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Summer Reading for Teens - "Groundbreaking Reads!"

Summer Reading Celebration 2013!

for Teens (Ages 12-18)

How to Participate ...

Starting June 1, 2013, sign up at your local library and receive an Activity Grid or sign up online and print your own Activity Grid.
Only activities completed between June 1 - July 31 are eligible.
Complete any five squares in a row (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal) on the Activity Grid to enter our biweekly prize drawing. Once your grid is complete, every additional book read earns another entry into the biweekly drawing.
List the specific book titles you've read, or activities you've done in the What I Did section.

Please Note: Those who are 12 years old can choose to participate in the teen program or children's program

Summer Reading Prizes for Teens!!

Sign Up = Pin, Bookmark
1st Complete Row = Book

Each location will have drawings for:

$10 Jamba Juice Gift Card (June 20)
$10 iTunes Gift Card (July 11)
Movie Ticket Bundle (July 25)
iPad Mini (August System-wide Grand Prize)

Book Trailer Contest

Those who provide a video review will be automatically entered into the Book Trailer Contest. Our judges will select the best video review and the winner will receive a iPad Mini!

Graphic Novel Making Contest!

Part of the Summer Reading Celebration.

Check our events calendar for other FREE activities to enjoy this summer!

Teen Volunteers Needed for the Summer Reading Celebration!

Help promote the library's summer reading program by registering children and awarding prizes.

Posted by tim reif on May 16, 2013 | Comments: 2 |

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Community Room Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Video

Community Room Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

What are the qualifications to rent the community room?
Only non-profit community groups may apply for community room use and meetings must be for community purposes and be open to the public. You may not charge for attendance or sell items/services.

How do I apply to use a community room?
Fill out the registration form and scan and email the signed application to the library whose community room you wish to reserve. You can also request to fax over the application.

When will I know that the community room has been booked for my organization?
The booking will be confirmed after we receive and approve your application and if it is available during the time you requested. The approval process could take up to 72 hours.

How much does it cost to rent a community room?
The fee for use of a SJPL community room is $35 per use up to 4 hours or $70 per use over 4 hours. Fees are non refundable and there is a $35 cancelation fee.

How do I cancel/change my reservation?
Cancellations must be made within 72 hours of reservation date/time to allow for re-booking. Payments made for the room rental prior to cancellation are non-refundable. If no payments have been made, no-shows and late cancellations will be charged a cancellation fee of $35.

What if I want to use the community room during a time that the library is closed?
You will need to check out a key from the library's Information Desk on the last open day before your reservation. For example, if the library is open Monday-Thursday and your meeting is on Saturday, you will need to use your library card to check out the key on Thursday. Please note that you may only check out a key if your library account has a balance of less than $25.

What audio-video (AV) equipment is available in the community room?
Please review the list of which branches have AV equipment and which have digital hookups. Unless otherwise stated, you must provide and operate all your own materials and equipment, including audio-visual equipment and materials to be used in clean-up, e.g. vacuums. Equipment requiring more than 120 volts is prohibited.

For a complete list of rules, please read the library's Community Room Use Policy.

Posted by Mark Lorensen on Oct 2, 2012 | Comments: 1 |

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Introducing Our New Library Catalog

Next time you go to search our library collections you may notice things look a bit different. Yesterday, we launched a New Library Catalog search system that will hopefully make searching much easier and expose new materials you may have missed before.

New Features Include:

One Search Box and Better Search Ranking: Like Google, just type what you want and go! You don't need to think about whether you want to search for a title, author or subject any more. If you ever searched for one-word titles like "Twilight" in our old catalog, you may remember how far down you had to scroll to find the actual book by Stephenie Meyer. Now, it should be right near the top.
Easy Limits to Narrow Your Search: Like Amazon, our new catalog has quick limiters down the left hand side of the search results screen so you can filter your search by language, library location, format (books, dvds, ebooks, etc...), and more. All without ever going to another page!
Reviews and Recommendations: We've had lots of requests for this. You can now add your own reviews of items from our collection in the "Community Reviews" section and rate items with 1-5 stars. Look under the "You Might Also Like" section for author and title recommendations, series information, and hundreds more reviews from GoodReads.com (just a click away).
Articles Search: Until now, you've never been able to search for articles at the same time you search for books - you had to go to our Databases page and first choose a resource. You can now toggle between "Catalog" and "Articles" search results at the top of the screen in our new catalog. The system only requires you to login when you try to view the full text of an article.
An important point to be aware of : because of our merger with San Jose State University, both SJSU and SJPL articles can be searched in our new catalog. You can't search both at the same time, so look for the "View: University Library | Public Library" settings right beneath the logo and make sure it is set to search the set of articles you can access. As before, only SJSU students and faculty have home access to the full text of articles in the University collection; otherwise, visit King Library in person to see University articles.
Digital Images Search: Did you know the library has been scanning images from our historical collections and putting them online at http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org? Well, now you can search these images in our new catalog without going to a seperate web site. Just look at the top of the screen and select "Digital Collections", right between "Catalog" and "Articles".

Not ready to make the switch? Don't worry, our previous library catalog is still available as the "Classic Catalog" - look for the link at the bottom of the screen in the new system. "My Account" is also unchanged and can be accessed from either version of the catalog - just first select the "Login" link in the new catalog and enter your library card and PIN number.

Give the new system a try and please let us know what you think!