Press Release Archive

The webinar titled, “Working with Individuals Affected by Homelessness” will be available to staff Mar. 1, 2018 from 1:30 – 2:30 PM at five library locations. Staff interested in attending should get supervisor approval. There is not a sign-up form for attending, staff can simply show up to the event.

February’s final database highlight is Biography Reference Bank. This is the place to go when all your Black History Month biographies are checked out or you come across a student needing information on an African American inventor by tomorrow.  With the ability to filter by occupation, gender, and place of origin, the database scans the lives of over 750,000 individuals to return targeted results.

This week’s database highlight, African American Heritage, provides unique sources and support for African American genealogy. The database ties together historical records from the census and military, as well as, the slave register and Freedman’s Bank. In addition to records, researchers are connected to the AfriGeneas Community - a website offering advice, forums, and other ways to exchange information.

The new Access Training is finally upon us! While we wish we could train everyone interested in the first round of training this Spring, we realized that we have limited resources – both in training laptops and in how many people can be out of a library at a time.

Knowing that many people are interested in the training, we have posted all the training manuals, which includes the following documents.