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NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
Lillian Johnson
901-415-2846
johnsonli@memphislibrary.org
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Job search help at the Library
Underemployed workers and lay-off casualties pay attention: the
Library’s next Experience Series program offers guidance. Don Blaz, a
volunteer leader for Career Transitions, conducts Career in Transitions on
Tuesday, June 16, 7 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030
Poplar.
Blaz has 16 years in outplacement service. His credentials include former HR
VP at Baptist and he was Kroger’s HR director. For Blaz’s talk next
Tuesday, he’ll focus on three key areas of the job search: interviewing,
networking and resumes. According to Blaz, big blunders can happen during the
interview. “People can talk too much or not talk enough,” Blaz
offers.
To make the most out of this free session, bring a current resume for
critique. Registration isn’t required. However, if you have a Facebook
account, you can RSVP at the Library’s Facebook page.
The Career in Transitions workshop is part of the Library’s Adult
Experience Series. The recurring summer presentations, conducted by experts,
offers diverse topics on select Tuesday evenings at 7pm in the 4th floor Memphis Room until August.
For more information, call 415-2700.
LIBRARY’S EXPERIENCE SERIES
Experience: Careers in Transition CANCELLED- Learn about the value of networking in your next job search. Presenter -
Don Blaz, Memphis Area Career Transitions
- June 16
- Experience: Energy Efficient Living
- MLGW and TVA offer tips to shave your bills while using less energy.
- June 30
- Experience: Smackdown: The History of Memphis Wresting
- July 14
- Experience: Geoff Calkins
- Award-winning Commercial Appeal columnist Geoff Calkins dishes on Memphis
sports.
- July 28
- Experience: Food Preservation 101
- Save money. Eat well. Use canning, freezing and drying to enjoy your summer
harvest all winter long.
- August 11
- Experience: Simple Security Solutions
- Sgt. Deborah Peel, MPD Burglary, provides sound advice on how NOT to be a
victim.
- August 25
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JobLinc Career Fair
Join us at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar on Wednesday,
July 29, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the JobLinc Career Fair. Premier employers will
be brought face- to-face with jobseekers. Workshops on resume writing and
effective job searches will be offered. For more information, call
415-2700.
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Bartlett Library seeks artists
The Friends of the Bartlett Public Library are seeking artists for a newly
commissioned public art project to be installed by October 2009. Other than
murals or other paintings directly on walls, artists are invited to submit
sketches of artwork that will be housed in the Library’s children’s
collection and storytime area. The submission deadline is June 30, 2009 and
applications are available at the Library and online
(http://www.memphislibrary.org/about/libraries/bartlett.htm).
The City of Bartlett opened the new 22,000 square foot facility in April of
2008. Located at 5584 Stage Road, the updated space (the municipal building was
renovated to the tune of $3.7M dollars to accommodate an enlarged collection,
20 new computers and expanded shelving space) is inviting and the beautiful
earth-toned décor greets customers. However, according to the Bartlett
Friends of the Library president Carol Huff, the children’s collection
area could use more personality. “We want the Library to be a special,
welcoming place for the children - a place to have fun, a place to learn, and a
place where memories are made,” Huff said.
The Friends of the Library provide financial and volunteer support. The
organization holds fundraisers including successful book sales. Proceeds are
used to purchase books and fund activities. “Much of the programming
supported by Friends is for children,” explains Huff. For the Friends,
spearheading the public art effort is another way the group can make the
facility a great place for kids and families. Huff added, “Bartlett has
always been a family-oriented city and children and their parents are among the
most frequent visitors.”
For more information about the public art project, call 386-8968.
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Library’s Foreign Film Series
Summer Schedule
Need an escape? Try the Library’s Wider Angle Film series.
For an hour or two, you can get a world-away. The summer schedule offers a
variety of Spanish, French and Chinese movies—all award-winning and
critically acclaimed. Enjoy a different culture and topography without ever
leaving Memphis. Admission is free.
