WILLIAMSON - The Williamson Public Library has something special to offer its patrons - popular digital audio books accessible 24/7.

Larry Brown, director of the library located on the first floor of Memorial Building, said the library is joining top-rated libraries like Boston, Denver, New York and Cleveland in offering an at-home or in-theoffice service for a new way to enjoy library resources.

“This service is available to any library patron holding a valid library card for Cabell, Putnam, Wayne, Mingo, Logan and Lincoln counties,” said Brown.

With lots of popular and classic titles from which to select, the digital collection is guaranteed to have something for everyone, he promised. With popular fiction and non-fiction, the digital library spans nearly every genre and will continue to grow. Patrons can download best-selling novels, well-known classics, self-improvement guides and more.

“This is a very exciting new product for us,” the director stated, “but we’re always striving to keep up with technological ad-vances here. It’s so simple to download from your home computer or laptop.”

Library patrons have only to go to http://williamsonlibrary.lib.wv.us, click on the “download free audio books” icon; install the free software; browse the collection, and add titles to a cart,’ Brown explained.

Checking out requires a valid library card. While patrons can check out from in-library computers, they will have to download to their personal computer or laptop. When the download process is complete, they can enjoy titles on their PC or transfer to supported mobile devices.

Many audio titles can be burned to CD for listening in the car. If patrons have any trouble, they can refer to the available help screens or rely on the helpful library staff.

So what’s the catch? Brown says there is none.

“Digital downloads are easy to check out and download, and the best part is there are never any late fees because titles are automatically returned at the end of the lending period.”