Civic Center Library Book Club - June Selection

Join the Brown Bag Book Club on June 25, from 12-1, for a discussion of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. The club meets monthly at the Civic Center Library and new members are always welcome! For more information, call 499-6102.

Tell Us What You Want

For the past three years the MARINet consortium of libraries has been offering access to online articles through Infotrac Magazines, a Gale|Cengage Learning product. We now also have on trial Masterfile Premier by EBSCO which we call EBSCO magazines and newspapers.

Both products include thousands of magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. Both products can offer a special search interface for children and students as well as selected subsets of articles aimed at business, legal, or health researchers. But, we can only afford to keep one. Please give them a try, then tell us what you think.

One will go away in the Fall and the other will stay.

This trial access will be available until June 11, 2008.

For either product if you are not searching while visiting a library, you will be asked to login using the same method you use for other library owned databases. For EBSCO, you will need your library card number. For Gale you will need your name, library card number and PIN.

Please take our short survey to tell us which one you would prefer. Thank you!

Get a library card!

With your Marin County Free Library card, you can borrow books, CDs, DVDs, and other materials from our branches; access our online databases from home, work, or school; and access the Internet using our Public Use Computers.

Application forms are available online, in English and Spanish.

Go for it!

Catalog Shortcuts

Here's a tip for searching the library's catalog: if you want to find out what DVDs the library has, or what audiobooks, or large type books, or music, or just browse what's new... there is a shortcut. Use the Quick Searches on our website to look for those items in the whole county, or in a particular branch of the Marin County Free Library System. The Quick Searches for each branch are also available on each branch page. Questions? You can always ask us a question-- librarians live for questions! We're happy to help you find the information you seek.

Senior Librarian (Branch Manager) for West Marin

Ann Taylor, the Branch Manager for our libraries in West Marin (Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Inverness, Point Reyes Station and San Geronimo Valley) has left one beautiful area for another - she's retiring to the Big Island of Hawaii! The Marin County Free Library and the communities she worked with in West Marin will miss you very much Ann; mahalo for all your incredible work, and bon voyage!

Ann's departure means we have a key vacancy to fill! If you have three years of experience as a professional librarian, including two years of supervisory experience, are looking for an opportunity to develop innovative library services, and would enjoy working in a beautiful area nestled between redwood forests and the California coast, we may have the perfect job for you!

The Marin County Free Library is looking for a creative, customer-focused manager who values how libraries can energize their communities, As a Senior Librarian (Branch Manager), you would direct the day-to-day activities of the Library's five community branches in West Marin, and work closely with the West Marin community.

Please take a look at http://www.jobaps.com/marin/sup/Bulpreview.asp?R1=0402&R2=08&R3=03 for more information.

Writing Workshop at the Corte Madera Library

Opening The Writer’s Gate is a workshop where you can learn how to free your imagination, explore a variety of creative exercises to develop your natural writing voice and work with other tools to overcome writer’s block.

This free workshop will be taught by Susanne West, M.A., a Professor of Psychology at John F. Kennedy University, at the Corte Madera Library on Thursday, May 22nd from 6:15-8:45pm.

No prior experience is necessary but space is limited and pre-registration required. To register for this workshop, please contact the Corte Madera Library Reference Desk at 415.924.6444.

Best destination for Summer Book Bargains!

Be sure to include The Book Place in your summer travel plans as the best destination for book bargains and great gifts! Popular fiction, mysteries, nonfiction, kids books and more are available at the Book Place all year long but what better time than now to find that book you want to read on vacation! The Book Place is a used book store operated by the Friends of the Marin County Free Library, a nonprofit volunteer organization. The Book Place is located at 1608 Grant in Novato and open 6 days a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays 10-4, Wednesdays and Sundays 12-4 and Fridays 10-7). For more information, call the Book Place at 209-0212.

Author Amy Tan in Conversation with Michael Krasny

Following several months filled with a variety of programs inspired by internationally acclaimed author Amy Tan’s “Saving Fish from Drowning”, One Book One Marin 2008 presents a very special final event featuring Ms. Tan in conversation with Michael Krasny, host of KQED’s Forum, at Dominican University's Angelico Hall on Tuesday, May 6th from 7-9 pm. Admission is free but seating is limited and only available on a first come, first served basis so please plan to arrive early! Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Computer Tutoring at the Civic Center Library

The Civic Center Library offers free, one-on-one tutoring on using the library catalog and databases, Microsoft Word, email, and searching the Internet. For more information, or to schedule a session, please call (415) 499-6102.