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A Publication Of The Porter County Public Library System

July 2012 August www.pcpls.lib.in.us Volume 24 Issue 4

Published bi-monthly by Porter County Public Library System Serving 11 Townships

INSIDE ExploreExplore thethe CareerCareer SectionSection THIS ISSUE ofof YourYour LibraryLibrary Today!Today! Career Whether you are 1,001 Ways to Pay Books ...... 1 & 2 Relatively contemplating ca- for College. Don’t reer choices, just forget—if you’re a Speaking ...... 2

Y. S. Book heading off to col- high school student, lege, entering the talk to your school Review ...... 3 workforce, or look- guidance counselor, Sherlock ing to change jobs, too. If you already Holmes ...... 4 & 5 there’s information know what univer- July Event at the library for sity you’ll be attend-

Calendar ...... 6 & 7 ing, set up an ap- you. Ask the staff

August Event at your library’s Reference Depart- pointment with the financial aid de-

Calendar ...... 8 ment for help finding information in partment of that school. They may

Friends the Careers section. have scholarship and grant opportu-

News ...... 9 nities specifically for that college. Trying to decide what career to go Wolfram into? Try Top 100 Health-care Ca- If you know what career path you

Alpha ...... 10 & 11 reers. It’s a guidebook to training want to follow, you might be re- and careers in health, nursing and quired to take an entrance exam or other medical fields. Or how about skills test. The library has test prep The Top 100: The Fastest-growing books for a wide variety of exams Careers for the 21st Century? Find such as the NCLEX for nursing, the out what jobs have the best pros- LSAT for law school, the SAT for pects, perks, and salaries. Take a general college admission, the GMAT look at the College Board Book of for business, the ASVAB for the Majors to find out what kinds of de- Armed Forces, the CompTIA A+ for grees are out there and which col- computer tech., and many more. Don’t forget to log those leges offer them. The library also has So you’ve graduated college and books on specific career areas such as summer reads online need a job. Try What Color Is Your Internet & Multimedia, Food & Bev- before it’s too late! Parachute?, a guide for job-hunters erage Industry, Real Estate, Health and career-changers. Computer- Care, Sports, Engineering, Hospital- Kids and savvy? Try the book, Find a Job ity Industry, Casinos & Gaming, teens have through Social Networking. Lost th Education, Banking & Finance, Auto- until July 14 . your job? Try books like Eliminated! motive, Animals & Pets, etc. Adults can log Now What? or Career Comeback. Need money to pay your way? books until The library also has a nice selection of st Check out books like College Money July 31 . books on resumes, cover letters, and Handbook, Getting Financial Aid, or job interviews. Check out such titles as Resumes That tional Employment & Career Resources Knock ‘em Dead, Amazing Resumes, Cover Letter Magic, http://www.pcpls.lib.in.us/jobs.html or Winning Job Interviews.  FAFSA, Federal Student Financial Aid www.fafsa.ed.gov Have you heard of INSPIRE? It’s a database that’s free to  Occupational Outlook, the Dept. of Labor’s guide to Indiana residents. You can find it at www.inspire.in.gov jobs & job prospects, earnings, job search tips, career or through the library home page under “Research” then requirements, and working conditions “Databases”. In addition to sections on free e-books, and www.bls.gov/oco databases of newspapers, journals, and periodicals for  Indiana Youth Institute, IN-specific career exploration research, there’s an area called “Testing and Education”. www.DriveofYourLife.org This section has resources for high school and college stu-  State Student Assistance Commission of IN, lists of dents and for people already in the working world. Take financial aid resources for IN students practice entrance and placement exams, search for col- www.in.gov/ssaci/2335.htm leges, look for scholarship opportunities, explore specific  IN Dept. of Education, links to IN colleges & univer- careers, or build a resume with INSPIRE’s easy-to-use sities template. http://www.doe.in.gov/htmls/higher.html Like to surf the Web? There are many online resources to  Independent Colleges of Indiana, Inc., guide to IN’s get you started on your college career or find that job independent colleges you’re looking for. Here’s a list of a few sites to visit. http://www.indianacollegechoices.org/

