I love to tell people how the library is a connection point in the community — connecting customers with the information they need and creating community connections through programs and services. Over the past year, we’ve overhauled how you can connect with the library online from all of your digital devices.

Most recently, we’ve redesigned our website, and if you haven’t visited lately I encourage you to take a look at www.deschuteslibrary.org. The new site is sleek, easy to navigate and scalable. That means it’s sleek and easy to navigate from any sized screen you might be using, from a 17-inch desktop monitor to your smartphone. We analyzed how people use the site and put the most requested information — namely our hours — front and center. We also offer quick access to resources, programs and book lists. Give it a spin and let us know what you think.

Regular users of our website likely realize we also updated our online catalog. The new catalog design allows easier searching for materials — both physical and digital — as well as the ability to create your own library social network with other readers from across the country. Create an account and you can sign in with your username (no more remembering your library card number!), create your own book lists, review items and start following others with similar reading tastes.

Last, we have a slick new library app to go along with our new site and catalog. Find us in your app store under Deschutes Public Library. This app makes it extremely easy to search for items and place holds on your tablet or smartphone. It even generates a digital image of your library card bar code that scans on our self-check machines.

If all of this makes your head spin, stop in to one of our libraries to get a personal tour of our online offerings and their features. If you just can’t get enough of the digital revolution, check out these net-related books, maybe in e-book format, to read on your favorite device:

“Infomocracy” by Malka Older

Older imagines and plays with how government and democracy will be affected by the internet in this futuristic novel where a global microdemocracy is run by corporate parties.

“The Circle” by Dave Eggers

There’s a slightly menacing undercurrent to this story about a young woman who scores a job at the Circle — the world’s most powerful internet company.

“The Future of Us” by Jay Asher

This young adult book offers a modern twist on the what-if time-travel plotline. Two teens are magically able to access Facebook from their new PC in 1996.

“Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline

In a depressing near-future, Wade Watts escapes real life by living mainly in OASIS — a virtual reality — where a scavenger hunt is launched to rule it all.

“Notes from the Internet Apocalypse” by Wayne Gladstone

When the world suddenly loses all internet access, one man, aided by a host of web addicts forced to live offline, chases down rumors that someone in New York still has the net.

— Jenny Pedersen is a community librarian at Redmond Public Library.Contact: jenniferp@dpls.lib.or.us.