On the road

The Bookmobile is hitting the road again this weekend, heading over to the River Market tomorrow (Saturday). Last time we had a blast reading stories to our youngest visitors...

All this travelling around made me start thinking about road trips-- that epic, American, coming-of-age, cross-country journey. Of course, we all think of John Steinbeck's classic Travels with Charley when we think of road trip books. But what other road trip books have you enjoyed? Go ahead, throw in a few movie suggestions while you're at it...

Altered Books Workshops phone contact number

Ooops. I combined some phone numbers and put the wrong one in my last blog. The contact number for Altered Books Workshops is 258-3863.
Dana McMurray

Computer Classes Expand

Now I know that everyone loves the computer classes that we offer on Monday evenings and Wednesdays at lunchtime because we hear about it all the time from the folks that sign up for our classes.

Well, how about those of you that aren't free during the times that we have classes scheduled? How about trying out our latest option, self paced computer classes that cover Microsoft Office products like Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook in both 2003 and 2007 versions as well as Word, EXCEL and PowerPoint in MAC 2008 versions that are available 24/7 from your home computer? Or perhaps you'd like a little help with a resume or cover letter for that new job you're working on? Perhaps you are going to take an exam to get a better job or to get into college... all of these are available on our electronic database LearningExpress Library.

To try out this and other free databases go to the E-databases link on the right side of our home page and take a look. If you have any questions give us a call at the reference desk during our open hours.

Word Woman

Welcome to another exciting installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! The countdown has started -- only five more days until school starts up again, so this would be a good time to warm up your brain with the Word of the Week in preparation for all of that mental exercise you may soon be getting:

Antidextrous: Lacking dexterity in either hand. -- "Urban Dictionary", Aaron Peckham, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, Kansas City, 2005.

Example: Unhappily, I have the great misfortune of being rather antidextrous. While this is very much to the amusement of my fellow librarians, it has also resulted over the years in a regrettable number of what might best be termed "book avalanches" in the stacks.

Blank vs. Blank

Who will reign supreme?
Alien or Dinosaur?
You decide!

Which creature would you favor in a face-off? Tell us by adding a comment to this post, or vote via the MPL Facebook fansite. Which ever fearsome contender receives the most backers by 11:59 pm, Sunday, August 30th will be the featured topic in an upcoming blog post.