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August 3, 2008
LIBRARY HAPPENINGS AUGUST 4-10
ADULT SERVICES:
On Monday, August 4, at 7 p.m., professional genealogist Mike Karsen will present a program for genealogy newbies, Genealogy Made Easy. He will show attendees how to get started on preserving family legacies and histories. Basic starting points for research will be covered. Register online.
Two Computer Classes are being offered this week:
Microsoft Word on Monday, August 4, at 7 p.m.--learn to create documents, edit them, and save them.
Internet Basics on Saturday, August 9, at 2:15 p.m.--patrons unfamiliar with the World Wide Web can learn to navigate it through the use of toolbars and hyperlinks.
Participants in all Computer Classes must be able to use a computer mouse. Register online; both classes have openings.
On Tuesday, August 5, the Morning Book Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. to discuss Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books by Aaron Lansky. Lansky recounts his 25 year quest to save books written in Yiddish, resulting in a collection totalling more than 1.5 million books. For more information about this meeting, call Chris Mika at extension 271.
YOUTH SERVICES:
It's time for the Chess Tournament! It will be on Wednesday, August 6, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Any skill level can participate and children do not have to have been in the classes offered last month. There are still openings. Register online.
Many new books about playing chess are now available in Youth Services.
Posted by egvpl at August 3, 2008 10:15 AM