 Porter County Public Library System, Local & Na- Donna Smith- Head of Portage Reference

Relatively Speaking: Notes from the Genealogy Department

The commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil 1910 but that was a deceptive number. The Valparaiso War continues. In honor of Northwest Indiana's contri- University student population was included in the 1910 bution to the effort, the South Shore Civil War Trail has census but not in the 1920 one. In 1940 if students were been created. It is a path of different sites in the region away to college then they would still be recorded in the marking the soldiers and events that helped the Union households of their family instead of where they were effort. The Valparaiso Public Library has been included actually located. as part of the trail. Larry Clark gave Beginner's Workshops in genealogy at This is due to the Genealogy Department's vast collec- the Wanatah Public Library on May 23rd and the Kouts tion of Civil War information and that the records of the Public Library on June 5th. The next workshop will be at Chaplain Brown Post of the Grand Army of the Republic the South Haven Public Library on August 6th from 6:15 and the David D. Porter Post of the Sons of the Union to 8:45 PM. Veterans of the Civil War are housed in the library. Larry Clark and Marlene Polster attended the National Larry Clark continues working on the Porter County in- Genealogical Society Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio dex to the 1940 United States Census. Several states have from May 8-12. The meeting featured ten different ses- been completed on the some of the national genealogical sions every hour to choose from. The focus was on the sites such as Ancestry.com and Familysearch.org. The anniversary of the War of 1812 and early settlement in Porter County index will be an abridged index meaning Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. that Larry is correcting some misspelled The Indiana Collection that is housed in the words and adding full names where abbre- Genealogy Department has greatly ex- viations are given. This will be different panded its collection of books on railroads from the national indexes where names are that served the state- particularly North- supposed to be indexed as is. west Indiana. These books contain numer- The population for Porter County in 1940 ous glossy colored photos of trains and rail was 27,836. The county has gained in num- yards from many years ago. bers every census except for 1920 when it Larry Clark—Head of Genealogy Department had lost a couple hundred people from

2 YouthYouth Services:Services: BookBook ReviewsReviews

This summer, the PCPLS Youth Services departments Why I picked it up: The unique format: are exploring the themes of Dreaming Big and Own- this is a novel told entirely in photo- ing the Night. The following stories all feature char- graphs. We see visual snippets of acters with big dreams. Check them out at your Glory's life: drawings, scrapbook pages, branch! newspaper articles, youtube videos, IM conversa- ★ The Search for WondLa, by Tony DiTerlizzi tions, and more. The reader must interpret the story (Jfic) from these images.

Eva Nine's circumstances are special, and so is Eva, Why I finished it: Things may not be all that they as her Muthr, a Mult-Utility Task Help Robot, keeps seem in Glory's life, as becomes more and more evi- telling her. She has never met another human, for dent the farther you read into the book. I kept find- Eva and Muthr live alone together in an underground ing myself going through earlier sections, rethinking Sanctuary. Eva feels like her life is on hold, and she those images even as I neared the ending. dreams of the day when she will pass her survival skills training and finally be allowed to go up to the I'd give it to: Those who are fans of the visual arts, surface, where she hopes to search for other hu- as well as teens and adults looking for a fast read mans. She'll soon get her chance, though not in the with some depth. This is a great book for readers and non-readers alike! way she was expecting—and what she encounters is both strangely similar and vastly different from the ★ A Long, Long Sleep, by Anna Sheehan (YA) Earth she was prepared for. Rosalinda Fitzroy loves her stass dreams. They may

