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04 8, 2024

Library hosting free computer classes in April

By |2024-04-02T16:52:01-04:00April 8, 2024|

We’re offering six free computer classes this April at our Main Branch, including introductions on how to use computers, Android smartphones and iPhones

The classes include:

  • Basic Computers at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23. This is our introductory class for computers, so no experience is required.
  • Word 1 at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23. Learn how to use Microsoft Word to create documents. This basic class requires no previous experience with the software, but you’ll need to know how to use a computer.
  • Learn to Use your Android Phone at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24. This session is perfect for people who recently received an Android smartphone but don’t understand how to operate it. Bring your Android with you to the class.
  • Word 2 at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24. Learn more advanced techniques for Microsoft Word. Discover how to adjust your document’s spacing, alignment, margins and orientation and how to use spell and grammar check, mini toolbars, thesaurus and other tools.
  • Learn to Use your iPhone at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. Likewise, this class is designed for people who got an iPhone but don’t understand how to operate it. Bring your iPhone with you to the class.
  • Facebook Basics at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. Learn how to use Facebook. Please come with your login information, including password.

All of the classes are free. However, registration is required. RSVP on our event calendar using the hyperlinks above or by calling us at (440) 255-8811 ext. 1.

The library also offers several online computer classes through the LinkedIn Learning database. The courses are free to watch with a public library card. For more information, visit www.mentorpl.org/linkedinlearning.

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03 22, 2024

Catch the Hatch!

By |2024-03-12T15:35:18-04:00March 22, 2024|

Starting Monday, March 25, we’ll have special guests – chicken eggs that are getting ready to hatch – in the children’s department at our Main Branch. We’ll have an incubator set up and families may even get to see the eggs as they hatch.

They’re expected to hatch in April. Once the eggs are almost ready, you ‘ll be able to watch the Hatch Cam on our Twitch channel. After hatching, the chicks will live at our Main Branch for a week before heading onto their forever home.

Additionally, families can learn all about chicks and eggs during a program we’re hosting with Jess Nestor from Meyer Hatchery at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at our Main Branch. Nestor will talk about the process of chicken egg hatching and answer any questions kids may have. She may also have some chicks of her own with her. Registration is required. Sign up online or by calling us at (440) 255-8811 ext. 3.

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02 23, 2024

Celebrate a Seuss-pendous birthday at the library

By |2024-02-20T10:19:35-05:00February 23, 2024|

Kids can celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday with games, activities, crafts and a special story time on Friday, March 1, at our Main Branch.

From 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., children can play games and make crafts inspired by many of Dr. Seuss’s memorable picture books. We’ll also host a Seuss-pendous story time at 10:30 a.m. It’s open to all ages and no registration is required.

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02 2, 2024

Treat yourself to a blind date with a book

By |2024-02-01T08:48:02-05:00February 2, 2024|

Looking for something new to love?

May we suggest a book?

From now through Feb. 29, you can check out one of our Blind Date books. And, if you rate them, you could win a prize!

It’s easy to spot our Blind Date books. They’re wrapped so you can’t see the title—they are Blind Date books, after all—but you can see a short description.

They’ll be shelved on one of the main displays when you first walk into our Main Branch.

Check them out, rip them open and give them a good reading.

Each Blind Date book has a Rate Your Date card. If you fill it out and drop it off at Mentor Public Library, you could win dinner and a movie for two.

Each Blind Date book has a Rate Your Date card. If you fill it out and drop it off at Mentor Public Library, you could win dinner and a movie for two.

Inside each Blind Date book is a Rate Your Date card.

Fill out the card and drop it off at our Main Branch.

At the end of the month, we’ll pick a rating card at random, and that reader will win a gift card to a local restaurant.

By the way, you can enter more than one rating card; so check out as many blind dates as you like.

Who knows? You might fall in love with a book you just met.

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12 31, 2023

Free ACT Prep Sessions Available at Mentor Public Library

By |2024-01-07T13:00:45-05:00December 31, 2023|

Stressed over the test? That’s OK. We’re here to help!

We’re offering two free ACT prep sessions this January. They will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, Jan. 13 and 20. Students will learn strategies for taking the exam, try sample test questions, and complete a sample test section. The Jan. 13 session will focus on math; the Jan. 20 session will focus on the reading and verbal sections.

The sessions are free to attend. Due to limited space, registration is required. Sign up at the hyperlinks or call us at 440-255-8811 ext. 1.

The sessions will be led by John Foster, a librarian who has a doctorate degree and taught at both high school and college levels.

By the way, you can also use one of our digital services to help you prepare for your big test. LinkedIn Learning has online video courses about taking the ACT, PSAT and SAT. And it’s free to use with your Mentor Public Library card.

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