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San
Antonio Public Library's e-Newsletter
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September 2002
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REMEMBER
the Library
will be closed on
Monday, September 2nd
in honor of Labor Day |
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GET CARDED @ YOUR LIBRARY!
 September
is National Library Card Sign-Up Month, so stop by your branch and pick up
your card today. When you do, you’ll see that libraries aren’t what they
used to be. We're even better! We'll enrich your life and present you with
limitless opportunities. See how.
50 Ways To Use Your
SAPL Library Card
- Scare yourself
with a mystery.
- Learn how to
repair your classic Mustang.
- Reserve a book
from your home computer.
- Trace a long
lost friend on the Reference USA database.
- Learn how to
write a résumé.
- Pick up a book
on tape and listen to it in your car as you drive home.
- Read a large
print book without wearing your glasses.
- Check out the
latest jazz CD by Cassandra Wilson.
- Spruce up the
house with ideas from the latest books on interior design.
- Check out and
read a book in another language.
- Research and
print articles from one of the many magazine databases.
- Discuss what
you've read in a book group.
- Attend a
storytime at your local branch.
- Find out about
library service to homebound individuals.
- Look up your new
credentials in a medical directory.
- Find out what
was happening in San Antonio in 1940.
- Take a free
computer class.
- Call for a quote
on what AT&T stock did today.
- Look in Who's
Who in America to see if your boss made it into the book.
- Learn how to
plan a drought resistant garden.
- Trek to another
planet with a Sci-Fi novel.
- Find out where
to send a consumer complaint.
- Learn how to
clean ink stains from a marble counter.
- Visit the
Genealogy Department to find out more about your ancestry.
- Call to find out
who said "To err is human, to forgive divine." Did you bet it was
Shakespeare? It wasn't.
- Get some San
Antonio demographic information for a business report you're writing.
- Spend a couple
of nostalgic hours looking at back issues of LIFE magazine.
- Decide which DVD
player to buy with the help of consumer guides.
- Check the
financial standing of your bank.
- Borrow a set of
audiocassettes that teach you how to speak French.
- Get information
about potential business customers from Dun & Bradstreet's Million
Dollar Directory.
- Enjoy our
changing exhibits.
- Take home Bach,
Beethoven and Brahms.
- Entertain your
pre-schooler with a book and a read-along audiocassette.
- Let your teen
hang out in the Teen Services Department.
- Book the
auditorium or a meeting room.
- Learn who won
the America's Cup in 1901.
- Let the children
choose an armload of read-aloud stories.
- Ask for
information about how to start a business.
- Get tax forms
and tax filing information.
- Learn more about
mariachi music in the Latino Collection.
- Sign up to use
the Internet free of charge.
- Borrow a hard to
find book from the Interlibrary Loan Department.
- Enroll your
child in the Summer Reading Program.
- Check on an
out-of-town lawyer in the Martindale-Hubbell Directory.
- Ask a staff
member to give a talk to your service organization.
- Look in Value
Line and Morningstar for information on a potential
investment.
- Check out a
video on sign language.
- Look up a book
on how to fix your leaky faucet.
- Read your e-mail
easier with large print software.
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FEATURED
DATABASE
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Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en línea
Need encyclopedia-type information in Spanish? We have a
new online database that will give you that information quickly,
accurately, and you can even access it from home. The Nueva
Enciclopedia Cumbre en línea is based on the print version, but can be
updated more frequently and includes many Internet links. In fact, it is
updated monthly and gets quarterly article revisions using an editorial
program designed to add content specific to the cultures of Latin America.
The Nueva Enciclopedia Cumbre en línea is actually the only online
encyclopedia conceived and developed with the Spanish-speaking peoples of
the Americas as its focus. The encyclopedia also includes over six
thousand photographs.
Entries include:
- Ambiente
- Andrés Segovia
- Benito Juárez
- Bumerang
- Chile
- Gingko
- Elefante
- El Palacio de Bellas Artes
- Fernando Botero
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Mayas
- Michael Jordon
- Octavio Paz
- Pesca
- Texas
Visit your library to use Enciclopedia, or access it
from home through our web
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EVENTS
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Sept. 15 - Oct 15 is
Hispanic Heritage Month. Check out
our calendar,
online calendar, or call your
branch library
for fun and exciting programs.
