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Scavenger Hunt at the King Library


Summer Reading Celebration

You're Invited!

 

Sunday, June 3 from 1-4 p.m

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

 

The kickoff event invites people of all ages to participate in a scavenger hunt inside the King Library (Lower Level-4th Floor).

 

The scavenger hunt will be divided into three groups: families with small children, teens and adults.  Each group will have their own set of clues and will have to search for hidden treasures inside the library to be eligible to win a prize. 

 

 

Prizes include tickets to ...

  • Great America
  • Tech Museum
  • Laser Quest
  • Happy Hollow Park and Zoo
  • Children’s Museum
  • San Jose Giants

The kickoff event will also feature a community resource fair and plenty of live entertainment.

 

Downtown Parking:

Free parking in the street and the 4th and San Fernando Street Garage located across from the King Library



Book Trailer Contest - June 1 - July 31, 2012


Teens: want to do something more imaginative than just writing a review for Summer Reading books that you have read? Create and submit a book trailer review for Summer Reading, and you could win a Kindle Fire! Upload a short clip, no longer than 4 minutes, to YouTube, providing your review of the book. Be creative!  The contest is open to all participants in the Teen Summer Reading Celebration.

 

How to enter:

  • Create your own book trailer, reviewing a book that you read for Summer Reading. You can submit more than one video, but each video has to be for a separate book.
  • Post the video on YouTube using the tag: SJPL2012SRC
  • Sign up for Summer Reading here, starting in a few weeks.
  • When you log the book you read on the Summer Reading website, make sure to include a link to your video in the review field.

 

Entries will be judged on creativity and content by a panel of library staff.

 

Need some examples? Check out the winning entry from last year's Book Trailer Contest, created by Nathan Verdonk.

 

Here are links to some professional book trailers:

 

- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

 

- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

 

- The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

 

Teens who submit links to their Book Trailer will automatically be entered in the contest. The top 3 winners will receive:

 

 

Picture of Kindle FirePicture of iTunes cardpicture of Jamba Juice card

 

  

  • 1st place: Kindle Fire
  • 2nd place: $50 gift card for iTunes
  • 3rd place: $25 gift card for Jamba Juice 

Entries for the contest must be submitted between June 1 and July 31, 2012.   Winners will be announced in August.



Graphic Novel Making Contest - June 1 - July 31, 2012


logo, Graphic Novel Contest

 

If you have a talent for creating comic/manga style illustrated short stories, you are invited to enter San José Public Library’s Graphic Novel Making Contest for all ages as part of our Summer Reading Celebration, 2012. This contest is sponsored by San José Public Library, Hijinx Comics, San José Museum of Art and TRY Japan Culture Group.

 

 

Here’s how to enter …

 

  • Create your own comic book with a maximum length of 8 pages, including the cover page.
  • Use letter-size paper (8.5 x 11) with black-and-white drawings and text on one side only
  • Each submission must be the creative and original work of a single individual—the author/illustrator.
  • Computer generated images are acceptable as long as they are your original work (no clip art)
  • Consider submitting a photocopy that is an accurate reflection of the original (as submissions are non-returnable).
  • San José Public Library reserves the right to reproduce your work. You can reuse all your work after the contest
  • Be sure to print and complete the creative works release form. Include your Name, Age, Contact Information and Signature.
  • Entries can be submitted to any San José Public Library location no later than 8p.m. on Tuesday, July 31, 2012.  There is a limit of one entry per contestant.

 

Entries will be judged on content and illustrations by a panel of library staff and comic industry professionals. All cash prizes will be awarded as gift cards. 

 

  • Children (up to age 6): first place will receive Art Supplies
  • Children (7-12):  first place $40, second place $20
  • Teens (ages 13-17):  first place $100; second place $70; third place $50
  • Adults (age 18 and above):  first place $100; second place $70; third place $50

 

Winners will be announced and prizes awarded at a reception to be held at the Berryessa Branch Library on Saturday, August 25th at 2:00 p.m.in the Community Room. Check out the award winning entries from 2011 and 2010.

 

Learn how to make your own comic book, graphic novel or manga!  Author Oliver Chin will be teaching this free workshop for teens at some San José Public Library branches.

 

San José Public Library staff members are ineligible to participate.

San José Public Library reserves the right to refuse submissions that are not appropriate for a general audience.



Huge Book Sale, Saturday April 28


 Alum Rock Book SaleJoin the Friends of the Dr. Roberto Cruz--Alum Rock Library for a HUGE book sale on Saturday, April 28 from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

 

Prices will be low and all proceeds benefit the Alum Rock Library! Bring a bag and fill it with books for just $5.00! We hope to see you there!   Bring yourBring BrinBrAlum Rock Book Sale



Tìm Trợ Giúp Về Bệnh Nghiện Cờ Bạc


Sign of Asian American Recovery Services, Inc.Quý vị có nhận thức về Cờ Bạc như là một bệnh nghiện có ảnh hưởng tai hại đến chính bản thân và mọi người chung quanh không?

 

Quý vị có biết Cờ Bạc có thể gây nên các vấn đề xã hội, cảm xúc căng thẳng, và khó khăn về tài chính? Cờ Bạc còn làm ảnh hưởng đến các mối quan hệ, tình cảm, sức khoẻ, và ngay cả việc làm và học hành.

