December's Newsletter

 We have some fun stuff going on at the library in December.    Pre School Story Time, Tot and Mom Story Time, Love and Logic, TAG Teen Advisory Group, Tech Tuesday, Zentangle Art Class, Family Story Night, Geek Speak Club, Golden Age Book Club, Library Book Club. Uintah Writer's Guild.  Something for everyone.







Did You Know:

1. Americans go to the library three times more often than they go to the movies.
2. There are more public libraries than McDonald's in the U. S.
3. 59% of adults in the U. S. have a public library card.
4. Librarians answer nearly 5.7 million questions weekly.
5. Public libraries are the number one point of online access for people without internet. 
6. Public libraries are one of the greatest equalizers  for access to information.
7. Public libraries provide services for job seekers.
8. Americans spend more than twice as much on candy as they do on public libraries.
9. Americans spend $34.95 a year for the public library.
10. A public library provides a safe, warm friendly place for families to read.

Food For Fines @ Uintah County Library

Food for Finds begins November 1, and ends November 23,  Each donated can of food will pay $1 for your overdue fine. This will not cover lost item charges or processing fees. 

All food collected will go to the Local Food Pantry. 

Coupon Class

Are you Grocery Smart

Are you grocery Smart?

Come to a Free Grocery smarts Coupon Class September 15, 7:00pm

Is shopping with coupons worth your time?

Don't answer this question until you've attended this FREE Class!

Please come and bring your spouse and friends. 

We'll have fun, enjoy refreshments and be inspired!

Uintah County Library Tech Lab

Come In Lib To See New Bldg Pics

Stop by the library to see some updated renderings--still a work in process-- of our new building.

"When I look at some of these renderings," says one of the librarians, "it makes me feel like I'm inside the new building and looking down from the second level."

Visit the library and see for yourselves. For comments or questions about the new library project please contact Sam Passey, Library Director, at passey [at] co.uintah.ut.us

Posting to Facebook and Twitter

Just testing to see if this posts from uintahcountylibrary.blogspot.com to facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary & @uintahlib . Thanks

Ancestry Library Edition Update from Christopher

Good news: I just received this message from Ancestry Library Edition (ALE). ALE is one your library's online genealogy search databases:

Dear Ancestry Library Edition Subscriber:

Release of the new Ancestry Library Edition search interface,
with a clean and crisp design that improves the overall user
experience is scheduled for release on April 13, 2011.

Please share the news about the new Ancestry Library Edition
search interface with your colleagues, including these noteworthy
highlights:

-Improved look and feel for a more intuitive user experience
-Location filters allow searching across adjacent counties
-Map filters
-Name filters with Soundex
-Type ahead features
-Improved country and state pages

Browser Support

In the previous email you received from ProQuest, we advised that
the new Ancestry Library Edition requires Internet Explorer
version 7 or higher.  Firefox version 3.x will also be fully
supported.

Training and Technical Support

Watch for additional information about the new Ancestry Library
Edition search interface, updated training materials, and new
training webinars.

You can use Ancestry Library Edition for FREE on one of the library's Public Access Computers (PACs) or when you bring you laptop, netbook, iPod Touch, etc. into the library and use our FREE WiFi connection. Make sure that you bring your library card with you when you come to the library or else you will not be able to access ALE. Once you're the library, go to www.uintah.lib.ut.us/Reference.html and then click on the "Genealogy" link near the top of the page

Send us your questions or comments to Christopher at cgdavis@co.uintah.ut.us or (435) 789-0091. You can also add a comment to this blog post & I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

New Library Community Resource Center.

We are very excited for our new community library resource center facility! The ground breaking ceremony for the new library will be on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Please join us for this momentous occasion! The first 400 kids to arrive will receive a special keepsake! We expect the facility to be 30,000 square feet. It will feature a children's library, learning labs, an awesome book sorting machine that your kids will love to watch in action, computers for kids, teens, and adults. There will be quiet reading/studying spaces, and a few collaboration rooms discussions, book clubs, computer training, and more! Thanks to everyone who made this day possible!




