Our beautiful, green, hanging "new book" sign.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Fiction Blur
A strange, orange view of our fiction sign. Or, someone's finger got in the way of the camera lens. Either way, the light in our library can be interesting as the sun goes down....
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Mona Lisa
These are some of the really cool posters we have promoting our Summer Reading Celebration. See the books? I never realized that Mona Lisa was reading!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Tires, tires
This is a picture of the base of one of our rotunda pillars. They are works of art suggestive of the agricultural history of this area. You should check them out in person!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Be Creative
Another of our posters. This one promotes Children's Summer Reading Program. Be creative, and keep on reading!
Express Yourself
One of the posters we have at Hillview promoting the Teen Summer Reading Program. Keep on reading!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Cocteles de Fruta
These are the "cocteles de fruta" (fruit cocktails) that were served the same day we had the Aztec dancers teach us about Aztec dancing, Aztec symbolism, and Aztec history. I think there was jicama, pineapple, watermelon, and cucumber. With chile and lime, of course. Que sabroso!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Francisco Jimenez!
I am really excited about this coming Saturday, May 16. Hillview Library will be hosting Francisco Jimenez, the author of really great, accessible, popular literature. Most well known are his collection of biographical short stories, The Circuit, and its sequel, Breaking Through. We get lots of students asking for both of these, most likely assigned to read it by their teachers. But they all seem to enjoy reading them, and we've had many people asking for them simply because they've been recommended by friends, family, or teachers.
Mr. Jimenez is a really good, engaging speaker and this should be a really insightful talk; I can hardly wait!
His website
Remember, this Saturday, May 16, at Hillview Library.
12:00 - 1:00
Be there!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Ping Pong Tournament!
Ping. Ping. Ping. Smash!
Ah,the sounds of a ping pong game here at Hillview. What? Why do we have a ping pong table here? Why, to have a tournament, of course. We've been practicing, and there are plenty of people on our staff who are pretty good. This will occur on Friday, March 13. If you are a member of Hillview's TeensReach group, you can start at 3:30. If not, the open tournament begins at 4:30.
What is ping pong? Check this out:
Alright, we're not that good. Actually, not even close. But if you are, or especially if you aren't (like us), come on down to play some ping pong.
Yeah!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
2010 Census is Recruiting!
The Census Bureau is recruiting NOW for the 2010 Census. They are opening new offices in our area, and they offer great pay, flexible hours, and paid training. How about:
$22.00/hour - Lister/Address Canvasser
$23.50/hour - Crew Leader
$22.00/hour - Crew Leader Assistant
$25.00/hour - Field Operations Supervisor
!!!!Best of all, the test will be given here at Hillview Library on the following Fridays!!!!:
Feb 6
Feb 13
Feb 20
Feb 27
11am - 1pm, and 3pm - 5pm, each of the above dates
www.census.gov/rosea/www/emply.html
$22.00/hour - Lister/Address Canvasser
$23.50/hour - Crew Leader
$22.00/hour - Crew Leader Assistant
$25.00/hour - Field Operations Supervisor
!!!!Best of all, the test will be given here at Hillview Library on the following Fridays!!!!:
Feb 6
Feb 13
Feb 20
Feb 27
11am - 1pm, and 3pm - 5pm, each of the above dates
www.census.gov/rosea/www/emply.html
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Dia de los Muertos
Before:
After (just a few minutes of playing around):
I found a few pictures from these past holidays that I'll be posting for curiosity's sake. Also, it gives me the opportunity to work with photo editing software that I just became familiar with. It's called Gimp, it's free, and it performs many of the functions that Photoshop does. It might be a little daunting, but if you're familiar with Photoshop, you should be able to figure this out. Even if you're not a Photoshop user, Gimp can be pretty fun to play around with.
Find Gimp here.
The text below is copied from CNET:
Editor's review of GIMP
5.0 stars
"Pretty things up a bit"
The volunteer developers of The GIMP have been working hard to develop a polished, user-friendly, and freely distributed image editor. Although the separated palette windows may disturb those users who are used to more traditional layouts, your comfort level should grow exponentially as you discover how pain-free the program is.
One of the most powerful general-purpose image editors around, the upgrades make the GNU Image Manipulation Program eminently comparable to Photoshop. Older features include channels, layers and masks, filters and effects, tabbed palettes, editable text tools, perspective clone, improved printing, and color operations such as levels. New improvements include GEGL integration for 32-bit color support, dynamic brushes, and more options for the free select tool. It even has regex-based pattern matching for power users.
The application provides professional tools that can stand against the big boys without the hefty price tag. Even the installation process has gotten simpler, with no need to download and install the GTX Runtime Environment separately. Extremely powerful and easy to work with, GIMP is ideal for both amateur and pro photographers, Web designers, or anyone who wants to create and edit professional-quality digital images on a budget.
After (just a few minutes of playing around):
I found a few pictures from these past holidays that I'll be posting for curiosity's sake. Also, it gives me the opportunity to work with photo editing software that I just became familiar with. It's called Gimp, it's free, and it performs many of the functions that Photoshop does. It might be a little daunting, but if you're familiar with Photoshop, you should be able to figure this out. Even if you're not a Photoshop user, Gimp can be pretty fun to play around with.Find Gimp here.
The text below is copied from CNET:
Editor's review of GIMP
5.0 stars
"Pretty things up a bit"
The volunteer developers of The GIMP have been working hard to develop a polished, user-friendly, and freely distributed image editor. Although the separated palette windows may disturb those users who are used to more traditional layouts, your comfort level should grow exponentially as you discover how pain-free the program is.
One of the most powerful general-purpose image editors around, the upgrades make the GNU Image Manipulation Program eminently comparable to Photoshop. Older features include channels, layers and masks, filters and effects, tabbed palettes, editable text tools, perspective clone, improved printing, and color operations such as levels. New improvements include GEGL integration for 32-bit color support, dynamic brushes, and more options for the free select tool. It even has regex-based pattern matching for power users.
The application provides professional tools that can stand against the big boys without the hefty price tag. Even the installation process has gotten simpler, with no need to download and install the GTX Runtime Environment separately. Extremely powerful and easy to work with, GIMP is ideal for both amateur and pro photographers, Web designers, or anyone who wants to create and edit professional-quality digital images on a budget.
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