Saturday, December 30, 2006

Happy New Year!

Have a safe and happy New Year! VTA will offer free rides all evening on New Year's Eve this year as in previous years. Other agencies will also offer similar free service throughout the Bay Area; be safe!

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Holiday library closures...

All San Jose Public Library branches and King will be closed from December 24 through December 26. We will also be closed on December 31 for New Year's Eve, and on January 1 and 2. See http://www.sjlibrary.org/about/locations/holidays.htm for details. Happy Holidays!

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Spare the Air!

The air quality tonight is forecast to be unhealthy. The Bay Area Air District is asking residents to refrain from burning wood in their fireplaces and woodstoves, and to drive less. To see the current air quality forecast, visit www.sparetheair.org.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Online document storage solutions.

As you know, you can't save anything to our library computers; you have to bring a USB flash drive or a disk. However, various online services do allow you to save documents to their servers and access it any time from any Internet-enabled computer; the librarians have tested and selected these particular services for you. See the list of services at http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/web/iguide_subjectList.htm?t=134&catID=1125.

All you have to do is select and copy your document, minimize Word, open a browser and navigate to one of these sites, register (which is usually fast and simple) and log in to it, paste your document on this site and save it there!

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Search patents easily with Google Patent Search.

Google has a new Patent Search service. If you choose the Advanced Search option, you can search by inventor name, assignee name, international classification, and more.

Expect Link+ delays.

Between December 22nd and January 2nd many Link+ libraries will be closed for the holidays. Expect delays in the delivery of Link+ material, particularly if you are requesting from a Link+ academic library.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Special hours tomorrow at all Branches.

We will be open at 1 PM tomorrow. This affects all branches.

Friday, December 08, 2006

SJPL's Digital Library offers music downloads now.

We now offer music downloads via the OverDrive service. We have also updated the Overdrive site to be more user-friendly. Please check it out at http://ebooks.sjlibrary.org.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Spare the Air!

For the third night in a row, it's Spare the Air Tonight in the Bay Area. To see the current air quality forecast, visit sparetheair.org. You can help reduce winter air pollution if you do NOT burn wood tonight, and retrofit your fireplace to burn natural gas, a cleaner alternative to wood burning.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Almaden's Homework Center is now open!

Did you know? We have a Homework Center at Almaden Branch, every Monday through Thursday from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM. Two professional tutors are ready to help students K through 12 on any homework topic!

Saturday, December 02, 2006

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a new version of the naturalization test on Thursday. You can view sample questions here in PDF format.

Friday, December 01, 2006