Why I picked it up: The premise of the story and the be chemically induced, but they excite her imagina- beautiful accompanying illustrations, featuring curi- tion and inspire her art. While dreaming in stasis, ous and marvelous flora and fauna, hooked me right time is at a standstill for Rose, and she always wakes away. up the same age she was when she went to sleep. But when she's woken by Brendan, she learns that over Why I finished it: Eva is an imperfect protagonist sixty years have passed, and her entire world has you can relate to, and we can marvel at the world she changed. While she was asleep, Dark Times ravaged encounters right along with her. The great charac- Earth. Her parents and boyfriend are gone, and she ters she meets both influence her and are influenced is now the unprepared heir to her family's inter- by her, and the tale evokes hope, compassion, and planetary empire. understanding of the environment. Why I picked it up: I love fairy tale adaptations, and I'd give it to: Fans of DiTerlizzi's Spiderwick I knew a science-fiction interpretation of Sleeping Chronicles , as well as anyone who enjoys stories full Beauty would be right up my alley. of wonder and the fantastical with more than a little heart. Why I finished it: Rose is a complex character, and though she may technically be over a hundred years ★ Chopsticks, by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Cor- old, she's still got a lot of growing to do. Even she is ral (YA) unaware of the full implications of how a life in stass Some would say that Glory is already living her has changed her, and the more she lives, the more dream. A brilliant pianist, Gloria Fleming has been she must learn to reevaluate her childhood. playing sold-out shows at worldwide venues like Car- negie Hall since she was a young teen. But she yearns I'd give it to: Fans of fairy tales, science-fiction, for more. When Glory meets Frank, she is excited and dystopias, as well as anyone looking for a beauti- about the the possibilities of normal teen interac- ful and resonant story about learning to embrace life, rather than running away from it. tions. But her performances start to suffer. And then she goes missing. SarahEllen Hickle– Head of Hebron Youth Services

3 One of the latest trends in pop culture nostalgia is the re- ven Moffat of Coupling and fame, takes the surgence of interest in ’s most well- classic Holmes stories and characterizations and reinter- known character, . prets them for modern times; for instance, Watson is still

The resurgence may be due in part to the sheer number an Afghan war veteran, but Sherlock is now trying to of Holmes’ stories and novels now available in the public kick an addiction to cigarettes instead of freely indulging domain in both the United Kingdom and America, de- a cocaine habit. In the autumn, American viewers will be spite challenges from various parties claiming to have treated to Elementary starring Jonny Lee Miller as ownership rights. And, given the rise of e-readers and e- Holmes and as the first female Dr. Watson. The books, classic works in the public domain are being television adaptations are also no stranger to the legal touted as cheap and easy ways for tension surrounding the rights to Holmes’ stories and voracious readers to acquire characters. Earlier this year, the producers of Sher- e-books (which, inci- lock, Moffat and Mark Gatiss, claimed dentally, is how I dis- that CBS had originally approached covered Holmes). them to adapt Sherlock for the American Several novels television network, but they declined starring Holmes the offer only to see CBS begin pro- and his com- duction of a modern day Sherlock panion Dr. Holmes series without them. After John Watson Sherlock producer Sue Vertue ini- have recently tially pledged to “protect” the BBC been pub- ELEMENTARY series and its interests, Moffat lished, with stated to the entertainment website many claiming The Insider that the CBS show is so to be the “first” MY DEAR far removed from the original authorized by Holmes stories with its new setting Conan Doyle’s in New York City and female Watson estate (though, READERS! that “I wonder if he's Sherlock Holmes given the state of con- in any sense other than he's called Sherlock Holmes.” fusion surrounding ownership of Conan Doyle’s Co-star and producer of Sher- estate, this is a dubious claim). The lock Gatiss is also a chief most notable of these novels is the 2011 book The House p a - tron of the UK group of Silk by popular YA author Anthony Horowitz. In Silk, T h e Undershaw Preserva- Watson relays a tale of his companion’s sleuthing which t i o n Trust, which is was “shocking” enough that it demanded to be told only d e d i - cated to the pres- after the souls involved in the tale were long dead. An- e r v a t i o n and renewal of other fun Holmes read is Graham Moore’s 2010 novel C o n a n Doyle’s coun- The Sherlockian, which tells the parallel stories of a mod- try estate Un- d e r s h a w , ern day Sherlock enthusiast and Conan Doyle himself where he wrote some of solving horrific crimes with a trusted partner -- in Conan the most famous H o l e s Doyle’s case, his real life friend Bram Stoker of Dracula stories (such as The H o u n d fame. of the Baskervilles) and e n t e r -

