One of the most ambitious online efforts in the region is happening at the library. The Pierce County Library system is adapting to the information age with blogs, podcasts and now, video on demand.

A new service, called MyLibraryDV, offers 400 programs and hundreds of hours of programming for downloading to library patrons’ home computers. “I’ve done it and I'm not a techie, so it has to be easy,” said Mary Getchell, Communications Director for the library system.

The service is free if you have a Pierce County Library card, which I don’t because I live in Tacoma so I haven't been able to try the service. (I could purchase a card for $103 a year, of course.) This service is a huge a benefit to the half million potential customers the library serves in unincorporated Pierce County and 14 cities and towns (not available in Fircrest, Ruston or Fife). It offers unlimited downloads, which is different than the popular audio book download service it launched in January.

To read more about the video download service, go here. To check out the library’s impressive list of blogs and podcasts, go here.