February 2017 ~ Carnegie Neighborhood Library and Center for Learning

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Happy Valentine's Day!

“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”

James Baldwin

Black History Month @ Carnegie

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Friday, February 10, 2017

Carnegie NL 10:00:00 AM No comments

It's Library Lovers Month, and HPL is encouraging people to share their good experiences and love by using the #ilovehoustonlibrary hashtag on social media. Let's see if we can encourage people to spread the love and tell their stories! More information is on the website here.

Programs for African American History Month

Carnegie NL 2:37:00 PM No comments

There's a list of all this year's African American History Month programs up on the main library website here.

STEAM/Makerspace Resources

Carnegie NL 3:05:00 PM No comments

I [Amanda] put together a list of websites with fun STEAM and Makerspace resources--you youth services people especially might want to take a look at it, but everyone might find at least one of these interesting:

General STEAM activities

Computer Science

http://www.gcflearnfree.org (or http://www.gcfaprendelibre.org for Spanish)
Free mouse tutorial: http://pbclibrary.org/mousing/ (or http://pbclibrary.org/raton/ in Spanish)
Coding

http://code.org/learn
http://www.codecademy.com
http://scratch.mit.edu
Lynda.com has a bunch of coding tutorials, too, and we have free access to it through the HPL website

Art

Science

CRASH COURSE IS THE BEST THING EVER: http://thecrashcourse.com/
Well, so is Minute Physics: https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics
And SciShow: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow
And SciShow Kids: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRFIPG2u1DxKLNuE3y2SjHA

And Animal Wonders: https://www.youtube.com/user/Anmlwndrs

Tax information

Carnegie NL 1:57:00 PM No comments

It's that time of year again...here are the HPL locations offering AARP free tax help this year:

Central Library: Mondays and Thursdays, 2 PM - 6 PM; Saturdays, 10 AM - 2 PM (Spanish-language assistance available only on Saturdays); starts on Monday, February 6; no tax help on March 4.

Heights Neighborhood Library: Tuesdays, 12:30 PM - 4 PM

Henington-Alief Regional Library: Wednesdays, 12 PM - 4 PM

Hillendahl Neighborhood Library: Wednesdays, 11 AM - 3 PM and Thursdays, 1 PM - 5 PM (Spanish-language assistance is available)

Johnson Neighborhood Library: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Kendall Neighborhood Library: Wednesdays, 12 PM - 4 PM and Saturdays, 10 AM - 2 PM

Oak Forest Neighborhood Library: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 AM - 2 PM; Thursday, 10 AM - 3 PM; Saturdays, 10 AM - 2 PM

Vinson Neighborhood Library: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

All of this and more can be found at http://houstonlibrary.org/tax-resources (houstonlibrary.org > Research > Tax Resources).