What's Up at the Library?
Calling all six-legged fans! Join children’s author Patricia J. Murphy for a celebration of all things buggy. Explore the secret lives of bugs and help spread the word in a hands-on poster-making project about why bugs need our love. For ages 8–11.
Date and time: Monday, June 25, 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Location: Lindsey Room
Heather Shouse, author of Food Trucks: Dispatches and Recipes from the Best Kitchens on Wheels, will discuss her book and share some of her favorite mobile food vendors and how one can find them. Book sale and signing will follow.
Date and time: Sunday, June 24, 2–3:30 p.m.
Location: Hendrickson Room
Kathy Reuter, Consumer and Family Sciences Consultant, will provide information on how to make simple, low cost, or more expensive, home/apartment/condo modifications to safely adapt to various physical and sensory aging changes. Learn about assistive devices that can make your daily activities easier and safer. An information handout and list of resources for accessible products, devices, and tools will be provided.
Date and time: Thursday, June 21, 1–2:30 p.m.
Location: Senior Center
Have you tried our self-checkout stations yet? They are a convenient way to check out items, pay your fines, and view your holds and checked out items. Located near the Checkout Desk, the stations are just one of the options you can use to check out items from the library. You can still get personal customer service at the Checkout Desk, and you can check out with the library’s app for your smartphone.
Learn how to use Google Analytics to track visitors to your website. Google Analytics allows users to compile statistics on search engine referrers, keywords, visitor location and more.
Date and time: Monday, June 11, 7–8 p.m. or Tuesday, June 12, 10–11 a.m.
Location: Business Center
Rachel Singer Gordon, author of Point, Click, and Save: Mashup Mom's Guide to Saving and Making Money Online, will share strategies for finding legitimate ways to make side income online, using the Internet to locate work-at-home opportunities and the best ways to avoid scams.
Date and Time: Thursday, June 7, 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Hendrickson Room
Very Beginning Genealogy—from Scratch
Saturday, June 9, 10 a.m. / Hendrickson Room
Beginning genealogists, start your family history now! Local History and Genealogy Librarian Michael Mulholland will show you how.
Genealogy Research and Translation Help
Saturday, June 9, 1 p.m. / Hendrickson Room
Saturday, June 9, 1 p.m. / Hendrickson Room
Need help with your ancestor hunting? Can't read that old document? Genealogy volunteers and translators will be available to help with your research. Call 847-870-3643 for details.
Genealogy Online
Monday, June 11, 10–11:30 a.m. / Training Center
Learn to use the library’s online genealogy resources such as Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest.
Monday, June 11, 10–11:30 a.m. / Training Center
Learn to use the library’s online genealogy resources such as Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest.
Check out our new teen site which just launched this week. It has an entirely new design and layout and includes these new features:
- New billboard that makes it easier to learn about and register for upcoming programs just for teens.
- Lots of recommendations for books, movies, music, and games from teen services staff and teen advisory board members.
- DIY (Do It Yourself) page featuring projects from past and upcoming DIY programs sponsored by the library.
- Blog posts about fun videos, topics in the news, and more that teens can comment on.
- Weekly poll question asking teens to weigh in with their opinions on both serious and not-so-serious questions.
- Quick and easy links to reliable online resources to help with school work.
While you're there, take a look at these programs coming up for teens this summer at the library:
• Pass the Book program
• Teen Summer Reading
• Teen Film Fest
Bring your study group to the library for study space, healthy food from Whole Foods Market Palatine and iPads and laptops for checkout to ensure that you go into your tests confident, focused and prepared. We will also have a presentation by a breathing and meditation specialist to help relieve stress and give you insight on how to stay calm and centered.
Dates: Saturday, June 2–Tuesday, June 5
Location: Nonfiction Area
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Learn to use a Web browser to surf the Web and get useful and fun information online. For A.H. cardholders only.
Date and time: Friday, June 1, 9:30–11 a.m.
Location: Training Center
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