The Girl’s Guide to Campus Safety
On July 20th at 6:00 PM, the Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau presents “Get Ready for College: The Girl’s Guide to Campus Safety” at Main Library. Young women will learn safety tips and techniques at this free workshop.
Call 421-1255 to sign up. College students will receive a packet personalized with information about their schools.
–Mari
2 comments July 8, 2009
Vote for the Teens’ Top Ten!
This year during Teen Read Week, October 18th-24th, WWE superstars will announce the winners of the Teens’ Top Ten, an award YOU get to vote for.
Check out the nominee list and read as many titles as you’d like. Then you can vote for your favorite between August 25th and Sept 18th. Members of ACPL’s Teen Advisory Board have been writing about the nominated books; read their posts at the blog of the Young Adults’ Library Services Association: http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/tag/teens-top-ten/ .
– Mari
1 comment July 6, 2009
Free Animation Workshop!
Roger Kovacs–engineer, library volunteer, and longtime computer buff–returns to teach Blender basics. Blender is a free 3-D animation and modeling software program that anyone can learn to use. If you dream of creating your own animated movies or video games someday, learning Blender basics will give you a solid start on your path.
The workshops meet from 7-8:30 PM on the following evenings in Main Library’s computer classroom: Monday – July 20th, Wednesday – July 22nd, Monday- July 27th, and Wednesday – July 29th. You will need to attend all four sessions. Seats are limited, so, if you are interested, call 421-1255 to reserve your spot.
–Mari
Add comment July 1, 2009
New Fiction
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willow; one lonely degree; beautiful world; slam dunk; it girl adored; deal with it kimani tru; along for the ride; mudshark; david inside out
1 comment June 29, 2009
What songs should we buy?
The listening stations in the teen living room at Main Library are working now. You may borrow our iPod or bring in your own iPod and plug it in. Stop and the desk and we’ll explain how that works.
And, what songs do you think we should buy for our iPod? –Mari
19 comments June 26, 2009
FYI: Citilink Youth Summer Fun Pass
From Citilink’s web site:
” Citilink is again offering our Youth Summer Fun Pass….only $25.00 for the whole Summer (pass is valid June 8 through August 29).
These passes will be available at most Scott’s & Kroger stores, the Utility Office at the City-County Building, and of course from our office here at Citilink.”
Go to the Schedules and Maps page to see what routes might be useful for you.
–Mari
Add comment June 24, 2009
Chemical Party
An ad from the European Commission on Research to interest kids in research careers.
13 comments June 23, 2009
Math Fun
Raytheon has created a web site, MathMovesU.com for middle school kids to brush up on your math skills. It has games, fun facts, flash card, quizzes and more. If you create an account it will save your progress and score. Brag about what a math genius you are in the comments. Can you complete the entire site before I do? High schoolers, can you beat the site too?
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1 comment June 22, 2009
