The Santa Clara City Library has scheduled the following events, to be presented at 2635 Homestead Road, unless otherwise indicated.

This schedule is subject to change without notice. For information, telephone (408) 615-2900

Board of Library Trustees Meeting. Monday, 7:00 p.m. Central Park Library Board Room.

Public Computer Training: Internet/Catalog Basics. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center. This class is for those with little or no Internet experience—however, some skill with a computer mouse is required. The instructor will demonstrate and provide hands-on instruction in using a browser to navigate the Internet and for finding materials in the Library’s catalog. (Occasionally this class is offered in Chinese.)

Need help using the mouse? Ask a Tech Aide or Reference Librarian to set up the “Mousing Around” program (http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/intro.htm) on a computer for you. Practice and get a chance to learn at your own pace.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Public Computer Training: Google Search Class. Friday, 9:30—11:30 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center. Learn how to use internet search and internet resources for schoolwork and home use. The class is friendly and paced to your speed. Demonstrations and practice sessions develop techniques for effective search query formation and evaluating the trustworthiness of web information. Sharpen your web searching skills by learning from expert from Google.

Daniel M Russell is a research scientist at Google where he works in the area of search quality, with a focus on understanding what makes Google users happy in their use of web search.
This class is for beginning and intermediate level web searchers. Come and bring your Internet search questions. It will be a fun 2 hour class!

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Anime Film Program. Saturday, 12:30 p.m. Central Park Cedar Room. No-Name Anime presents an afternoon of Anime.  Check their website for more information http://www.nnanime.com. For grades 7 to adult. No sign ups required.

Kindergarten Kickoff: Parenting workshop (adults only) Monday, 7:00 p.m., August 11, Central Park Library Redwood Room. Shanna Brown, Santa Clara Unified School District kindergarten teacher, will facilitate the 4th annual "Kindergarten Kickoff" for parents of children who will be attending kindergarten this fall. Find out what your children will be doing in their kindergarten classroom and learn some practical tips about helping your young students succeed in school.

Register at the Youth Services desk or call 615-2916.

Public Computer Training: Health Resources from our website. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center.

Learn about the Library’s two Health & Medicine Databases – “Health & Wellness Resource Center” & “Health Reference Center Academic” for your medical research & healthy living.  Basic computer skills will be required for this hands-on class.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Foundation & Friends of the Santa Clara Library Booksale
Saturday 10AM - 2PM (open at 9AM for Friends Members). Cedar Room or Redwood Room, as space allows. Pick up some wonderful books and help support the library! Books sell for $5 / brown grocery bag. Typically over 300 boxes of fiction & nonfiction books available. For more information call Maria Daane at (408) 615-2987.

Public Computer Training: Learn to Use Craigslist. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center.Learn how to use Craigslist, a website where you can view or post classified ads for free. This is an excellent tool for job-hunting and for buying or selling almost anything. It is also a popular way to find a place to rent or to find a tenant for a rental unit. Working web email account required. Basic computer and Internet skills required for this course.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Library Book Discussion Group: Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Central Park Library Cedar Room. An extraordinary work of fiction about the German occupation of France during World War II, and it's effect on the average citizen.

For more information please contact Marlene at 615-2923. No advanced registration required.

Library Closed - Labor Day (Monday)

Public Computer Training: Internet/Catalog Basics. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center. This class is for those with little or no Internet experience—however, some skill with a computer mouse is required. The instructor will demonstrate and provide hands-on instruction in using a browser to navigate the Internet and for finding materials in the Library’s catalog. (Occasionally this class is offered in Chinese.)

Need help using the mouse? Ask a Tech Aide or Reference Librarian to set up the “Mousing Around” program (http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/intro.htm) on a computer for you. Practice and get a chance to learn at your own pace.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Genealogy Program: "Help! The Courthouse Burned," Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Central Park Library Cedar Room. There you are -- you found your family, and you just need one more vital piece of information. You then learn that the courthouse burned and all the records from the time period that you are researching were lost in the fire. Pamela Bell Dallas, a genealogical lecturer, educator, author and member of the Association of Professional Genealogists will give you suggestions of what to do next when you face a brick wall in your research due to a situation like this. Free and open to the public. For more information, call (408) 615-2909.