 

Xin giới thiệu quý vị đến GIFT (Gaining Insight into keeping Families Together) là một chương trình giáo dục và cung cấp dịch vụ tư vấn của cơ quan Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. (AARS)*.

 

Mục tiêu chung của chương trình GIFT là nhằm giúp cộng đồng nâng cao nhận thức về việc Cờ Bạc Có Vấn Đề cùng những loại nghiện ngập khác và giúp thăng tiến đời sống của những người vướng phải việc Cờ Bạc Có Vấn Đề và gia đình của họ, hầu có thể đạt được một đời sống lành mạnh.

 

Các dịch vụ bao gồm:

  • Sự Nhận Thức Và Giáo Dục: qua truyền thông/kịch nghệ, các buổi tiếp xúc với cộng đồng, các buổi hội thảo và thuyết trình.
  • Hỗ Trợ:
    • Dịch vụ tư vấn: Cơ quan AARS cung cấp các dịch vụ tư vấn cho cá nhân, nhóm và gia đình.  Ngoài ra, cơ quan còn cung cấp chương trình hỗ trợ ngay tại nhà.
    • Tài nguyên, thông tin: Cơ quan AARS hỗ trợ cộng đồng qua những sự nối kết họ với các nguồn tài nguyên, thông tin hữu ích.

Để được thêm thông tin xin liên lạc (408) 271-3900.

 

* Mục tiêu của cơ quan Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. (AARS) là nhằm giảm thiểu tỷ lệ vướng mắc và tác động của sự lạm dụng thuốc trong các cộng đồng Á Châu và Thái Bình Dương ở Vùng Vịnh San Francisco.  Văn phòng của cơ quan AARS tọa lạc tại: 1340 Tully Road, Phòng 301 & 304, San Jose CA 95122.



We need your suggestions for the IMPAC Dublin award


Book cover: The tiger's wife  Cover title: Swamplanida Book cover: State of Wonder Book cover: The marriage plot  Book cover: The Leftovers book cover: 11/22/63 Book cover: 1Q84

Have you read 1Q84, 11/22/63, The Leftovers, The Marriage Plot, State of Wonder, Swamplandia, The Tiger’s Wife?

These are  among the best fiction for 2011 as nominated by NPR, the New York Times, Salon, Publishers Weekly and Library Journal.

 

If you have read any of these, vote for the novel that you think San Jose Public Library should submit for the 2013 IMPAC Dublin Literary award.

Other  titles (novels, not short stories) welcome for submission if published in 2011.

Click on Add new comment below and let us know the title. Our deadline is April 25th.



You Belong @ Your Library


 

 

 

 

Hey everyone its National Library Week, April 8-14!

 

Celebrate National Library Week with a fun Scavenger Hunt at your local library.  All participants will receive a prize. This program is designed for children ages 6 and up.

 

While at the library visit the information desk and pick up a heart and tell us why you love your library. 



Check out the Winners of the Music Video Contest


Did you follow Battle of the Bands this year? Did you vote for your favorite bands?

All the bands had an additional chance at winning a prize this year:

our teensReach members voted for the best videos and here are the winners:

 

First place:

 

 

Second place:

 

 

Third place:

 

 

Honorable Mention:

 

 

 

Let us know what you think of the videos in the comments!



Free For All Community Information


Gambling with cards and chips -- blurred photoThe causes of Whitney Houston’s death were announced last week – and cocaine abuse appeared to be a major contributing factor.  Something else that happened last week while I was working at the Tully Community Library was that a representative of the nonprofit Asian American Recovery Services came into the branch bringing a stack of newsletters with Houston’s tragic death as one of its front page stories.  It was filled with articles on all the ways that someone can come under the power of addiction:  alcohol, prescription and illegal drugs, emotional abuse, smoking – but the one I knew the least about was problem gambling – which apparently can be a real problem for people and their families.   

 

Our neighbors come into the library for a lot of reasons, of course, but one is that it is a clearinghouse for free and useful information for the entire community.  Some of this helpful information can be found in the “Community Bulletin Board / Free for All” area in every library branch.  For example, there are the services that Asian American Recovery Services offers, such as support, counseling, resources and education are either free, based on a sliding-scale or Medi-Cal paid.  Their mission is to decrease the incidence of substance abuse and other addiction in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in the Bay Area.  You can reach them at (408) 271-3900.  



Family Learning Center with a Career Exploration Program for Teens at Biblioteca Latinoamericana


grand opening of family learning center A Family Learning Center with a special emphasis on Career Exploration for Teens formally opened on January 25, 2012 at the Biblioteca Latinoamericana. This new center is the fifth to operate within the San Jose Public Library system. The four other Family Learning Centers are located at Tully, Hillview, Alum Rock and East Carnegie Library branches. The Family Learning Center is the recipient of a grant from the Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation to establish a center within the Biblioteca.

 

The Family Learning Center programs focus on adult literacy, reading classes for elementary students and career exploration for teens. The ESL classes held at the center are taught by a certified ESL teacher.  A special collection of ESL materials, computers, and software enhance the various classes and workshops offered.  FLC offerings support the Latino population, youth at risk, underachieving youth, and new Americans.  All programs are free and open to the public.

 

KimNhung Nguyen, Senior Branch Manager for the Biblioteca and East Carnegie brings a wealth of experience to the Family Learning Center, previously managing a successful FLC at Hillview library. Cris Johnson, FLC coordinator will assist in promoting and presenting the programs.