Samuel Passey, Director
Uintah County Library

February Calendar & Newsletter

February Calendar & Newsletter

Do you want to know what's going on at your library this month? Click the picture below to view our February Calendar and Newsletter

Click to view (requires Adobe Reader)

 

If you have any questions or comments, please telephone us at (435) 789-0091, email us at uintahlib@gmail.com,  or visit us at 155 E. Main, Vernal, UT 84078.

Quilting @ the Library Saturday January 15, 2011

See what you missed at the Library on Saturday.

Join us next month for another great quilting class.

February 12, 1:00-5:00pm

Get your supply list and instructions at the Library.

Tech Tues in January 2011

 

Tech Tuesday in January 5:30pm-7:00pm.

"Digital Photos & Scrapbooks" Series.

TRANSFER PHOTOS FROM CAMERA TO COMPUTER (Jan. 4th.): Tonight's workshop is the first of four workshops in this month's, "Digital Photos & Scrapbooks" series. Bring your camera & learn how to transfer digital photos from your camera to your computer. Once your photos are on your computer, you can then copy them to CDs/DVDs or flash drives. This workshop leads into next week's workshop entitled "Editing photos in Picasa."

EDITING PHOTOS IN PICASA (Jan. 11th.): During last week's workshop, you learned how to transfer digital photos from you camera to your computer and then copy them to Cds/DVDs or flash drives. This week, you will learn how to use FREE software called Picasa to remove red-eye effect, cover up blemishs, resize photos, & many other tricks.

Participants of this class will have their photos ready for next week's "Digital Scrapbooking" workshop.

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING (Jan. 18th.): A traditional scrapbook could take weeks to construct, require many expensive supplies, & take up valuable work & storage space in your house. A digital scrapbook can be made in about ONE HOUR, costs only the price for printing/shipping, takes up zero work & storage space, and reprints are as easy as clicking a button

During last week's workshop, you learned how to edit photos using "Picasa." This week, you'll learn how to upload those photos to Shutterfly.com where you can design creative digital scrapbooks. We will also discuss other methods beside Shutterfly.com to create digital scrapbooks.

After you participate in this workshop, you'll be all ready for next week's "Sharing your digital photos and scrapbooks online" workshop.

SHARING DIGITAL PHOTOS & SCRAPBOOKS ONLINE (Jan. 25th.): During last week's workshop, you learned how to make digital scrapbooks on Shutterfly.com. This week, you will learn how to share your digital photos & scrapbooks via Facebook, email &/or blogs.

FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vernal-UT/Uintah-County-Library/176448267887?ref=ts

Questions? Christopher 789-0091x.11 or cgdavis@co.uintah.ut.us.

3rd Annual Star Trek Marathon

3rd Annual Star Trek Marathon
 

For this year's Star Trek Marathon, we asked you to vote for your favorite movie or episode.

watch  star trek on our 112 inch screen while munching on FREE popcorn. Bring your own bean bag chair if you wish or show off your costumes, autographs, toys, models, cards, games, or anything else  star trek. This is going to be a fun event so bring your friends!

• Who: Ages 13 to Adult.
• What: 3rd Annual “Peoples' Choice”  Star Trek Marathon
• Where: Uintah County Library- Upstairs Multipurpose room.
• When: Saturday, January 8 ^th, 2011, 9am-5pm

Click here for complete details

Holiday Hours in December

Happy holidays from your Library!

The Library will be closed for Christmas and New Year's holidays on the following dates:

• Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
• Friday, December 24th, 2010 (Christmas Eve)
• Saturday, December 25th, 2010 (Christmas Day)

 

• Friday, December 31st, 2010 (New Year's Eve)
• Saturday, January 1st, 2011 (New Year's Day)

Grieving Partners Support Group

Grieving Partners Support Group

Losing a spouse, partner, or significant other is one of the most painful and stressful experiences of a lifetime. Together, we can make a difference. Together, we can shorten and soften this journey of grief.

