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This month, let’s take a look at the Newsletters link on the webpage which is found under the Books and Materials tab. This place is full of terrific reading suggestions for all ages. In three steps customers can subscribe to over twenty types of newsletters.

Older students are going back to school soon, preparing themselves for the fulltime work world. In addition, we serve many unemployed people. We can help our customers with job searches, career development and help with honing their workplace skills using our webpage.  When customers ask if we have computer classes, you can direct them to the Computer Skill area of Learning Express.

“What Ya Gonna Do When They Come for You?”

The most common response I get from a child or parent when I ask, “What are you working on in school right now?” is “MATH!” Even though we are coming up on Summer Reading time, young customers may want help on honing and keeping up with their math skills along with reading skills.

Usually, due to time restraints, when I look for one of our databases or want to give a customer a demonstration, I go straight from the Research Tools tab to the left, bottom entry of »

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Why bother?

Children and parents often come in asking for books on an AR list.

The purpose is to let parents and caregivers know about the theme bags. In addition, you can see how easy it is to find the list and contents on the webpage without searching the catalog.  The list can be printed and handed out to customers or posted somewhere in your library.