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UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE GOLD COAST PUBLIC LIBRARY

COOK BOOK CLUB BEGINNING JANUARY 7

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Do you love browsing through cookbooks and trying new recipes or cooking techniques?  Do you enjoy sampling and sharing new dishes? Join Cook the Book, the Gold Coast Public Library’s cookbook club.Visit the Library any time before Wednesday, January 7 and choose a slow cooker or casserole recipe from four pre-selected cookbooks, make it at home, then bring it to the program on Wednesday, January 7 at 1pm. Participants will sample the dishes and discuss the recipes. The cookbooks are at the Reference Desk. For more information call the Library’s Reference Desk at 759-8300, Extension 4, or visit the Library, 50 Railroad Ave. Glen Head. 

TECH BUDDIES - LEARN HOW TO USE YOUR DIGITAL DEVICE

Do you have a digital device at home that you don’t know how to use? Bring your fully-charged laptop, tablet, digital camera, iPad, iPod, iPhone, Trackfone or any other digital device you own to the Gold Coast Public Library for a 60-minute training session with a Tech Buddy, a tech-savvy teen.

Tech Buddies will take place on Thursdays January 22, 29 and February 5 from 6:30-7:30pm in the Library Annex. Registration is required. Register online at www.goldcoastlibrary.org, by phone by calling 516-759-8300 extension 4, or in-person at the Library, 50 Railroad Ave. Glen Head.  

TEEN COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AT THE GOLD COAST PUBLIC LIBRARY

Teens in Grades 6-12 can earn community service hours by teaching adults how to use their own electronic devices at the Gold Coast Public Library. Here’s how it works: Teens complete an application and signed parental permission form and drop it off at the Library or email it to Young Adult Librarian Dina Schuldner at [email protected] by January 7; then they attend a mandatory training teen-only training on Thursday, January 8 from 4:30-5:30pm. On Thursdays January 22, 29 and February 5 from 6:30-7:30pm they teach adults how to use their laptops, tablets, digital cameras, iPads, iPods, iPhones, Trackphones and any other digital device they own. Teens may attend any or all of the adult training sessions.

Applications and parental permission forms are available at the Library and online at www.goldcoastlibrary.org/departments/young-adults.

Questions?  Contact Young Adult Librarian Dina Schuldner by phone at 516-759-8300 x4 or by email at [email protected].

JOB HUNTING?  COME TO THE GOLD COAST LIBRARY!


Darren Petronella, Associate Professor at Nassau Community College and Career Coach, presents  “The Nuts and Bolts of  Networking and How to Use Linked-In” at The Gold Coast Public Library Annex, 40 Railroad Avenue, Glen Head, Tuesday, January 27, 6:30 to 8:00 PM.

The old adage “It’s not what you know, but who you know” is still true today.  The number one way people find jobs is through networking! Darren will discuss how to strategize, who to contact, and how to reach the decision maker. Improve your chances of landing the job you want!