In addition to books, Sherlock Holmes has made a suc- tained his friends and other literary cessful return to the screen in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and greats of the day, including the a f o r e - Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows (2011) starring mentioned Stoker and J.M. Barrie. T h e Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and as Watson. group recently won a court appeal to pre- vent the The films may be due the most credit for re-popularizing home on the estate from being subdivided into condo- Holmes, despite the looseness of the adaptation from Co- miniums, but this appeal is now being challenged by the nan Doyle’s original stories. On the smaller screen, the prospective developer and will continue to be heard in BBC has produced two seasons of the show Sherlock star- Britain’s High Court of Appeals -- which is poetic given ring as Holmes and Martin Free- Conan Doyle’s influence in the creation of the High Court man as Watson. Sherlock, written and produced by Ste- of Appeals. According to Marsha Perry’s website The

4 Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in 1906 Conan Works Cited

Doyle published a series of articles describing what he Gardner, Eriq. “Legal Fight Brewing believed to be a miscarriage of justice in the case of Over CBS’ New Sherlock Holmes Adap- George Edalji, a man convicted of a series of animal muti- tation (Analysis).” The Hollywood Re- lations and of sending harassing letters. At the time, the porter 25 January 2012. Web. 14 June 2012. United Kingdom had no system in place for retrials; and, following Conan Doyle’s articles, Edalji was acquitted of Itzkoff, Dave. “For the Heirs to Holmes, the mutilations by a special committee. However, the a Tangled Web.” The New York Times 18 January 2010. Web. 14 June 2012. Edalji case demonstrated the need for a proper appeals court to be established, and the High Court of Appeals Kennedy, Maev. “New Sherlock Holmes novel by Anthony Horowitz out in November.” The Guardian was created in 1907. 11 April 2011. Web. 14 June 2012.

You can jump on the Sherlock bandwagon at any PCPLS Perry, Marsha. The Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Perry library. The books, films, and television shows mentioned Internet Consulting. Web. 14 June 2012. in this article are available at many of our branches, so The Undershaw Preservation Trust. The Undershaw Preservation visit us today to begin enjoying the tales of Arthur Conan Trust. Web. 14 June 2012. Doyle and his beloved detective. Wieselman, Jarrett. “Sherlock vs. “Sherlock”.” The Insider 16 Hayley Dwyer- Kouts Branch Manager May 2012. Web. 14 June 2012.

A single week dedicated to sharks just isn’t enough for the staff of South Haven Public Library, so they’re expanding it to Shark Month. The entire month of August will be filled with shark- themed activities at the branch.

There will be displays of shark books and videos, and one display case will be converted to an “aquarium” filled with sharks. The staff will be showing off their enthusiasm for all things Selachimorpha by wearing their tie-dyed shark t- shirts. Children will have an opportunity to learn about sharks and create a paper shark to take home at a special program hosted for them by Youth Services librar- ian Kathy Black- burn. All patrons will have a chance to enter a drawing for a prize when they discover and check out a book with one of the 200 sharks hidden in books and periodicals throughout the collection.

If you’re having trouble waiting for what some refer to as “The Best Week of the Year!” don’t fret. Here are a few library items that might help hold you over. Books  Jaws by Peter Benchley– the book that started it all!  Close to shore: a true story of terror in an age of innocence by Michael Capuzzo– the 1916 shark attacks of five people. Was it the same shark? If so, what kind?  The Shark Watcher’s Handbook: a guide to sharks and where to see them by Mark Car- wardine– coastal vacation this summer? Check out what might be lurking just below the surface DVDs  Sharkwater– 2006 documentary about the effects of shark hunting  Shark Week: 20th anniversary collection– 4 volumes of old school shark week excitement

Look for “Shark Week 2012” on the Discovery Channel in late July!