The Support group meets every Wednesday evening 5:30--7:30, at the Uintah County Library, upstairs in the Multi-purpose room.

For more information, contact Carolyn Henry at Basin Clinic: 789-1165.  There is no charge for this service.

Click here to view/print out a flier/advertisement for this event

CLOSED: Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 25th-27, 2010

The Library will reopen at 9:00am on Monday, November 29th, 2010. Enjoy the holiday!

Tech Tues in October

Tech Tuesday in October 5:30pm-7:00pm. This month's theme is, "Digital photos & scrapbooking." Questions? Christopher 789-0091x.11 or cgdavis@co.uintah.ut.us

TRANSFERRING PHOTOS FROM YOUR CAMERA TO YOUR COMPUTER (Oct. 5th.): Tonight's workshop is the first of four workshops in this month's, "Digital photos & scrapbooking" series. Bring your camera & learn how to transfer your photographs from your camera to your computer. Once your photographs have been saved on your computer, you can then burn them onto a CD/DVD, copy them to a flash drive, or share them online. This workshop leads into next week's workshop entitled "Editing photos in Picasa."

EDITING PHOTOS IN PICASA (Oct. 12th.): Tonight's workshop is the second of four workshops in this month's, "Digital photos & scrapbooking" series. During last week's workshop, you learned how to transfer you digital photos from you camera to your computer and how to burn them to a CD/DVD or save them to a flash drive. This week, you will learn how to use Google's free photo editing software application called Picasa for red-eye removal, blemish cover-up, picture resizing, & many other tricks.

Participants of this class will have their photos ready for next week's "Digital Scrapbooking" workshop.

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING (Oct. 19th.): Tonight's workshop is the third of four workshops in this month's, "Digital photos & scrapbooking" series. A traditional scrapbook could take weeks to make, require oddles of dollars in supplies, & take up valuable work & storage space. A digital scrapbook can be made in about ONE HOUR, costs only the price for printing & shipping, & takes up zero work & storage space.

During last week's workshop, you learned how to edit you photographs in Google's free photo editing software application "Picasa." This week, you'll learn to upload those same photographs from your computer, CD/DVD, or flash drive to Shutterfly.com where you can create digital scrapbooks for free. We will also discuss other methods beside Shutterfly.com to create digital scrapbooks.

After you participate in this workshop, you'll be all ready for next week's "Sharing your digital photos and scrapbooks online" workshop.

SHARING YOU DIGITAL PHOTOS & SCRAPBOOKS ONLINE (Oct. 26th.): Tonight's workshop is the fourth and final workshop in this month's, "Digital photos & scrapbooking" series. During last week's workshop, you learned how to make free digital scrapbooks on Shutterfly.com. This week, you will learn how to share your digital photos & scrapbooks on Facebook with just the click of a button. You will also learn how to email a copy of your new scrapbook to your family/friends and how to post it on a blog.

OUR FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vernal-UT/Uintah-County-Library/176448267887?ref=ts

F.Y.I.: If you don't return all of the discs in a set/series, then that set/series is still cheked out on your card & you are responsible for returning or replacing anything missing. Please return any missing disc(s) so that others can enjoy them too.

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

When: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 (7-8 p.m.)

What: Library –Community Input Meeting
Where: Uintah County Library, 155 E. Main, Vernal, UT 84078


This evening (September 8, 2010) at seven p.m., the Uintah County Library is hosting a community input meeting. This is your opportunity to share your hopes, desires, and dreams for the future of the library. 


Contact: Sam Passey, Library Director
(435) 789-0091
www.uintahcountylibrary.blogspot.com

Tech Tues in September

Tech Tuesday in September 5:30pm-7:00pm. Just in case you missed any of last month's "Back2School" courses, we're doing them again in. Questions? Christopher 789-0091x.11 or cgdavis@co.uintah.ut.us.

BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS  Sept 7th:

1. Getting Started
2. Working with the "desktop" and "windows"
3. Working with files and folders
4. Where to find help
5. Customizing Windows using the Control Panel
6. Installing and uninstalling software applications
7. Protecting your PC (updates and security fixes).

MICROSOFT WORD  Sept 14th:

1. Getting Started with Word 2007
2. Creating a new word document
3. Formatting (changing the look of) a document
4. Page layout (orientation)
5. Spell & grammar checking and how to print
6. Inserting images & photos
7. Inserting tables (rows/columns).

MICROSOFT EXCEL Sept 21st:

1. Creating a basic worksheet (page)
2. Performing calculations (add up/sum the total of a column of numbers, etc.)
3. Modifying a worksheet
4. Formatting (changing the look of) a worksheet
5. Printing
6. Managing large workbooks.

GETTING AN A+ ON YOUR UINTAH BASIN HISTORY PAPER Sept 28th:

1. What info is there for me to use?
2. Searching for old photos
3. What is the OTJ (Outlaw Trail Journal) and how can I use it?
4. The library publishes their own books?
5. A brief into/tour of the RHC (Regional History Center).

OUR FACEBOOK PAGE: www.facebook.com/pages/Vernal-UT/Uintah-County-Library/176448267887?ref=ts

P.S. Good at digital scrapbooking? We want to teach this topic, but need volunteers to help.

Tech Tues in June

• Internet Safety Tips, June 1st.
• Keep your private info safe
• Defend against phishing, spoofing, & spam
• Remove spy ware, mal ware, & viruses
  

• Mango Languages, June 8th.
• Learn from home w/ your Lib card
• Spanish (Latin America)
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Italian
• French
• German
• Russian
• Hebrew
• Chinese (Mandarin)
• Japanese
• Korean
• Inglés Para Hablantes De Español : English for Spanish (Latin America) speakers
• Inglês para Brasileiros : English for Portuguese (Brazil) speakers
• 针对中国人（母语为普通话）的英语学习 : English for Chinese (Mandarin) speakers
• 教粵語人士講英文 : English for Chinese (Cantonese) speakers
• Many others

• Internet Safety Tips, June 15th.
• Learn what to look for to keep your private info safe
• Learn how to defend against phishing, spoofing, & spam
• Learn how to remove spy ware, mal ware, & viruses

• Basin History in a Hurry! June 22nd.
• Old photos
• Search local cemeteries
• Vernal Express back to the 1890's.

• Facebook, June 29th.
• Take control of who sees your photos, videos, comments, etc.
• 100's of ways to stay in contact w/ family & friends
• Search for old friends, classmates, & out-of-town family
• You can even share genealogy online

If you're on Facebook, come see our page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vernal-UT/Uintah-County-Library/176448267887?ref=ts

Tech Tues in May

LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY: Online test prep ACT/SAT, GED, CDL, etc. Practice tests, self-study courses, worksheets, etc. to help you earn your best score yet. May 4.

MICROSOFT EXCEL: Taught by request. Learn the basics about Microsoft Excel to create, save, & print out spreadsheets of your information. May 11.

ONLINE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR: Chevy, Ford, Dodge, Jeep, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Pontiac, Kia, trucks, cars, SUV's from 1945 to 2009. Why buy a manual when you can just print out what you need w/ your lib card? May 18.

BASIN HISTORY IN A HURRY!: View grave headstones on your computer screen; look at newspapers, photos, & obituaries back to the 1890's. We're proud of the Regional History Center- come & find out why. May 25.

Intro to Microsoft Word 2007

This was a Tech Tuesdays class taught on April 13th, 2010. Just in case you missed the class, you can catch the outline of the course by clicking here.