HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEST ABE!!

The Fernley Branch Library was excited to join in the bicentennial celebration for President Abraham Lincoln's birth during the month of February! Our 16th President would have been 200 years old on February 12, 2009. In his honor we have offered passive programs with a Lincoln theme for children in our community at the Fernley Branch Library.

Kids let their artistic talents fly and drew beautiful happy birthday posters for the Abe themed bulletin board at the Library. The Friends of the the Fernley Library provided really cool scratch sheets for this project.

Also supplied by the Friends of the Fernley Library were sculpting supplies with which children were encouraged to try their hand at sculpting a bust representing Mr. Lincoln. We ended up with several good Presidential busts and even a few freelance sculptures of different themes. The kids really enjoyed getting their hands dirty and letting their creative sides loose @ their Library!

The staff at the Fernley Branch Library would like to extend a big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in our celebration! If you missed these exciting programs keep your eyes peeled we will be hosting many more. If you participated in this or other library programs leave us a comment and let us know what you think!

If you would like more information on the Lincoln bicentennial celebration visit his website:

http://www.abrahamlincoln200.org/default.aspx

Introduction to Computer Use: February Class Announced!!

Friday, February 27, 2009 at 1:00 pm. the Fernley Branch Library will be hosting another session in our Introduction to Computer Use Series. Instructor, Cheryl Cowans, will lead participants in an hour of instruction on using Microsoft Word for creating all kinds of documents such as letter, research papers, resumes, etc. This information session will be followed by an hour of free time for participants to try out their new skills and to ask questions on all aspects of computer use.

A small number of laptops will be made available for participant use throughout the session.

The class is FREE and no registration is necessary.

Class Details:

Date: Friday, February 27, 2009

Time: 1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m.

Location: Fernley Branch Library Reading Room

Fee: None

Materials Needed: (optional) a personal flashdrive to save work to

For more information please contact library staff at 775-575-3366 or via email at jlmcclur@clan.lib.nv.us

How Much Money is Your Library Saving You?

A recent addition to our online catalog will help you determine just how much $ $ value $ $ you get out of each visit you pay to your library!

http://www.clan.lib.nv.us/webpagecalculator.htm

Click on the link above and fill in the fields for each library service you use, it will calculate how much money you would have spent seeking the same services elsewhere!

If you like, drop us a comment here and let us know how valuable your library is to you!!

February, Trivial Topics @ Your Library

Here is February's trivia question, hot off the press....

What popular television series was the inspiration for the book and upcoming motion picture, He's Just Not That Into You, by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo?

Stop by the Fernley Branch Library to submit an answer to the question for your chance to win a $10.00 gift card from Barnes and Noble.

The contest ends on Friday, February 27, 2009. All correct answer submissions will be put in the grand prize drawing, the winner will be randomly drawn the same day!

For more information about this program or other events at the Fernley Branch Library please contact our staff.

January Trivia Contest Winner Announced!

We are excited to announce the name of our first Trivial Topics....Trivia Contest winner! Tina Harris submitted a correct answer to the question and her name was drawn from our Sorting Hat on January 27, 2009. She won a $10.00 gift card good at Barnes and Noble and as an extra surprise she received a box of official Presidential chocolates that came straight from the White House just days after President Obama was sworn in!!

The question was:

In the 2006 book, Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, what TV show did author Barack Obama imagine that guests watch when they stay in the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House?

The correct answer is:

ESPN's, Sports Center.

Congratulations Tina!!! And thank you to all of you who participated in our contest. We are preparing February's question as I write this....Visit the Fernley Branch Library to play.

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!!

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.