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Spread the Word: Help Someone Learn to Read

Submitted by Steve Zach on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 2:37pm

Summer is a great time to relax and do more reading -- or to consider helping someone else gain basic reading skills. An opportunity to begin volunteering as a literacy tutor is right around the corner at High Meadows Branch Library, which hosts an orientation on June 23 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Join us on a tour of World Book Online

Submitted by Steve Zach on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 4:11pm

World Book Online does not just feature articles about numerous topics, enhanced with audio and video.  Besides these, you can find links to primary source documents, interactive maps, a dictionary and help for science fair projects. You can even create your own timelines, collections of resources and more. And, of course, you can access all of this from home with a library card (start here at our databases page and click "Encyclopedias and Reference").  If you need help finding information for a school project or just would like to research a particular topic, join us in the library computer l

Find funding for your small business idea

Submitted by Steve Zach on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 10:54am

Almost everyone has a question about money involving one aspect of life or another. What is the best way to pay down debt or save for retirement or for children's college? How is my credit score calculated and how can I change it? Should I consider starting a small business? Houston Money Week, led by the Federal Reserve Bank-Houston Branch, financial institutions and several non-profit organizations, has answers to all of these questions and more in programs that take place throughout this week. For anyone considering a small business idea and who has questions about financing it, P

Congratulations to two new citizens

Submitted by Steve Zach on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 3:44pm

Congratulations to Tuyet Le (seated, left) and Ai Khinh Hua (seated, right), who recently interviewed to become U.S. citizens. Both passed their interview exams and attended the oath ceremony this past March. Tuyet and Ai Khinh are students in ESL classes with Linh Nguyen (standing, middle), who volunteers at the library each Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6 p.m., and also on Saturday mornings, when students focus more on government and history questions for the citizenship interview.  

GED class begins soon

Submitted by Steve Zach on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 7:51am

Does lack of a high school diploma prevent you, or someone you know, from moving forward in your work? If so, there is an opportunity to overcome that hurdle.  College of the Mainland, which sponsors a free preparation class for the General Educational Development test at the library, will host registration on April 5 from 10 a.m.

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