200th Birthday

What the Dickens!

Celebrate the birthday of Charles Dickens with us.

 Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Swan River Library: 7pm

http://www.benitolibrary.ca/

Benito Library is our branch library. We share books and can order books from Benito

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Canada Reads

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/

Canada Reads is CBC’s annual battle of the books, where five Canadian personalities select the book they think Canadians should read. Each personality selects a book to defend and the books are eliminated one by one until a winner is declared. The debates air on CBC Radio One. Jian Ghomeshi has hosted Canada Reads since 2008.

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EBSCOhost

http://search.ebscohost.com/

Free access to thousand of magazine articles, Academic journal articles, Encyclopedia, Winnipeg Free Press. To log in use the following: User ID= s7071953 Password= password

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eLibraries Manitoba

http://elm.lib.overdrive.com/4CB5D39F-D47F-4DA5-ADD9-86AE26540951/10/406/en/Default.htm

Free Audio book & eBook downloads

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Library value calculator

http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/libraryservices/servicecalculator/calculator.asp

Check your book and library services costs without the library.

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Manitoba

http://www.manitoba.ca/

All about Manitoba

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On The Same Page

http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/onthesamepage.asp

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Project Gutenberg Canada

http://www.gutenberg.ca/

Free eBooks to download

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RM Of Swan River

http://www.rmofswanriver.com/

Rural Municipality of Swan River

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Star And Times

http://www.starandtimes.ca/

Our Swan River Paper’s web site with the Community Calendar included on it

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Swan Valley Historical Museum

http://www.swanvalleymuseum.co.cc/

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Teen Reading Club

http://www.teenrc.ca

Join teens across Canada to submit book reviews, participate in discussion forums, & take part in library-moderated chats. Includes a French-language component.

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Town Of Swan River

http://swanrivermanitoba.ca/

Our Town’s web site

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Kid’s Library Programs

October 5, 2011 – May 2012

Stories, Crafts, Games, Contests and lots of FUN!!!

Pre-School Storytime ——Ages 3-5,              10:30 – 11:15 am

Choice of  Wednesdays or Thursdays

Saturday  Youth  Program ——Ages  6-9,       2:00 – 3:15 pm

1. Click on IPAC  Catalogue
2. Click the green log in button (right hand corner)
3. Enter “C” followed by your library # (for client code)
4. Enter your pin#  (give us a phone call 734-3880 if you do not have this number)
5. Click log in
6. Click renewals icon
7. If items are NOT overdue check off each item and click “Renew selected Items” or “Renew all items”
8. If items ARE overdue check the box “Renew overdue items” and then check off each item and then click “Renew all items” or “Renew selected items”
9. It then tells you how many items were requested and how many will be renewed
10. Click the green renew button on the right hand side ( this step sometimes gets missed)

Links to various web pages used in this presentation:

Wikipedia articles

• Social Web – Wikipedia
• Internet Forum – Wikipedia
• Wiki – Wikipedia
• History of Wikis – Wikipedia
• Chat Room – Wikipedia
• IRC – Wikipedia
• Online Chat – Wikipedia
• Instant Messaging – Wikipedia
• Social Bookmarking – Wikipedia
• Blog – Wikipedia
• Microblogging – Wikipedia
• Social Network Service – Wikipedia

Other Articles

• The Social Web – Be yourself… or find someone who is.
• Twitter 101: Tips and Tricks
• Last.fm interview: Behind the music
• Twitter Declared Most Popular Word of 2009
• 7 things you should know about Social Bookmarking (PDF)
• Tags Help Make Libraries Del.icio.us
• How Instant Messaging Works – Howstuffworks
• How Facebook Works – Howstuffworks
• Fears of Internet predators unfounded, study finds
• Social Networking Sites Safer than Chat Rooms and IM
• 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

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Links (All related to Picasa):

• Picasa Community Videos On Youtube
• Getting Started Guide
• Resizing Photos
  
• Picasa Getting Started Guide (PDF)
  
• Picasa Web Albums Review
• Picasa Review Guide: Picasa 3 and Picasa Web Albums (PDF)

If you have any ideas, suggestions, or comments on this Workshop. Please leave a comment.

Available at the North West Regional Library.

With over 600 captioned photos from the 1900′s – 2008 there is a little bit of something for everyone. You’ll be able to take a walk down memory lane and perhaps relive some old memories of days gone by. Or perhaps you are more interested in the present state of things and would like to have an overview of what our town and valley are like and see just how beautiful things are in the Swan River Valley. This and much more are included in every DVD. For your viewing ease the Centennial DVD comes in a labeled case showing the various chapters in which the 600+ photos have been organized into.

The Chapters are as follows:

1. Agriculture
2. Early Years
3. Main street
4. 1940s-1960s
5. Swan River Bands
6. Faith-people/Churches
7. Health Care
8. Early Residences
9. Education
10. Sports
11. Events
12. Northwest Roundup/Exhibition
13. 1960s-1990s
14. Gov’t-councils/other
15. Scenic Views
16. Present Day

Here is a little snippet of the DVD, the Agriculture Chapter.

A display is setup for you at the library to have a glimpse of the Centennial DVD.

$10.00  per  DVD plus $1.00 shipping

DVD available at the Library or contact :

Phone: (204) 734-3880

E-mail: nwrl@mts.net

Mail: North-West Regional Library

Box 999

Swan River, MB

R0L 1Z0

Please include payment along with your name, address, e-mail or phone number.