Make a Difference!
Posted on Monday, February 11, 2013 by LibraryAdministration
Share your knowledge and make a difference in your community by becoming a volunteer tutor for the library's Reading Program. The Reading Program offers adult learners free one-on-one tutoring. As a tutor, you will spend two hours per week helping an English-speaking adult improve their reading and writing. Upcoming Tutor Orientations Wednesday, February 13th 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Gilroy Library Wednesday, February 13th 2:00 – . . . more »
It's February and that means Valentines Day is fast approaching. Here at Gilroy Library we're helping you to celebrate with crafty-goodness. Teens - join us on Thursday the 7th at 4pm to make heart garlands or create cards for the special people in your life. Kids (and family!), we'll be having a drop in craft morning on Saturday the 9th from 11:30 - 1:30, call . . . 
Silicon Valley Reads is underway at the Gilroy Library. Visit the library to get your copy of the SVR books or join us for one of the events happening at the library. Saturday, February 2, 2 p.m. Brian Castner, author of The Long Walk, talks about his being in combat and the difficulties he experienced when he returned home. Brian will be accompanied by . . . 
The rainy and cold days have arrived. It’s time to find fun indoor activities. The Santa Clara County Library District has the perfect program: Discover & Go. Your SCCLD Library Card gives you access to a wide variety of Bay Area museums, aquariums and botanic gardens. Ya que llegaron los días de frio y de lluvia, es necesario buscar actividades divertidas que nos protejan de . . . 
There are so many new ways to access books and other digital reading matter on personal computers, smartphones and other portable devices. How to keep up? Gilroy Library staff offer tips and tricks to get the most out of free eBooks online and other Santa Clara County Library District services. Join us at the Gilroy Library -Saturday December 1st at 4:00pm If you would . . . 
We have recently celebrated Day of the Dead- or Day of Life as known to the Aztecs. I would like to pay homage to Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author. Fuentes is famous around the world, but specially in the Ibero-American world. Some of his most famous books are The Old Gringo, Death of Artemio Cruz, Aura, Burnt Water, and Terra Nostra. The Santa Clara County Library . . . 
In September, the staff of The Reading Program matched 24 new tutor-learner pairs! We are excited to support our students, and we appreciate the dedication of their very special volunteers. Currently, there are over 100 tutor-learner pairs actively meeting in the Santa Clara County Library District, and these fabulous students are improving their reading and writing skills every day. What kinds of subjects have Reading . . . 
View the complete full-color digital copy of your favorite magazines through Zinio, our new eMagazine service. Read your favorite titles page-for-page in the same way you would read the paper version. Enhanced features: Keyword searching within each magazine, Full-page and thumbnail grid view, Printing of single or multiple pages (depending on permissions) Multimedia elements such as audio and video for select titles. Access is available . . . 
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 . . . 
Get involved and share the gift of reading. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 16% of adults (ages 16 and over) in Santa Clara County lack basic literacy skills*. However, you can make a difference by helping adults improve their basic reading, writing and life skills. Someone like you is helping another person unlock the door to greater opportunity at your local . . .