Got an Opinion?

The California State Library wants to hear from you! Beginning March 10th, library users will have an opportunity to participate in a survey to collect data about how Californians find and use information. The results of this survey will assist the State Library in making decisions regarding statewide library services. The survey will conclude in approximately two weeks.

You can participate in this important survey by clicking on the link below, or by using the link on the Library's web page:

http://www.zogby.com/calibs

posted by kks

Tax Season Is Here Again!

Tax forms are not available at Santa Clara City Library, but some tax resources and information about where to get tax forms and booklets are available. There is a handy Tax Forms/Help button on the Library's website which includes:

• where tax forms may be printed/downloaded from the Web


• where forms may be picked up in person


• how to order forms by telephone


• how to request forms for delivery by mail


• where to find tax assistance (by phone, on the Web, and in person)


• filing and refund information


• other Internet resources

Pick up the 2007 Tax Information handout at a public service desk, and be sure to ask at the Central Park Library 2nd floor Reference Desk if you need help finding tax resources or if you need guidance printing your own forms for 14 cents per page. Books are also available in the library collection to assist you with tax questions. Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) is offered to members of the community on Saturdays: March 22, 29, and April 5 & 12 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Central Park Library Cedar Room. For more information about this service, call 1 (800) 829-1040 or Library Administration at (408) 615-2930.

jb

Protect Your Eyes

Stop by the "On the Path to Good Health" display in the Youth Services Department and find out how you can protect your family from eye damage. Children's young eyes are VERY SUSCEPTIBLE to the harmful effects of UV rays from the sun, which can lead to the development of macular degeneration and cataracts in later life. Intense, short-term exposure to bright sunlight, such as snow skiing or spending several hours at the beach, can cause corneal sunburn and temporary loss of vision in children and adults.

Make sure that everyone in the family wears broad-brimmed hats and sunglasses when they are outside in bright sunlight. Wearing a hat can cut the amount of UV rays that reach the eyes in half. Learn more about UV rays and blindness prevention at www.preventblindness.org

The "On the Path to Good Health" exhibits are supported by Kaiser Permanente and the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends.
posted by jtb

First Annual Chocolate Party

Here's a great opportunity to love your library...and enjoy lots of chocolate!

The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends invites you to its first annual Chocolate Party and Community Grant Event on Wednesday, March 12, 2008. The chocolate reception will begin at 6:00 PM. At 6:30, the library staff will present a list of projects that they would like the Foundation and Friends to fund during 2008. At 7:00 PM, we'll vote on which of those projects should be funded.


After funding several grants during 2007, over $10,000 raised during recent used book sales is now available to help the library. This event is open to all donors, members, and volunteers of the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends. Not a member yet? You can purchase your membership for $15 at the door.


Please RSVP by March 10th, 2008 to: chocolateparty08@gmail.com or 408-615-2987.

Maria Daane, Executive Director

Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends

Sew What's the Big Deal?

From the purposely disheveled hipsters with the complicated hairdos to those with a more naturally disheveled sweat-pant panache, a lot of people seem to be watching the Bravo Channel’s fashion oriented Project Runway. Maybe you are too. If so, undoubtedly you’re aware that tonight is the finale. With luck, it should be fierce.

Anyone who has watched the show has probably thought to themselves, “It doesn’t look that hard. I could do that.” Well, maybe so, but let’s face it, probably not. As we have seen, we can’t all be the next big thing.

Whether or not you are able to pull your fashion aspirations together and make it work for season five, tonight we’ll get to see which remaining designer will be in, and which two are out.

posted by jw

Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month, a time for reexamining and celebrating the wide range of women's contributions and achievements that are too often overlooked in the telling of U.S. history.

Why women's history you ask?

Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history,
she learns she is worth less.
-Myra Pollack Sadker

Women's Art Women's Vision, the theme for 2008. Read more.

For a free printable brochure open this link. Other information can be found at the National Women's History Project web site. When you are in the library, help yourself to books on display at the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor.

mb

March free computer classes

Learn something new take a class! Thursdays, March 6, 13 and 27 starting at 9:30 in the Technology Center, you can learn Internet Basics, Email Basics, and Internet Search Strategies.

Early April classes you may want to attend are: Learn to be a Great Internet Searcher! taught by Daniel M. Russell, a Google research scientist, on Thursday, April 3rd from 12 noon till 2 p.m. and Ancestry Library edition taught by Mary Hanel, our Local History Librarian, on Saturday, April 5th from 9:30-11:00 a.m.

To sign up for these free classes and get more information follow this link, call (408) 615-2900, or ask when you are in the library.

mb