Friday, January 30, 2009

Free Resume & email Computer Workshop was a Success!!


We would like to extend a big THANK YOU to everyone who joined us today for our FREE resume and email workshop at the Fernley Branch Library! Also a big THANK YOU to Cheryl Cowans who generously volunteered her time to lead the workshop for us!


Today's workshop covered mostly introductory steps to writing a personal resume, handouts were provided with examples of resume styles and the types of things you should or should not include when writing your resume. We helped participants get their feet wet with building a resume on the computer using Microsoft Office, Word and touched on some ideas about emailing those documents to potential employers.
The class was such a success we will be working on ways to offer similar workshops on a regular basis at the Fernely Branch Library! Speak with one of our staff or email Jonnica, jlmcclur@clan.lib.nv.us, for more information to to let us know what type of computer help you would like to see @ your library!!




Thursday, January 22, 2009

New Teen Blog ~ Check it out!!

The Fernley Branch Library is happy to announce the arrival of our teen/young adult blog!
http://fernleybranchlibraryteen.blogspot.com/
Go there and read all about the exciting things happening in the Fernley Branch Library designed just for teens and young adults! Participate in weekly contests; write reviews in exchange for a reduction in overdue fines; see the new arrivals; vote in polls to help make the Fernley Library a better library for teens/young adults. . . . .

Here is an example of the fun things coming to the blog:

~ Weird Titles Wednesday. . . . check out a weekly selection of some of the stupidest titles found on our shelves, write your own synopsis of the story for laughs!

~Ugly covers Monday. . . . start your week of with a glimpse of some ridiculous cover art available in your library, write your own caption and help the staff get over their "case of the Monday's!"

~New arrivals list . . . . been waiting for the next installment of your favorite series? Looking for the next hot read? Check here to see the newest arrivals to our Young Adult stacks.

~Polls, Polls, Polls. . . . Help us make the Fernley Library a place YOU want to be! Vote in our random polls and let us know what you think of your library and how it can be better.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Free Resume & Personal email Workshop

Friday, January 30, 2009 the Fernley Branch Library will be hosting a FREE class to help people learn how to use resume templates on Microsoft Word and to learn how to set up a free personal email account to help in their job searches.

This workshop is FREE and does not require registration. Participants are encouraged to bring a (USB) Flash Drive to save documents.

BEGINNERS ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND!!

Workshop Information:

Date:
Friday, January 30, 2009

Time:
1:00 p.m. ~ 2:00 p.m.

Location:
Fernley Branch Library
575 Silver Lace Blvd.
Fernley, Nevada 89408

Contact the Library:
(775) 575-3366
jlmcclur@clan.lib.nv.us

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