Foundation & Friends of the Santa Clara Library Booksale
Saturday 10AM - 2PM (open at 9AM for Friends Members). Cedar Room or Redwood Room, as space allows. Pick up some wonderful books and help support the library! Books sell for $5 / brown grocery bag. Typically over 300 boxes of fiction & nonfiction books available. For more information call Maria Daane at (408) 615-2987.

Library Book Discussion Group: Infidel by Ayaan Heris, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Central Park Library Cedar Room. Suspenseful account of Ali's life and her internal struggle with her Muslim faith. Ali discusses how her views were shaped by her political experiences amid the chaos of Somalia and other African nations.

For more information please contact Marlene at 615-2923. No advanced registration required.

Special Program: Ron Hansen: Exiles Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.Central Park Library’s Cedar Room. Join local author Ron Hansen, as he discusses his new novel, Exiles, and talks about his books and writing. A graduate of Creighton University, Hansen also attended the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and was a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellow at Stanford University. He is the author of a number of books, including Atticus, Hitler’s Niece, The Assassination of Jesse James, and Mariette in Ecstasy. Ron Hansen currently is the Gerald Manley Hopkins Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University, where he teaches writing and literature. Sign up for this free author program at Reference, or call (408) 615-2900.

Public Computer Training: Internet Search Strategies. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m., Central Park Library Technology Training Center.This class goes beyond the basics of Internet searching by offering students search tips and Internet resources for improving searches. The class also will cover searching for maps and driving directions, and other informative topics. Students are encouraged to bring questions. Instruction will be hands-on.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Special Program: Kaiser Permanente Healthy Foods Build Healthy Bodies. Thursday, 10:30AM - 11:30AM., Central Park Library Cedar Room.

Genealogy Program: Beginner's Seminar: Part One: The Basics. Saturday, 1:00--4:00 p.m. Central Park Library Redwood Room. Topics: 1) Getting Started. 2) Organizing your Information & Using Genealogy Forms. 3) Documenting your Sources. Please bring paper and pencil. RSVP between August 27--Sept. 25 on a sign-up sheet in the Central Park Library Heritiage Pavilion, or by leaving your name and phone number at (408) 615-2986, or by sending an email with your RSVP to scchgs@hotmail.com. Free. For more information, call 408-615-2909.

Public Computer Training: Searching the San Jose Historical Mercury News Archive (1886-1922), Saturday, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center. Thanks to grant money from the Santa Clara Historic Home Tour and the Foundation & Friends of the Santa Clara Library, library cardholders have access to the total contents of various San Jose daily newspapers from 1886-1922. You will have a chance to perform sample searches that will yield information on Santa Clara pioneers, historical landmarks, and more. Learn special techniques to limit your results to marriage or death announcements, news articles or advertisements. Learn how to navigate through a particular day’s newspaper.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Genealogy Program: Beginner's Seminar: Part Two. Saturday, 1:00--4:00 p.m. Central Park Library Cedar Room. Topics: 1) How to Search the Census Records. 2) How to Use the Internet for Genealogy Research. Please bring paper and pencil. RSVP between Aug. 27--Oct. 1 on a sign-up sheet in the Central Park Library Heritage Pavilion, or by leaving your name and phone number at (408) 615-2986, or by sending an email with your RSVP to scchgs@hotmail.com. Free. For more information, call 408-615-2909.

Board of Library Trustees Meeting. Monday, 7:00 p.m. Central Park Library Board Room.

Local History Program: Aerial Photos of Santa Clara Valley from the Hatfield Collection, Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Central Park Library Cedar Room. Ben Hatfield will discuss the history of his father Adrian Hatfield's aerial photography business and his own recently published aerial photo book: Over Time: Palo Alto, 1947-1980. Historical aerial photographs of the Santa Clara area will be displayed, as well. Ben will also talk about his intention to work with his book company, Arcadia Publishing, to produce an aerial photo book for Santa Clara. Hatfield Aerial Survey was founded in 1947 and the company shot aerial photos for developers, architects, and government agencies until 1980. Learn more about the astounding visual archives created by the Hatfield family that documents the evolution of the Santa Clara Valley from dairies, farms, and fruit orchards into the world-renowned high technology Silicon Valley. Those who believe they could identify 1950s-1970s era buildings and ranches in aerial photos taken above Santa Clara are encouraged to attend.

