It never hurts to know another language.  Bilingualism can open doors to new careers, new travel opportunities, new cultural experiences, and new friends worldwide.

The Library has resources to help you learn a new language, practice one you're already learning, or brush up on one that you used to know.  And best of all, these resources are FREE of charge to library cardholders. 

Open a door to a another world with a new language.  Start today!

Language Learning Just Got Better with Pronunciator

Offering 163 languages, Pronunciator is your pathway to explore new languages and cultures. If you want to learn to speak it, chances are they've got it.

Ready to Start Learning?

• Proununicator Manual in Spanish

• Pronunciator Manual in English

Then click the link below to begin your language-learning journey:

Pronunciator for English Speakers

Pronunciator for Spanish Speakers

• Pronunciator includes access to Personalized Courses; 9,600 instructional phrases per language (on average); and streamable, downloadable audio lessons.
• Pronunciator keeps learning fun by incorporating feature films and songs.
• Learning English? Pronunciator offers ESL courses taught in 55 non-English languages.
• Becoming a U.S. Citizen? Pronunciator's ProCitizen course is specifically designed for U.S. immigrants to succeed at the Naturalization Test.
• Pronunciator is appropriate from toddlers on up, thanks to thousands of photos and customized pictograms. Units that are particularly kid-friendly are marked with a kids' icon. Kids have access to live teachers that challenge and engage them through regular online sessions.
• Looking to take an intensive deep dive into a language? Many languages have up to ten 8-week structured courses. Each course assumes 5 days per week of study, and 30 to 60 minutes per day of commitment. With a progressive degree of difficulty, the structured courses offer up to 80 weeks (20 months — nearly 2 years) of guided learning per language.

Bluebird app for Mobile Devices

Designed specifically for mobile devices, Bluebird offers 163 languages with 12.6 million interactive audio lessons, plus unlimited personalized courses. 

Ready to Start Learning?

Download and print the clear and simple User's Manual in English 

PLEASE NOTE: Once you download the correct app for your device, creating an account is simple but requires the following steps:

• Input an email address. A fake email can be entered for those who do not have an email address.
• Create a password.
• Enter your entire 14-digit library card number with no spaces as your “institutional PIN.” The app may tell you that your PIN is incorrect as you enter digits but once you enter the entire card number, it will accept it.
• Login to your LIBRARY account to get the Institutional Pin.
• Be sure to check the box “I am an institutional user and have a PIN code.”

Once signed up, you’ll have full and free access to Bluebird for the duration of your subscription!

• Library users get full, premium access to all Bluebird content and functionality.
• Each lesson has: studio-quality audio; timecoded subtitles; timecoded photos that illustrate each instructional phrase; phonetic text option; indication of noun gender and articles when relevant; scored quizzes; and five playback speeds.
• Personalized audio courses can easily be created based on the user’s occupational or personal interests. Each personalized course comes with a custom PDF study guide.
• Lessons are automatically stored and can be played offline.
• Unlimited access is available; your lessons will be available no matter how many other Library patrons are logged on.