Tuesday, April 29, 2014

END OF TERM INFORMATION

Select Your Books Now for Summer and Fall 2014


Dear Reading Club Tutors:

Please click here to see the book sets available for the summer.
If there is a line through the book title, the set is either out for processing or another tutor has reserved it.
If the title is in red, click on it to read a book review written by our staff or a fellow tutor.
Please send me an email ASAP with your book club selection if you are teaching this summer. I will fill selections on a first come, first served basis.

Thank you!

Sally
Important Dates for Reading Club Tutors:
· May 10 – Winter/Spring term ends
· May 14 – Annual celebration, 6:00 – 8:30 PM, Fremont Library
· June 2 – Phone-in registration for summer term begins
· June 16 – Summer term begins
· September 15 – Fall term begins (Please note change of date)
· December 13 – Fall term ends
BRANCH Tutors
Your Checklist for End of Term
o Check at your branch for envelope we sent you containing summer schedules
o Call students who aren’t attending but have books out
o Return book set by library mail; address red bag to Sally Ianiro in EXT
o Include list of any missing books, the copy numbers, and student names
o Email us your final student attendance
o Reply promptly to Mamta’s email request for your volunteer hours
o Have a terrific summer!
FREMONT Tutors
Your Checklist for End of Term
o Look for summer schedules in your inbox and distribute them to students
o Collect student books and return them to the office
o Inform students who want to keep books to turn them in to any Alameda County Library branch
o Complete your final student attendance sheet
o Reply promptly to Mamta’s email request for your volunteer hours
o Have a terrific summer!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Easy Voter Guide


June 3, 2014 IS PRIMARY ELECTION DAY!

How will we choose our next Governor? What are the two state propositions?
May 19, 2014 ..........Last day to register to vote in this election

May 27, 2014 ..........Last day to request a “vote by mail” ballot

Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.


Hi Tutors,

We highly recommend the The Easy Voter Guide, which has been providing literacy students and new voters with nonpartisan, easy-to-read election information in California since 1994. It’s such a great tool that many adults in California use it, not just literacy students.


The guide is now available online for the June 3, 2014 Primary Election in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean at http://www.easyvoterguide.org/.
 

The Alameda County Library also has a terrific voter website at http://guides.aclibrary.org/elections. If your student isn’t yet registered to vote, this is a great place to start.

Thank you for encouraging participation in democracy and sharing your knowledge!

Sally and Mamta

Friday, April 4, 2014

Food For Fines


Does your student have outstanding library fines?
Here’s a way to help hungry families and decrease fines by up to $20!
April 13-19, 2014

The Alameda County Community Food Bank serves one in six Alameda County residents, and it’s running low on food!

For National Library Week in April, Alameda County Library is partnering with the Food Bank. We’re inviting library card holders with fines to bring in items for the food bank. For each non-perishable food item brought to the library, $1.00 will be subtracted from the patron’s overdue fines, to a maximum of $20.

The Food Bank needs non-perishable items like peanut butter, canned tuna and meat, beans, rice, low-sodium soups and stews, and low-sugar cereal. Only non-perishable, unexpired, store-sealed items will be accepted. No glass bottles, please!

The participating branches are:

Albany Library (510-526-3720)
Castro Valley Library (510-667-7900)
Centerville Library (510-795-2629)
Dublin Library (925-803-7252)
Fremont Main Library (510-745-1400)
Irvington Library (510-795-2631)
Newark Library (510-795-2627)
Niles Library (510-795-2626)
San Lorenzo Library (510-670-6283)
Union City Library (510-745-1464)