Orange Beach Library announces its Jan-March 2009 Schedule

January
1 –Library closed for the New Year
5-10 a.m. Computer Class-IM, Podcasting, Tagging and Mobile Web-More ways the Internet can make your life easier, cheaper or more fun.
3 p.m. Computer Class-Do you Google? Searching and how to do it better
7- 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Book Group-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.
8 – 1 p.m. Book talk featuring Suzanne Hudson (In a Temple of Trees) and Joe Formicella (Murder Creek and The Wreck of the Twilight Limited). This will be held in the Library Meeting Room. This is a Meyer Book Group.
6 p.m. Getting the Job – Sue Butts, Director of Employee Relations, Organizational Development & Training at Columbia Southern University will talk about interviewing skills and resumes
12- 10 a.m. Computer Class- Free Software Basics-Downloading and installing of Open Office, Mozilla Firefox and other freeware
3 p.m. Computer Class-Free Downloads! Learn about AVG, Abiword, Ad-aware, and Google Earth.
13- 3:30 p.m.-B.A.G.-Books are Great Reading Group-The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
15 – 6 p.m. Online News: Redefining Journalism a presentation by Banks Sewell of Lightfoot, Franklin and White, LLC in Birmingham, AL. Mr. Sewell appears courtesy of the First Amendment Speakers Bureau
19- Library closed for Martin Luther King’s Birthday
22 – 6 p.m. Southern American English, a presentation by Catherine Evans Davies, Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at the University of Alabama. This program begins with the influence of immigration patterns on dialect development in Alabama and continues with a focus on the key dimensions of dialect. Attendees will learn more about the newest area of dialect research, discourse, and its evidence through norms of politeness, indirectness, rituals of conversation and traditional storytelling. Ms. Davies appears courtesy of the Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholars Program and is sponsored by the Friends of the Orange Beach Public Library
26- 10 a.m.. Computer Class-Know Your Computer-Basic overview of the parts of a computer and common computing terms
3 p.m. Computer Class- What is Social Networking? How can it benefit me and why is it so big with today’s youth.
29 – 6 p.m. Writing Biography, Family History and Local History, a presentation by Robert S. Davis. “The basics of this talk include reasons for needing to record or recover the past, means of obtaining information and methods of saving or presenting the information (such as manuscript, tape, privately published books, articles, standard book publication, CD-ROM and Internet Web sites).” Mr. Davis appears courtesy of the Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholars Program.

February
2- 10 a.m. Computer Class-Maintenance and Security-Best practices to keep your computer running smoothly.
3 p.m. Computer Class- Do you Google? Searching and how do it better.
4- 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Book Group-People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
5 – 6 p.m. Classical guitar concert featuring Peter Fletcher.
9- 10 a.m. Computer Class-Email-Setting-up a free account, using the address book, attachments & more.
3 p.m. Computer Class-Free Downloads! Learn about AVG, Abiword, Ad-aware, and Google Earth.
10-3:30 p.m.-B.A.G.-Books are Great Reading Group-The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
12 – 1 p.m. Reading featuring Pulitzer Prize winning Rick Bragg. This event will be held at the Rave Motion Theater at The Wharf. This is a Meyer Book Group.
16- 10 a.m. Computer Class-Internet Searching-Where to go when you want to know and how to get the best results.
3 p.m. Computer Class-Bookmarking Web 2.0 style! Basic bookmarking and Web 2.0, come see what’s it’s all about.
19 – 6 p.m. Our Energy, Our Future, a presentation of the Baldwin Electric Membership Cooperative (EMC) speakers bureau.
23- 10 a.m. Computer Class-Word Processing- Overview of popular programs and tips and trick for easier work.
3 p.m. Computer Class- What is Social Networking? How can it benefit me and why is it so big with today’s youth.
26 – 6 p.m. An evening with architectural historian John Sledge (discussing his book, An Ornament to the City: Old Mobile Ironwork and his forthcoming book about Greek Revival architecture in Mobile).

March
2- 10 a.m. Computer Class-Spreadsheets-What they are and how they can make you Internet experience richer.
4- 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Book Group- To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
9- 10 a.m. Computer Class-Photos-Viewing, storing, printing, and editing digital photos.
10- 3:30 p.m. B.A.G.-Books are Great Book Group-The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Micheal Chabon
16-10 a.m. Computer Class-Blogs, RSS and Wikis-What they are and how they can make your Internet experience richer.
19-5:15 p.m. Movie-The classic 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird starring Gregory Peck
23- 10 a.m. Computer Class-IM, Podcasting, Tagging and Mobile Web-More ways the Internet can make your life easier, cheaper or more fun.

For more info please contact Andie Y. Mewbourn 251-980-2360, or visit www.OrangeBeachLibrary.org

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