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| LATEST LIBRARY NEWS Saturdays June, July, August CLOSE AT 1PM.  OUR BLOG Century Ride 2010! Other Items |
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The century ride is Saturday, July 31, 2010! There are three loops, 24 miles, 100k or 111 miles. We have registration forms at the library and at Onion River Sports, you can register online, or you can come on over to the Montpelier Rec Field on Saturday morning. The ride starts at 8:30AM and the weather report looks g-o-o-o-od! We have pledge forms, too! Pledge your pedal power to benefit the library! CALLING ALL BAKERS! The 7th Annual Onion River Century Ride is Saturday, July 31, 2010. We're known for our food stops that are stocked with delicious cookies, bars, quick breads and muffins. We're looking for the following types of cookies: oatmeal, peanut butter, molasses, ginger, fruit and nut, maple date cookies, shortbread cookies - lots of possibilities! (We have enough chocolate chip cookies and chocolate brownies, so please stay away from that variety.) Blond brownies are a good choice! Any type of quick bread or muffins would be welcomed. Please drop off items at the library by 5PM on Friday. We thank you. The cyclists thank you. And the Century Ride volunteers thank you! |
July Raffle: Two Prizes! Drawing THIS SATURDAY!
PLEASE NO MORE BOOK DONATIONS FOR NOW. We're already overwhelmed by your generosity for the NEXT book sale!!! Local Authors on Write The Book #100 (6/21/10) A Discussion With Four Emerging Writers- Anne Trooper-Holbrooke, Coleen Kearon, Benjamin Malcolm, and Susan Ritz: four writers working to develop their craft. |
| Other Items JULY 2010: ~New Materials Adult library JULY 2010 (.txt). Children's and young adult JULY 2010(.txt) Hint: these are plain text files. Use the Find tool to jump to the section you want to browse. E.g. Go to New Materials Adult Library, click on Edit at the top of the window, then click on Find on this page, type in Mysteries, and then click Next. ~CHECK YOUR OWN ACCOUNT ONLINE- go to OUR catalog, click on My Info (fourth icon from the right) type in your entire patron barcode number from the back of your patron card, and type in YOUR LAST NAME for "password." You can see what you have checked out, when it's due, if there are any fines, and what you have on hold. (Please CALL 223-3338 - no e-mails - to place new holds or renew materials.) ~PERIODICALS Here is a list of periodicals currently available at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Back issues may be checked out for one week. We keep approximately two years of monthly periodicals, and six months of weekly periodicals. Come in and browse! HUGE NEWS about VOL: with your patron barcode you have access to the Vermont Online Library, and as part of the Gale PowerSearch upgrade, many of the Gale databases in Vermont Online Library now offer free audio of articles as a downloadable MP3 file. Audio is offered as an option along with emailing or downloading the text file. These options appear in a small box on the right side of the individual article. (Please note that if an article is represented in the database by a citation only, not full text, the audio version will be only the citation, not the complete article.) In addition to the audio in the PowerSearch databases, Gale can translate the text version (not audio) into several languages.  ~NOT A PATRON OF KELLOGG-HUBBARD LIBRARY? Even if you don't have a library card, there are many resources you can access at KHL!
~TECH TIDBITS Warning! Rogue Security Software Is Big Threat Trojans, including rogue security software, remain the most prevalent category of threats according to a recent report from Microsoft. So stay alert - rogue security software appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but actually provides limited or no security, generates erroneous or misleading alerts, and/or attempts to lure users into participating in fraudulent transactions. Watch out for pop-up "alerts" or "updates" that may appear on your screen that say something like, "Warning! Malware detected on your computer!" (See the example below.) These messages often look very official, and you may be tempted to click on the button that offers to remove the threats by downloading security software. DON'T DO IT. These messages are crafted to scare you (hence the nickname of scareware) into spending money for worthless antivirus protection. Even worse, scareware is often malware designed to steal personal information, and installing it on your computer can lead to unauthorized financial transactions and identity theft. The image below is an example of a scareware pop-up. http://www.cornerstonenow.com/newsletter/section-a/2010/10-04_scareware.jpg To avoid having to deal with scareware, Internet security experts advise caution:
FAKE FAFSA site When applying for student loans, be careful not to end up on FAFSA.com instead of FAFSA.ed.gov, the official government student loan site. The fake site charges students at least $79 to file the forms. FAFSA.com, the fake site, still goes by FAFSA. But instead of it standing for "Free Application for Federal Student Aid", it stands for "File your Application for Federal Student Aid". Way down below the fold it says "Please note that this site is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education or the FAFSA on the Web site. FAFSA.com (Student Financial Aid Services, Inc.) completes, submits and tracks FAFSA applications."
LINKS OF INTEREST: PDF ebooks at Kellogg-Hubbard! Kellogg-Hubbard has new releases of classics on cd from Tantor Media. The cd sets contain the book in pdf format to be downloaded to an ereader! Go to our catalog, type in ebook, and click keyword to get a list of titles available as ebooks.Other free downloads: Project Gutenberg- ebooks LibriVox- audiobooks Languages, learn and practice for FREE-
Common Sense Media (Thank-you to Green Montain Access for this tip.) Craft in America Search our online card catalog by typing in crafts and click keyword. Or search by specific craft, such as knitting. Google Cheat Sheet- a quick list of some of tools to help refine and improve your internet searching. MIT OpenCourseWare The Pew Research Center TED Today in History Twofoods- food nutrition comparison Vermont Advocacy Resource Toolkit Write the Book podcast ~So you want to start a business? This collection consists of the "VERMONT Small Business Resource" magazine plus 6 handouts from the Vermont Small Business Development Center and Vermont Women's Business Center. Handouts include: Introduction -- Getting started -- Regulations -- Getting approved -- Small business training network -- Contracting opportunities -- Disaster recovery -- Advocacy -- Other sources of assistance -- Lender listing -- Websites of interest. It includes a 44 step checklist for the "Process of starting a business", from registration at the Secretary of State office to the rules for signs in Vermont. Community Business Connections is a joint project of the Vermont Secretary of State's Office, the U.S. Small Business Administration (Vermont District), and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The goal is to consolidate all the resources needed to start or expand your business in one easy-to-access location. To find more books about small business, go to our catalog, type "small business", and click "subject". ~Job Hunter's Sourcebook Job hunting is becoming more and more complex in today's competitive job market. Internet websites and classified ads are no longer the surest route to employment. The Library's latest edition of the Job Hunter's Sourcebook is designed to help you in your job search. Here's how it works: Under each type of employment (auto mechanic, caterer, computer programmer, etc.), you will find references to sources of help-wanted ads specific to your career, employer directories and networking lists, job referral services, online job sources and services, trade shows, journals, professional associations and more. While the book must be used in the library, you are welcome to make photocopies of needed pages. The library staff will be happy to help you use the references you find to further your search and land the job you want.
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