| | | | Happy New Year from your friends at the library! Start off 2024 with the return of our Winter Reading Challenge: Where We Come From and help us reach our community reading goals. Join us at the library for high fantasy adventures and meet Lubee Bat Conservancy bats. Discover the Waldo Branch's ArtSpace and learn digital literacy with our online databases. | | | | | | | Visit with Lubee Bat Conservancy amBATsadors on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 11 a.m. at Tower Road Branch! Learn all about bats, their habitats, and the efforts that are vital to ensuring that future generations continue to support bat and global wildlife conservation. | | | | | | | | | Dive into adventure in worlds of fantasy with your library! Teens can join games of Dungeons & Dragons or learn to play Magic the Gathering. - D&D for Teens - Team Red
- Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 3 p.m. at Tower Road Branch
- D&D Fairy Tale Heroes - Group A
- Thursday, Jan. 4, at 3:45 p.m. at Newberry Branch
- ChillSpace - Magic: The Gathering
- Thursday, Jan. 11, at 4 p.m. at Archer Branch
- D&D for Teens - Team Blue
- Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 3 p.m. at Tower Road Branch
- D&D Fairy Tale Heroes - Group B
- Thursday, Jan. 25, at 3:45 p.m. at Newberry Branch
Celebrate the birthday of the "father of modern fantasy," J. R. R. Tolkien, with a toast on J. R. R. Tolkien Day, Jan. 3, and by checking out one of his many written works from our vast collection. | | | | | | | Discover ArtSpace Programs | Discover our Waldo Branch's unique MakerSpace for creating art: ArtSpace. Waldo Branch hosts arts and crafts programs in its ArtSpace every Thursday and Saturday. This January, join us for ArtSpace: Zines to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 11, at 4 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. at Waldo Branch. To honor MLK Day, we will make an 8-page zine as a stand-alone or to add to your visual journal. | | | | | | | | | It's time to head outside for a walk! Take A Walk Outdoors Day is Jan. 20 and encourages people to get outdoors for some fresh air and sunshine. Alachua County has numerous open trails to enjoy, and we have books to inspire your next hike. Discover nature with Exploration Backpacks! The backpacks are filled with items to foster discovery in nature, including binoculars, a plant press, a butterfly net, a bug enclosure, a bug lens, a hand lens, a clipboard, a pocket microscope, and instructions in English and Spanish. Backpacks will also include The Nature of Florida: An Introduction to Familiar Plants, Animals & Natural Attractions field guide. | | | | | | | Digital Learning and Literacy | LinkedIn Learning is a leading online learning platform that helps patrons learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve their goals with more than 16,000 courses. Library cardholders can access the video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts. Northstar Digital Literacy provides patrons with self-guided online modules that test one's ability to perform tasks based on digital literacy skills, including computer, internet, email, and social media basics. You can also learn Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Docs. | | | | |
