World Languages Celebration at the Niles Public Library

Date: 9/29/2012
Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Time: 3:30 PM
Have fun at the library and learn what the library has for you. Enjoy activities and refreshments for the whole family. Take a guided tour of the library with a certified interpreter from the ELL (English Language Learner) Parent Center in Skokie. Interpreted tours will be offered in Polish, Spanish, Gujrati, Hindi, Urdu, Russian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, and Korean languages.

Sixth Annual Low Vision Fair

Sat., September 22, 2012 10am-1:30pm

To be held at the Niles Senior Center located across the street from the library.

The Niles Public Library District, along with six other area libraries, is hosting the Sixth annual Low Vision Fair.  Featured speaker, Dr. Stephen M. Conti, Retina Specialist, will talk about macular degeneration and other eye diseases that cause low vision.  Glaucoma screening will be available.  Vendors selling assistive technology will be present along with social service agencies.

This fair offers practical information for people with low vision.  There is no prior registration necessary and no charge for admission.  Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, please call Dodie in Outreach Services at the Niles Library: 847-663-6648.

Talk Like a Pirate Day-Arrr!

Ahoy! September 19th is the official Talk Like a Pirate Day.  If you want to learn how to speak pirate, Mango Languages offers a free Pirate Language Course.  If you like learning Pirate, you may be interested in other languages that Mango offers:

• Arabic (Levantine)
• Chinese (Cantonese)
• Chinese (Mandarin)
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dari
• Dutch
• Farsi (Persian)
• Finnish
• French
• French (Canadian)
• German
• Greek
• Greek (Ancient)

• Greek (Koine)
• Haitian Creole
• Hawaiian
• Hebrew
• Biblical Hebrew
• Hindi
• Icelandic
• Indonesian
• Irish
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Latin
• Norwegian
• Pashto

• Pirate
• Polish
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Russian
• Slovak
• Spanish (Latin America)
• Spanish (Spain)
• Swedish
• Tagalog
• Tamil
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Urdu
• Vietnamese

  These courses are available for free with your Niles Public Library card.

Smart Solution$ at the Niles Public Library

Smart Solution$ Display
Stop by our new display (3^rd floor) on smart money management.  Find resources to help you take control of and safeguard your money.
-Browse personal finance books.
-Pick up free brochures on scams, credit and debt, budgeting basics, and savings and investing.
-Read the FINRA Investor Education Fact sheets.
-Take a Financial Knowledge test or Identity Theft quiz.
- Search the Smart Solution$ site for links to consumer protection tips and tools.

ESL Club at the Niles Public Library

New English speakers are invited to join this conversation club to practice speaking English. Meet people from all over the world to share personal stories and discuss current events and other topics chosen by the group. For more information contact Darlene at 847-663-6433.

Thurs., Sept. 13, 3-4:30pm

Tues., Sept. 18, 7-8:30pm

Smart Solution$ Kick-off Breakfast: To Your Credit

July 19: Smart Solution$ Kick-off Breakfast and Program: To Your Credit. Enjoy a continental breakfast while learning about our new Smart Solution$ initiative—one-stop shopping for unbiased financial and investor information. While topics are targeted to the consumer aged 50 and better, all are welcome. At this program, learn the purpose of a credit report and how it is used, how to order a free copy, and read and dispute errors. Speaker is an educator with the Consumer and Family Economics Division, Univ. of Illinois Extension Services. To register, go to http://www.nileslibrary.org/calendar.

Job Seekers and ReferenceUSA

Job Seekers: Looking for postings? Check out ReferenceUSA—an internet–based service with information about U.S. businesses that includes jobs openings. Find one or more companies by location, keyword, industry, etc. and open the detailed profile to find open positions for that business. These postings  link to indeed.com for fast application. Use also to find information prior to an interview or create and download custom lists of potential employers.
 
Online access is easy—all you need is your Niles Library card!   At http://www.nileslibrary.org/, choose Virtual library, then select Business and People Directories. No card is needed to access this resource in person at the Library.