™
• MobiHand™ App Store
• Windows Marketplace
• http://www.overdrive.com/software/omc

Genealogy databases: training and prize

Free training

Learn how to use two of the Library's genealogy databases—Heritage Quest and Ancestry Library Edition—with free live webinars by ProQuest. Registration is required. Recorded webinars are available for viewing, too. If you take one of the webinars, leave us a comment on how it was.

Win a prize

In celebration of October as Family History Month, ProQuest is joining with Ancestry.com and their research firm ProGenealogists® to sponsor the Explore the Amazing History of You Sweepstakes:

• Grand prize: An expert professional from ProGenealogists will work one-on-one with the lucky winner for up to 20 hours to research their family history. ProGenealogists specializes in researching and documenting genealogy and family history, including: immigrant ancestors, European origins, Canadian origins, lineage societies, United States colonial research, and Medieval British research.

• Two runners up will be chosen randomly to win either a one-year subscription to Ancestry.com's World Explorer or Family Tree Maker software (PC or Mac).

Visit ProQuest's Facebook page to enter between October 1-8, 2011.

The training and the prize are not related. You do not need to take a webinar to enter the sweepstakes.