5 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 2 3 4 5 6 7 10:15 AM-Summer Reading 10:15 AM-Summer Reading Toddler 10:30 AM-Dream 10:15 AM-Summer 9:15 AM-* Basket Storytime Program (K) Time Program (K) LIBRARY CLOSED Catcher Craft (P) Reading Toddler Time Weaving Class (P) 11:00 AM-Mother Goose on 10:30 AM-Tuesdays K-2nd: Night Crea- 10:30 AM-Thursdays 3rd, (H) 10:30 AM-Mother the Loose (K) tures (H) for the 4th, and 5th: Night Crea- 11:00 AM-* Jewelry Mak- Goose on the Loose 12:00 PM-Blood pressure 11:00 AM-Summer Reading Toddler tures(H) ing Class (P) (S) screening (P) Time Program (K) 4th of JULY 2:30 PM-Thursdays 3rd, 11:00 AM-Summer 1:30 PM-Anime 12:00 PM-Movie Monday 11:00 AM-Storytime (S) 4th, and 5th: Night Crea- Reading Story Time (H) Movies (S) Double Feature: "Over the 1:00 PM-Professor Popcorn (S) tures(H) 2:00 PM-*Midsummer's Hedge" (H) 1:00 PM-Own The Night Summer Read- 3:30 PM-* Lego Club (V) Fairy Party (V) 1:00 PM-Summer Reading ing Program (K) 4:00 PM-Read to Teddy 4:00 PM-Learn Sign Storytime Program (K) 1:30 PM-Professor Popcorn (S) the Dog (H) Language (K) 1:30 PM-Inspiring Minds Book 2:00 PM-Camp Out (S) 7:00 PM-* Quest for Discussion (sh) 2:30 PM-Tuesdays K-2nd: Night Crea- Calm (P) 3:00 PM-Movie Monday Dou- tures (H) ble Feature: "Hoot" (H) 2:35 PM-*(V) Tuesday Thespians: Ap- 3:30 PM-Dream Big like Betsy preciation of Poetry and Drama Ross! (K) 3:30 PM-Dream Big like Betsy Ross! (K) 6:00 PM-Internet & Catalog 4:00 PM-Teens on Tuesday: Writer's & Training (S) Artist's Workshop (H) 7:30 PM-Scary Stories 10:15 PM-Storytimes (S)

9 10 11 12 13 14 10:00 AM-*Monday Happen- 10:15 AM-Summer Reading Toddler 10:00 AM-Knit-a-Longs (P) 10:30 AM-Story Time (P) 10:15 AM-Summer 10:00 AM-Baby ings: Dreaming of Magic? (V) Time Program (K) 10:00 AM-Toddler Time (P) 10:30 AM-Thursdays 3rd, Reading Toddler Time Time (P) 10:15 AM-Summer Reading 10:30 AM-Writing Workshop For Chil- 10:15 AM-Dream Big! Go for The 4th, and 5th: Monster (H) 10:30 AM-Mother Storytime Program (K) dren (P) Gold! (K) Mash Crafts(H) 11:00 AM-Summer Goose on the Loose 11:00 AM-Mother Goose on 10:30 AM-Tuesdays K-2nd: Monster 11:00 AM-Toddler Time (P) 1:30 PM-Novel Ideas Reading Story Time (H) (S) the Loose (K) Mash Crafts (H) 11:45 AM-Dream Big! Go for The Book Discussion (H) 2:00 PM-* Jewelry Mak- 10:30 AM-Altered 12:00 PM-Movie Monday 11:00 AM-Storytime (S) Gold! (K) 2:00 PM-Tie-Dyeing (S) ing Class (P) Book Craft (K) Double Feature: "Monsters, 11:00 AM-Summer Reading Toddler 1:00 PM-Exploring with Professor 2:30 PM-Thursdays 3rd, 4:00 PM-Learn Sign Inc." (H) Time Program (K) Popcorn (P) 4th, and 5th: Monster Language (K) 1:00 PM-Summer Reading 12:00 PM-Valpo Brown Baggers Discus- 1:15 PM-Dream Big! Go for The Mash Crafts (H) Storytime Program (K) sion Group (V) Gold! (K) 7:00 PM-Back to the 3:00 PM-Movie Monday Dou- 1:00 PM-*Craft: Bead Buddies (V) 1:30 PM-Exploring with Professor Feature: Ghostbusters ble Feature: "How to Train 1:00 PM-Professor Popcorn (S) Popcorn (P) (K) Your Dragon" (H) 1:30 PM-Professor Popcorn (S) 1:30 PM-Inspiring Minds Book Dis- 6:00 PM-Internet & Catalog 2:30 PM-Tuesdays K-2nd: Monster cussion (S) Training (S) Mash Crafts (H) 2:00 PM-Fondue Party! (S) 3:30 PM-*Craft: Bead Buddies (V) 2:30 PM-*Clever Cooks: Fair Foods 6:00 PM-Pajama Party (P) (V) 8:00 PM-Own The Night Summer Read- 3:00 PM-Teen Wednesdays: Mon- ing Program (K) sters & Movies: A Zombie Fest (H) 10:15 PM-Storytimes (S) 10:45 PM-Picnic In The Park (S)

