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Library Book Cart Drill Team October 29, 2004



Zinio Downloadable Magazines are Here:
Today
Link to Sycamore Library Zinio Magazines

There are 99 Downloadable Magazine titles for you to download and read on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. All you need is a Sycamore Library Card and a few minutes to set up your Zinio Accounts. We recommend that you take a few moment to read the User Guide as you set up your account. (Click Here for the Guide) You must set up two accounts. the first one is to verify that you have a library card and it sets you up as a Sycamore Library Zinio patron. The second one  is to join Zinio.com so the magazines will actually download on your devices. Once you have the two accounts set up, getting magazines is as easy as a click of the button.


Photo Club Show-and-Tell:
Wednesday, May 15 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

It's Show-and-Tell time. Bring your flash drive with 3-7 images to share and discuss. What settings did you use? What were you trying to accomplish? Did it work? What questions to you have? 
What are you learning and trying that you want to share and discuss? Be there or be square.:) Photographers Rock!


April/May Assignment: Railroad

Sycamore Public Library Photography Club meets on the first and third Wednesday from 7 - 9 p.m. of every month.

Past Assignments
March/April Assignment: Farm Life
February/March Assignment: Black and White
January Assignment: Artifical Light. Use your flash, use your stobes, turn on the lamp or flashlight and light up that photograph.
December Assignment: Orange Bowl
November Assignment: Self Portrait
October Assignment: Use Your Flash. Yes, that's it, use your flash. Practice, test it out and learn how to make your flash work for you.
August/September Assignment: Sell It! Practice your marketing and/or advertising skills this month and photograph It like you want to sell it.
July/August Assignment: What is it? Where is it? Look at things in a whole new way. Can you tell what it is? Can you trick your friends and photo club cohorts?
June Assignment: Black and white and/or egg. Let you imagination go with the egg and take some time to look at the world through the beautiful tones, lights, darks and inbetween of black and white photography.
May Assignment: The Night Sky.
April Assignment: To process or not to process. Part One: Focus on creating the best in-camera image that you can possibly take. Is your horizon line straight? Can you print or show the image without cropping it? Did you get the color balance correct? How was that exposure? Part two: Check out what your editing software can do. What does that well shot image look like in black and white? What do I create if I play with special effects?
March Assignment: Get Your Science On: Fibbonacci, Pi, Gravity, Time Travel, E=MC2, put on your science geek hat, grab your camera and dabble in the world of theories and hypothesies.



Eeeeee! Help With E-Readers and E-Books is Here:
Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Need help downloading e-books and e-audio books from the Library? Stop by for some one-on-one help to get comfortable with your new device and the library E-book process.. Whether it's a Nook, a Kindle, an iPad or an iPod, or any kind of tablet, e-reader, smart phone or mp3 player, we can show you how to download books for free. No appointment is necessary.  Please bring your devices and any cables that came with it.

Training is available:
Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Thursdays 2:00 p.m. to 4 p.m.



Career Works: The In's and Out's of Online Applications:
Monday, June 10 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Join Samantha Uster, from Ben Gordon to learn ways to learn ways to improve your online applications and improve your chances of getting the interview . After her program, there will be coffee and time for networking.


Tax Forms:
The Federal 1040 Instruction books have arrived!

Tax Forms have arrived. We have a limited supply. When we run out, we will not get any more copies in paper. You can print your own from the following websites. You can even file online without printing anything. If you need to print out of forms at the library, there is a 10¢ per page fee.

The IRS website at www.IRS.gov is the most up-to-date source for federal tax products and information.

The State of Illinois strongly recommends people file electronically.  More information can be found at tax.illinois.gov/taxforms/.



WLBK 1360 AM and 98.9 FM:
The fourth Friday of Every Month at 9:40 a.m.
Listen in to library library staff and WLBK's T.D. Ryan on 1360 AM  or 98.9 FM radio at 9:40 a.m.
Click here to listen online.


New Music at the Sycamore Public Library:
Now you can listen to song samples from our new music CDs through this custom playlist from iLike.com.  


If you would like to check out these or any other CDs, browse our music collection or see an Adult Services librarian for assistance in placing a hold on a specific title.