Cupertino Library News

ACT Practice Test Date: Saturday, October 27 @ 8 am - Cupertino Community Hall ACT Practice Review Date: Saturday, November 3 @ 10 am - Cupertino Community Hall Be prepared for taking the college entrance exams by taking the ACT Practice Test. Gain insight, learn new strategies, and improve your scores by taking this free test. Achieving high marks on the ACT will improve a . . . more »

Beginning with the September inaugural edition, the library will publish a monthly e-newsletter that will be available here on our website and also through email subscription. If you’d like to be added to the monthly distribution list, please sign up here. In our first issue, Meet Nancy Howe, our new County Librarian Learn about the Reading Program and how you can get involved Check out . . . more »

Television at the Library With the new Fall television season starting, visit the library for TV-related items. Want to know more about your favorite shows? Then check out a couple of our recommended websites: TV Guide and Zap2it - TV Listings Guide. Need to catch up with past seasons of current or former favorites? Then Hulu is a site to search. You can also check . . . more »

Cupertino Library and the Silicon Valley Chapter of Better Investing present: How to Start an Investment Club Wednesday, October 3rd at 7:00 pm in the Library Story Room. Growing your nest egg by investing in stocks or mutual funds is a potentially rewarding but also daunting prospect for the inexperienced investor, especially after the chaos in 2008. The adage "there's safety in . . . more »

Learn how to find stock/industry reports and key information using Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage, Morningstar and Valueline, all resources available electronically through the Library. On Saturday, September 29th at 2 p.m. in the Cupertino Community Hall. All are welcome. . . . more »

Have you listened to any good audio books lately? Here are some recommendations - something new and something old - for your listening pleasure. Stop the Train! by Geraldine McCaughrean is set during the Oklahoma Land Rush in 1889, in this full cast audio production. It shows the perseverance of one town to become one of the stops on the Red Rock Railroad. They . . . more »

In February 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, relocating Japanese Americans from any military areas "as deemed necessary or desirable.” To the military, ”necessary and desirable” included the entire West Coast. Perhaps to President Roosevelt, this sounded like a sensible precaution, with the nation so newly engaged in World War II combat. From a seventy year perspective, the mandatory relocation and internment of Japanese . . . more »

Join the Cupertino Library Teen Book Club! Did you hear the news? The Cupertino Library now has a book club just for teens! That’s right, our book club will meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month to discuss new books, eat snacks, play trivia and just have fun. Join us on Thursday, October 18th at 4pm as we discuss Anne Aguirre’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, . . . more »

Banned Book Week Sept. 30 – Oct.6, 2012 Throughout the month of September, Cupertino Library will have a display honoring Banned Book Week. Banned Book Week was established in 1982 to confront the rising number of instances in which books had been challenged or banned in schools, bookstores and libraries. According to the American Library Association, since 1982 11,300 books have been challenged. In 2011, . . . more »

The City of Cupertino and the Cupertino Library, a member of the Santa Clara County Library District, have teamed up to bring you a new, free, eco-friendly service – the Green@Home Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Toolkit! This kit makes cutting energy and water costs at home as easy as checking out a book from the library. Cupertino Library patrons can now check out a Green@Home . . . more »