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Introduction to Social Networking Using Facebook

Join us for this hands-on class! Learn what you need to know in order to:

* Create a profile
* Find friends
* Interact with others
* Protect your privacy

Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 1:30pm-3:30pm

Registrants must be at least 13 years of age and have an established e-mail account.
Please visit the Circulation Desk or call us at (716)672-8051 to register. Class size is limited.

News for Barker Library Book Club Members

The Barker Library Book Club's next reading selection will be The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. We will be discussing this book at our next meeting, Saturday, July 9, 2011, 2-4pm. See you there!
If you are not a member of the Barker Library Book Club and would like to join, please feel free to send an e-mail to barker@netsync.net.

Amazon to Allow Library Lending of Kindle Books

GOOD NEWS! Later this year, all generations of Kindles as well as Kindle Reading Apps will be able to download every ebook in the library's OverDrive collection.

READER RECOMMENDATIONS

Looking for a good book? Try one of these recommendedations from Barker Library patrons like you.

Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie - "A master of language creates a coming-of-age tale for all of us."

Bryant and May Off the Rails by Christopher Fowler - "Great character development and storyline. Had me guessing until the very end."

"All of Catherine Cookson's books are wonderful."

A Reminder for Barker Library Book Club Members

The Barker Library Book Club's next meeting is Saturday, April 9, 2011, 2-4pm. See you there!
If you are not a member of the Barker Library Book Club and would like to join, please feel free to send an e-mail to barker@netsync.net.

Game Table

The Darwin R. Barker Library now has a beautiful teakwood game table available for playing chess, checkers or backgammon. A deck of playing cards is also at hand for card games of choice. This table was provided through a generous memorial gift to the library from Richard W. Dikeman in memory of John A. Parker. It is located in the Steele Room and may be used whenever the library is open, providing the room is not already being used for a meeting. All are welcome to make use of this new addition to the facility.

MATH STORY TIME

The SUNY Fredonia Department of Mathematical Sciences in cooperation with the Barker Library present a fun-filled interactive story time that will strengthen children's ability to think mathematically. Join us at 10:30am on the following Saturdays:
April 2
April 30

Introduction to Social Networking Using Facebook

Join us for this hands-on class! Learn what you need to know in order to:

* Create a profile
* Find friends
* Interact with others
* Protect your privacy

Saturday, April 16, 2011, 2pm-4pm
OR
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 2pm-4pm

Registrants must be at least 13 years of age and have an established e-mail account.
Please visit the Circulation Desk or call us at (716)672-8051 to register. Class size is limited.

Why Margaret Fuller Matters

Who was Margaret Fuller? Fuller was a pioneering nineteenth-century American feminist, literary and social critic, and the first American woman to work as a foreign journalist. She was a contemporary of such notables as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Horace Greeley and Bronson Alcott.
The Barker Library is proud to be hosting a traveling display which includes a
a chronological telling Fuller's life and explains her views on women’s rights, education (especially female), class, slavery, American Indian rights, religion, and Transcendentalism.
This diplay was provided by the Margaret Fuller Bicentennial Committee and will run through March 8, 2011.