Need more help with your e-reader/iPod/iPad????

George DeChant will be at the Town of Indian Lake Library on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 6:59 p.m. to help you load free library books.

Wondering if reading a book on an e-reader is really for you? Have an e-reader but not sure what to do with it? Just curious about what a book looks like when it’s on a hand-held device?

Learn how to borrow your ebooks and AudioBooks from the library on January 7, 2011 at 11 am.  You can search and load books on to your electronic devices using Overdrive software, no purchase necessary!   ILCS students can also borrow digital books from WSWHE BOCES.  Bring your ipad, ipod, iphone, nook, kindle, etc!  Mr. DeChant will join us for this session; students, parents are welcome!

Love learning but can’t find a class to meet your interests?  Need training for a new job skill?  Want a new hobby but not sure you can learn on your own?  Always wanted to learn math someday?

Now you can learn about things you are interested on YOUR schedule at no cost. With an Indian Lake Library card you can enroll in “Universal Class”

Learn at your own pace.

Classes will be on the following Saturdays at 10 am

November 12 Review of Payables/ New Topic: Receivables

December 3    Review of Receivables/ New Topic: Payroll

December 17  Open Review and Q&A

The library will be closed on Columbus Day and will start winter hours this week.  We won’t reopen on Wednesday nights and hope you will stay in and read by a cozy fire instead.  Winter hours are Monday 12-4, 7-9 PM, Tuesday 11-3, Wednesday 11-4, Thursday closed, Friday 12-4, 7-9 and Saturday 10-1 pm. Closed Sundays

BUSINESS & JOBS

• Brainfuse JobNow Live Assistance JobNow™ is an innovative online service that provides expert resume help, real-time interview coaching and career advice. There are services to help with every step of a job search.  The Adult Learning Center features test preparation (including GED and U.S. citizenship preparation), writing assistance, and study tools for math, reading and writing. Live, online one-on-one interaction with a tutor or job coach is available as part of JobNow™ and the Adult Learning Center. Live sessions can be conducted in English or Spanish.  JobNow is made possible through a federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) award funded through the New York State Education Department/New York State Library.
• Business & Company Resource Center provided by NOVEL A business research tool for the job seeker, casual investor, or business student, offering up-to-date topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies.
• CareerOneStop A portal for exploring careers and locating jobs, education and training.
• GotResumeBuilder.com This site allows users to create a resume using professionally designed templates; look over resume-writing tips; review occupation-specific resumes; search jobs with a feature linked to Jobs by Indeed; and more.
• MVLS’s Better Business Basics Resources for starting and managing home-based and small businesses.
• New York First A business-focused portal to the economic development incentives, programs and resources available to large and small companies within the state and those that choose to relocate here.

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It’s Poetry Day on Wednesday, September 21  . Join Michael Czarnecki, Steve Coffman, and local writers for a fun day of poetry and prose.  Workshop at the library at 1, reading at 7. Bring your work, questions and comments.  Prepare to relax, think and enjoy.

The Board of Trustees will meet at 4:30 at the library. Special guest, Sara Dallas will join us. All welcome

Please drop a note or call the library if you would be interested in an evening program on Quickbooks for small businesses.

Learn about what this financial program can do for you.  This includes the software  basics, organizing your financial data, setting up your system, entering bills and recording data needed  for your financial statements.

If you don’t have a copy of Quickbooks,  but interested in purchasing the software, we will have information available for you to purchase.

The program has tentatively been scheduled for Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 PM. A modest charge for this class will depend on the number enrolled.  Call the library to sign up.