Self publishing in the 21st Century, Sunday May 5th from 2-4pm at Central Park Library
Santa Clara artist and author Clarence Robert “Bob” Tower will be talking about how he published his charmingly illustrated historical fiction novel, The Adventures of Zach Gentry: a Tongue-in-Cheek History of the Opening of the West, using Amazon’s CreateSpace. Quoting from James Cox, Editor of the Midwest Book Review: “From witnessing the beginning of the [...]
Please help the library bookstore!
The Santa Clara Library Friends would like to sell additional items in the store we have inside the Santa Clara Central library. Currently we have a wide selection of soft and hard cover books, DVDs, BluRay discs available to the public. But, we’d also like to be able to sell pencils, paper, and other items [...]
Scavenger hunt at the library this week for teens!
Teens will be completing a couple of different library scavenger hunts for Teen Tech Week. The deadline to finish is 3/16. Finishers will be entered into a drawing for a $25.00 iTunes gift card. The object of these scavenger hunts is to get the answers using the Library’s electronic resources, so please do NOT help [...]
Wider press coverage of our Foundation’s funded “Find a Job in February” series
“Looking for a job? You can find help at the Santa Clara City Library’s free “Find a Job in February” series, featuring workshops with local experts. The series is sponsored by a grant from the Foundation and Friends of the Santa Clara City Library. On Feb 12, 40 eager jobseekers heard from LinkedIn Enterprise Account [...]
“Find a Job in February” event was a huge, popular success!
The Foundation funded a number of events for February focus around helping people to find a job. Adult librarian Mary Boyle reports on yesterday’s event. ”Today first, Find a Job in February event, Resumes That Get the Interview was a big success. I wish you could have been there to hear the questions and presentation with Professional Career Coach [...]
Expert Resume Review and Interview Tips, in February
Sign up for a 30 minute, one-on-one session with Anne Davenport, an expert on resumes and interviewing with many years experience as a hiring manager. She offers an efficient review of a resume or tips for a successful interview. Sunday, February 10, 2013, 2:00 – 4:30pm Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February [...]
Come to our huge book sale, this Saturday and Sunday 1/19-20
Our storage areas are PACKED – it’s going to be THE biggest sale of the year this Saturday AND Sunday, so don’t miss out! Saturday at 10am and Sunday at 1pm at the Central Park Library, at 2635 Homestead Road in Santa Clara. If you’re a member of the Friends of the Library then you [...]
Volunteers needed for Saturday sale
Happy New Year! This month’s book sale will take place on Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, January 20. Set up will take place on Thursday, Jan 17 and Friday, Jan 18. Clean up will take place on Monday January, 21 from 10am-Noon. We can use help with: 1/17 Thursday Noon-2pm 1-2 volunteers to help move [...]
Children’s Reader’s collection is sorely lacking
One significant need in the library is for children’s early readers books — short, hard-cover illustrated books that adults can read to their children (or grandchildren) and which the children can then start to read for themselves. Although the library has 20,000 of these books, since there’s such demand for them they are almost always [...]
Medicare 2013: What you need to know
The Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) of the Council on Aging Silicon Valley will help current and prospective Medicare beneficiaries as well as family members or caregivers unravel the mysteries and wonders of Medicare. If interested, please sign up at the Reference Desk or call 1-408-615-2900. Walk-ins are also welcome. When: Tuesday, Nov. [...]