16 17 18 19 20 21 10:15 AM-Summer Reading 10:15 AM-Summer Reading Toddler 10:00 AM-Knit-a-Longs (P) 10:30 AM-Story Time (P) 10:15 AM-Summer 10:00 AM-* Begin- Storytime End-Of-Summer Time End-Of-Summer Reading Party 10:00 AM-Toddler Time (P) 10:30 AM-Thursdays 3rd, Reading Toddler Time ning Oil Painting (P) Reading Party(K) (K) 10:15 AM-Dream Big End of Sum- 4th, and 5th: Olympics (H) 10:00 AM- Fluffy Flip 11:00 AM-Mother Goose on 10:30 AM-Writing Workshop For Chil- mer Reading Celebration party! (K) Party (H) 11:00 AM-* Jewelry Mak- Flops (P) the Loose (K) dren (P) 11:00 AM-Toddler Time (P) 2:00 PM-Big Top Cele- ing Class (P) 10:30 AM-Mother 12:00 PM-Movie Monday 10:30 AM-Tuesdays K-2nd: Olympics 11:45 AM-Dream Big End of Sum- bration (P) 11:00 AM-Summer Goose on the Loose Double Feature: "The Mup- Party (H) mer Reading Celebration party! (K) 2:30 PM-Thursdays 3rd, Reading Story Time (H) (S) pets" (H) 11:00 AM-Summer Reading Toddler 1:00 PM-Exploring with Professor 4th, and 5th: Olympics 4:00 PM-Learn Sign 1:00 PM-Summer Reading Time End-Of-Summer Reading Party Popcorn (P) Party (H) Language (K) Storytime End-Of-Summer (K) 1:15 PM-Dream Big End of Summer 4:00 PM-YA Awards & Reading Party(K) 1:00 PM-Own The Night Summer Read- Reading Celebration party! (K) Pizza Party (S) 3:00 PM-Movie Monday Dou- ing Program (K) 1:30 PM-Exploring with Professor 6:00 PM-* Pizza Party ble Feature: "The Mup- 2:00 PM-Read to Me Awards & Party Popcorn (P) Game Night (V) pets" (H) (S) 2:00 PM-K-5 Awards & Pizza Party 7:00 PM-Bonnet Book 4:00 PM-Memory Keepers 2:30 PM-Tuesdays K-2nd: Olympics (S) Club (K) Scrapbooking (S) Party (H) 3:00 PM-Teen Wednesdays: Own 6:00 PM-Internet & Catalog 2:35 PM-*Tuesday Thespians: Appre- the Night Summer Reading Cele- Training (S) ciation of Poetry and Drama (V) bration (H)

