Computer Classes in March

We have a great selection of computer classes coming up in March. Of course, we have the Basic Computer Skills and More Basic Skills classes during the day. For those of you who work, we are offering the Microsoft Word class in the evening this month. The class will be held Wednesday nights, March 12, 19 and 26 at 6:30 pm. On March 5 at 6:30 pm, we will be offering a beginning class on Microsoft Vista for those of you who have bought new computers or have updated to Vista. Also, we have a brand-new class “Intro to 3-D Modeling” which will be taught by our Artist in Residence: Matthew Hyner. This class will give an introduction into using Google Sketchup, available free from Google. No registration is required; all classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

I would like to offer an invitation for those of you who are already competent in computer and internet use. Come share your knowledge with others! Whether you would like to help out in a class or actually teach a class, we need you!!!! If you are interested in learning more about volunteering in the computer lab, email Janice at collinsj@mycitylibrary.org

 

Meet the Author: Robert Forbes

Come out and meet author Robert Forbes.  He will be visiting our library on Wednesday, March 5th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm to discuss his book Beastly Feasts! : a Mischievous Menagerie in Rhyme. 

Forbes is Vice President of Forbes and President of ForbesLife (formerly Forbes FYI) and will be sure to entertain kids and adults alike.  Visit his Beastly Feasts website.

See you @ the library,

Annya 

You Too Can Get Started @ Your Library!

Looking for a college or maybe a new career? Or perhaps you have found just the right medical information at the library, or picked up a GED book or learned how to use a computer?

This month, Woman’s Day magazine shares the stories of four entrepreneurs who started their businesses using the library. The article appears in the magazine’s March issue, now on stands and in libraries. Featured are the co-owner of a Brooklyn-based children’s clothing business who participated in Brooklyn Public Library’s “Power Up!” business-plan writing contest; a library-supporter who learned about self-publishing; a founder of a home organization business who turned to her library for business seminars, email and Internet access; and a financial advisor who found enthusiastic support from her local librarians.

“When you think of libraries, you think books and magazines, but there’s so much more. There’s almost nothing you can’t find—and no help you can’t get—at the library,” Jessica Sequinot, the featured winner from Brooklyn, is quoted as saying in the article.

Also included in the article is a sidebar with tips on how to “jump-start your small business at the library,” written by reference librarian Celia Ross, a member of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) Business Reference and Services Section. RUSA is a division of ALA.

Woman’s Day announced the initiative last March, asking its readers to submit stories of how they used the library to start a business. This is the sixth such initiative Woman’s Day has co-sponsored with the American Library Association’s Campaign for America’s Libraries to promote libraries and librarians. Previous topics have included “how the library has changed my life,” “why I would want to be a librarian for a day” and “why I want to research my family tree at the library.”

Woman’s Day is a Founding Partner of ALA’s Campaign for America’s Libraries, ALA’s national public awareness campaign to promote the value of libraries and librarians. Other Founding Partners include Dollar General, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Do you have a story about how the library has changed your life? Leave us a comment, we would love to hear it!

Janice

Hip Hop

The TeenSource is celebrating National Black History month by focusing on African-American culture. We have fabulous new program that will teach you how to write in the style of hip-hop! Hip hop is rhythmic poetry. The wonderful Joshua Sa Ra will be our guest teacher. Join us on Saturday, February 2 at 2:00. Check out these great books

Non Fiction
Extraordinary poetry writing / by Margaret Ryan
Hip-hop : a short history / Rosa Waters
Hip hop immortals / written by Bonz Malone
Rap and hip hop: the voice of a generation / Sherry Ayazi-Hashjin
The Vibe history of hip hop / edited by Alan Light

Thanks~Jenn