Showing Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m.: The Pope’s Toilet.
Set in a Uruguayan town, the film follows humble residents as they prepare
for a visit from the Pope. With an expected tourist influx hoping to get a
glimpse of the Pope, villagers conjure up get-rich-quick schemes.
Subsequent Wider Angle screenings are held monthly on Wednesdays
at 7 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar. Movies are
intended for mature audiences—children younger than 17 admitted with a
parent or guardian.
For more information about the films, go to filmmovement.com. For
information about the series, call 415-2726.
Summer 2009 Wider Angle Film Series
- Wednesday, June 10
The Pope’s Toilet directed by Cesar Charlone and Enrique
Fernandez
- (Spanish with English subtitles) Synopsis: It’s 1988 and Melo, a
Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit from Pope John
Paul II. 50,000 people are expected to attend and the locals believe
selling food and drink to the locals will just about make them rich. Petty
smuggler Beto thinks he has the greatest idea of all—a pay-per-use
water closet. His efforts yield unexpected results.
- Wednesday, July 8
In Love We Trust by Wang Xiaoshuai (Chinese with English subtitles)
- Synopsis: A divorced couple learns that the only way to save their
little daughter Hehe, who suffers from a blood disease, is to have another
child. Now both remarried, Mei Zhu and Xiao Lu are forced to test their
love and their commitment to one another by putting their current
relationships in danger.
- Wednesday, August 12, 7:00 p.m.
Eldorado by Bouli Tanners (in French with English subtitles)
- Synopsis: Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through
their lives. Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer while
Elie is a young burglar and ex-junkie. One day Yvan catches Elie trying to
rob him. Instead of beating him up, he becomes strangely attached to him
and agrees to drive him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet. Yvan and
Elie are both nostalgic about lost relationships, which is what leads them
to undertake a bizarre journey through a region that is as spectacular as
it is crazy. Both are trying to find the pieces of a puzzle that they want
to put back together, but it might be too late.
- Wednesday, September 9, 7:00 p.m.
Lake Tahoe directed by Fernando Eimbcke (Spanish with English
Subtitles)
- Synopsis: Teenage Juan crashes his family's car on the outskirts of
town and then scours the streets searching for someone to help him fix it.
His quest will bring him to an old paranoid mechanic, a young mother who is
convinced that her real place in life is as a lead singer in a punk band,
and to "The One who Knows," a teenage mechanic obsessed with
martial arts and Kung Fu philosophy. The absurd and bewildering worlds of
these characters drag Juan into a one day journey in which he will come to
accept what he was escaping from in the first place.
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General Book Sales:
Second Editions Book Store Sales:
- June 20 -27
- Overstock clearance - 4 Books for $1
- July 11-18
- Media Sale
- August 8-22
- Education/Children’s sale
- September 12-19
- Romance Sale
- Entire Month of October
- Banned Books and More
- October 10-24
- Mystery and Sci-Fi Sale
- November 14-21
- Religion Sale
- December 26-31
- Holiday Sale
More information about Second
Editions.
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Library Staff Share Their Top Picks
Librarians, are by profession, well read. Often offering advice on what to
read next based upon a customer’s personal preferences. But, what do
Memphis Public Library & Information Center staff (librarians and other
library professionals) consider their personal favorites…
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Volunteer Award Winners
Alcy-Whitehave String Orchestra provided entertainment at the celebration.
Click on picture for larger version.
Dressed in black and seated in a round near the stage, the
teens that make-up the Alcy-Whitehaven String Orchestra energetically played
Revelations Edge to open the Memphis Public Library & Information
Center’s annual Volunteer Recognition Program held in the meeting rooms
of the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library. -- more -->
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Summer Reading Club @ the Library
Join the fun at your local library. Sign-up for the Summer Reading Club
beginning June 1, 2009. You can earn rewards for reading.