Sign up for this free program at the Reference Desk, or call (408) 615-2900 to RSVP. For more information, call (408) 615-2909.

Public Computer Training: Internet/Catalog Basics. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center. This class is for those with little or no Internet experience—however, some skill with a computer mouse is required. The instructor will demonstrate and provide hands-on instruction in using a browser to navigate the Internet and for finding materials in the Library’s catalog. (Occasionally this class is offered in Chinese.)

Need help using the mouse? Ask a Tech Aide or Reference Librarian to set up the “Mousing Around” program (http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/intro.htm) on a computer for you. Practice and get a chance to learn at your own pace.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Library Closed - Columbus Day (Monday)

Public Computer Training: SCCL Website. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m., Central Park Library Technology Training Center.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Foundation & Friends of the Santa Clara Library Booksale
Saturday 10AM - 2PM (open at 9AM for Friends Members). Cedar Room or Redwood Room, as space allows. Pick up some wonderful books and help support the library! Books sell for $5 / brown grocery bag. Typically over 300 boxes of fiction & nonfiction books available. For more information call Maria Daane at (408) 615-2987.

Genealogy Program: The Use of DNA Testing in Genealogy. Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Central Park Library Cedar Room. Katherine Hope Borges is the Bay Area representative for the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG). She has done research on Colonial Era DNA, Mayflower DNA and Scottish DNA. She will discuss the ways in which DNA testing is used in genealogy research.

Free and open to the public. For more information, call (408) 615-2909.

Public Computer Training: Internet Search Strategies. Thursday, 9:30—10:30 a.m., Central Park Library Technology Training Center.This class goes beyond the basics of Internet searching by offering students search tips and Internet resources for improving searches. The class also will cover searching for maps and driving directions, and other informative topics. Students are encouraged to bring questions. Instruction will be hands-on.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Special Program: Kaiser Permanente Presents Healthy Female Sexuality. Saturday, 10:30—10:30 a.m. Central Park Cedar Room.Valuing your sexual self and how your partner can help. Cedar Room Central Park Library. In this unique discussion, Psychologist and Sex Therapist, Bryna Barsky-Ex PhD, will discuss what healthy female sexuality is and the factors that impact a woman's sex life. We will discuss how partners can understand and help make this experience wonderful.

Public Computer Training: Internet/Catalog Basics. Tuesday, 9:30—10:30 a.m. Central Park Library Technology Training Center. This class is for those with little or no Internet experience—however, some skill with a computer mouse is required. The instructor will demonstrate and provide hands-on instruction in using a browser to navigate the Internet and for finding materials in the Library’s catalog. (Occasionally this class is offered in Chinese.)

Need help using the mouse? Ask a Tech Aide or Reference Librarian to set up the “Mousing Around” program (http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/intro.htm) on a computer for you. Practice and get a chance to learn at your own pace.

Please sign up in advance at the Technology Center or second floor Reference Desk by calling (408) 615-2900.

Library Book Discussion Group: Petropolis by Anya Ulinich.
nations. Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. Central Park Library Cedar Room. This debut novel traces Russian-Jewish Sasha Goldberg's coming-of-age search for her long missing father. Her search takes her from Siberia to Moscow to Phoenix, Arizona.

For more information please contact Marlene at 615-2923. No advanced registration required.

Special Program: Switch to DTV. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Central Park Library Cedar Room. Are you prepared for the switch to digital television (DTV)? “By law, television stations nationwide must switch their broadcasting from analog to digital by February 17, 2009.” Come to Central Park Library to have your questions answered by Roy Avila from KICU-TV Channel 36 and for information on what you need to do to upgrade to digital television. Find out about the DTV converter box, purchasing a digital television set, or subscribing to a paid service, such as cable.

Sign up for this informative free program at Reference, or call (408) 615-2900.