OTHER Library Events
Teen Services @ Central and Chick-fil-A want to Card You! Get
Carded! in September to celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month!
Teens 13 to 18 can present their valid San Antonio Public Library
cards at the Central Library Teen Service desk to receive a coupon
for a free Ice Dream frozen dessert at San Antonio Chick-fil-A
locations. Limit one per person - for teens only - first come, first
served, only at
Central Library, while supplies last! Sunday, September 1.
Buying a Home Computer and Shopping for an ISP. A sign-in sheet is available 1 hour
before each class and classes are limited to 15.
All classes meet at the first
floor elevator (between the gallery and auditorium)
Roll call is conducted 10
minutes before class starts. You must be present.
Students are escorted to the
Training Room. Call 207-2500 if you have any questions. Saturday,
September 7, from 1:30-3:30.
Central Library.
Weather Wisdom. Come hear Maclovio Perez, KMOL
weathercaster. September 7, 2:00 p.m.
Central Library.
Generations. Bring the grandkids to the library to read
together. Sunday, September 8, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
McCreless Library.
Water Savers
Class: How to landscape with low water maintenance plans. Find
out how to receive a $500.00 rebate from SAWS. Tuesday, September
10, from 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Carver
Library.
You Can’t Go Home Again. Sarah Bird, acclaimed author of
The Yokota Officers Club, will speak at the quarterly meeting of
The Writer Friends. It’s free and open to the public. Tuesday,
September 10, 7:00 p.m.
Central Library Auditorium.
Diabetes A to Z: prevention, treatment, self-care and more.
Presented by Juan López, University Health System and Texas
Diabetes Institute; seating limited to 75. Saturday, September 21,
10:00 a.m.
Collins Garden Library. |
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THE LATINO COLLECTION
 What
better time to visit the Latino Collection than during Hispanic Heritage
Month (September 15-October 15)! Read about Hispanic history makers such
as César Chávez, Ellen Ochoa, Roberto Clemente and Antonia Novella. Learn
about Latin American rhythms and musical genres. Find out about Latino
holidays, folklore and family traditions. Discover your Hispanic roots!
Located on the sixth
floor of the Central Library, the Latino Collection is a cultural and
educational resource that highlights the diverse literature, heritage, and
contemporary life of Latinos in the United States. The collection consists
primarily of print materials in English written by or about U.S. Latinos.
It includes adult fiction and non-fiction, juvenile fiction and
non-fiction and reference books. In addition you will find some
specialized journals such as Aztlán, El Grito, and the Américas Review.
The Latino Collection is
a reference collection; however, under special circumstances, books may be
checked out to library customers for one-week periods. In addition, copies
of many of the books in the Latino Collection are available in the
library’s circulating collections. If you are interested in checking out a
book from the Latino Collection, please check the online catalog or ask a
library staff member to find out about the availability of a circulating
copy elsewhere in the San Antonio Public Library system.
For more information
check out the
Latino
Collection website. |
SEPTEMBER
11th
 Please
take some time this month to reflect on the tragedy of last
September’s attack. Whether by yourself or with friends and family,
books can be part of the process. Here are some you might find
helpful and interesting. There will be a display this month in
Central Library’s New Books Section with even more titles.
9-11
Noam Chomsky, 2001
327.117 CHOMSKY
Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew
who Fought Back
Jere Longman, 2002
974.87904 LONGMAN
Chicken Soup for the Soul of America: Stories to Heal the Heart
of our Nation
2002
973.931 CHICKEN
Let’s Roll! Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage
Lisa Beamer, 2002
973.931 BEAMER
Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the
World Trade Center
Dennis Smith, 2001
363.3497 SMITH
September 11, 2001: A Collection of Newspaper Front Pages
303.625 SEPTEMBER
September 11, 2001: A Record of Tragedy, Heroism, and Hope
974.71044 SEPTEMBER
Strong of Heart: Life and Death in the Fire Department of New
York
Thomas Von Essen with Matt Murray, 2002
363.37097 VON ESSEN
The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot and Why the CIA and FBI Failed to
Stop It
John Miller and Michael Stone, 2002
973.931 MILLER |
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included in this newsletter, please contact our Web Administrator at
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Posted/Updated:
06/11/2008 |