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Swine-flu Information
The recent headlines about Swine-flu have caused concern and alarm. Get the
facts.
- Swine-flu
- - information from the National Library of Medicine and the National
Institute of Health
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Teen Tech Camp 2009
Teens: learn about emerging technology and have fun in the process at this
week long camp (July 20 – July 25). Topics include creating your own game
animation and editing music, photos and more using Scratch,
ArtRage, Gimp and Picasa. Apply to attend this Free
technology exploration program, sponsored by the Society for Information
Management. Hurry, there are a limited number of slots and the application
deadline is May 22.
- Cover letter
- Requirements and deadline information (in Microsoft Word format*.)
- Application
- Print, fill in and return to any Memphis Public Library. (Microsoft Word format*)
* A free viewer for Microsoft Word documents is available
here.
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JobLab @ the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
The Commercial Appeal recently reported that unemployment in the
Memphis area hit 8.8% in March. To help jobseekers, the library is offering
resume and online application assistance. The service is first-come,
first-served. Unlike computers on the public floors, computers are available
for the entire three-hour period.
JobLab is an open-door lab providing in-depth assistance to jobseekers,
particularly with:
- Job-Related Searches
- Resume Writing & Formatting
- Online Applications
JobLab is held twice a month on the following days:
- 2nd Monday
- 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
- 4th Thursday
- 5:30 p.m. -8:30 p.m.
Participants should be prepared and bring all pertinent information, such as
job history, dates of employment, contact information, etc.
Participants are required to provide their own storage
media.
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Property Appraisal Resources
2009 is a reappraisal year for Shelby County property. The assessor’s
office is anticipating appeals from homeowners over their appraisal.
According to the Assessor, comparable sales serve as the foundation of the
reappraisal program but they do not include foreclosed properties or sales
between family members. To assist customers with appeals, the Business &
Sciences Department has compiled a list of resources.
- Shelby County Assessor’s website,
http://assessor.shelby.tn.us,
- provides Market Sales by Location. You can search for all
qualified sales over the past two years, (sales from 2007 and 2008), within the
selected property’s neighborhood. Enter an address in the “Search
by address” text box. Then, choose “view qualified neighborhood
sales”.
- Chandler Reports
- is a quarterly and yearly listing of Shelby County residential sales. It is
arranged by zip code and includes square footage, number of baths, bedrooms,
stories, and selling price. Copies are available at Cordova, Bartlett and
Central (3rd floor).
Since the assessment is based on sales over the past 4 years, customers should
use 2005-2008. Chandler < http://chandlerreports.com> website offers
personalized reports
- Realquest Database
- Available at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library in the Business &
Sciences department on the third floor, Realquest provides property
detail and comparable sales.
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Join a book club
Being a part of a book club can be a fun and rewarding way to enjoy reading
and socializing with others. Any avid reader has read books that they would
love to discuss. Getting other people’s thoughts and
opinions can provide new insights and/or validate your own impressions of a
book. To find a club at a location near you, click
here.
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Go Green: Recycle your books today!
Donate your books to the Friends of the Library.
Bring your gently used books to the nearest Memphis Public Library &
Information Center location. (No outdated textbooks or manuals please.)::
Your donation is tax-deductible AND
environmentally-friendly.
For information on sites and donation acceptance times, call
415-2700.
Proceeds from Friends of the Library book sales benefit the
Memphis Public Library & Information Center.
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Second Editions, located next to Java
Coast, off the Central Library's vestibule, is the place to find
library post cards or gently used books for sale at great bargain prices.
- Second Editions Hours
- Tuesday through Friday - Noon to 6:00 pm
- Saturday - Noon to 5:00 pm
- Closed Sunday and Monday
For more information about Second Editions, or to volunteer,
call 415-2836.
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Computer classes
The current Computer Classes schedule is available
here as an Adobe PDF file. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is available here for free. More
information about the classes can be found on the Computer Classes page.
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