23 24 25 26 27 28 1:00 PM-Movie Monday (P) 10:30 AM-Writing Workshop For Chil- 10:00 AM-Knit-a-Longs (P) 6:30 PM-* Portage Read- 2:00 PM-* Jewelry Mak- 10:30 AM-LEGO 6:00 PM-Internet & Catalog dren (P) ing Circle (P) ing Class (P) Club (P) Training (S) 6:00 PM-Making Memories (P) 7:00 PM-Kouts Pageturn- 3:00 PM-Yarn Club (V) 10:30 AM-Mother 7:00 PM-"Bookends" Book ers (K) 4:00 PM-Learn Sign Goose on the Loose Discussion (S) Language (K) (S) 1:30 PM-LEGO Club (S)

30 31 6:00 PM-Internet & Catalog 10:30 AM-Writing Workshop For Chil- Training (S) dren (P) 2:35 PM-*(V) Tuesday Thespians: Ap-

preciation of Poetry and Drama 6:00 PM-Making Memories (P) July 6 & 7 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 10:00 AM-Knit-a- 4:00 PM-Learn 9:15 AM-* Basket Longs (P) Sign Language Weaving Class (P) 6:30 PM-Family (K) 10:30 AM-Mother August Movie Night (SH) Goose on the Loose (S)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12:00 PM-Blood 6:00 PM-Making 10:00 AM-Knit-a- 1:30 PM-Novel Ideas 4:00 PM-Learn 10:30 AM-Mother pressure screening Memories (P) Longs (P) Book Discussion (H) Sign Language Goose on the (P) 6:30 PM-Back to the (K) Loose (S) 1:30 PM-Inspiring Feature: Jurassic 1:30 PM-Inspiring Minds Book Discus- Park (K) Minds Book Dis- sion (sh) cussion (S) 6:00 PM-Internet & Catalog Training (S)

13 14 15 16 17 18 6:00 PM-Internet & 12:00 PM-Valpo 10:00 AM-Knit-a- 7:00 PM-Bonnet Book 10:00 AM-* Begin- Catalog Training (S) Brown Baggers Dis- Longs (P) Club (K) ning Oil Painting cussion Group (V) (P) 6:00 PM-Making 10:30 AM-Mother Memories (P) Goose on the Loose (S)

20 21 22 23 24 25 6:00 PM-Internet & 6:00 PM-Making 10:00 AM-Knit-a- 6:30 PM-* Portage 3:00 PM-Yarn 10:30 AM-Mother Catalog Training (S) Memories (P) Longs (P) Reading Circle (P) Club (V) Goose on the 7:00 PM-Kout's Loose (S) Pageturners (K) 1:30 PM-LEGO Club (S)

27 28 29 30 31 1:00 PM-Movie 3:30 PM-Amber's 10:00 AM-Knit-a- Monday (P) Anime (K) Longs (P) 6:00 PM-Internet & Catalog Training (S) 7:00 PM- "Bookends" Book Discussion (S)

For detailed information about these programs, check our website: www.pcpls.lib.in.us Or call the branch library: Hebron(H) 996-3684 Kouts(K) 766-2271 Portage(P) 763-1508 South Haven(S) 759-4474 Valparaiso(V) 462-0524

(H) Hebron (K) Kouts (P) Portage (S) South Haven (V) Valparaiso Note:* events require pre-registration. Contact the library branch to sign up.

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PCPLS Donating Books  Special programs to honor people and BOOK Don’t add to landfills by events significant to our area and its his- throwing out your unwanted tory DISCUSSION reading materials, tapes and  Support for library legislative initiatives videos. Instead, donate your with the Indiana General Assembly GROUP gently used books, cassettes, CDs or DVDs From toddlers to retirees, new immi- grants, students to researchers, people de- ~ to The Friends. These gifts will not only Valparaiso 12:00 pm pend on our Library system. Funding replenish our stock of merchandise for (Bring a sack lunch.) sale but also will recycle the items to other from the Friends enables the Library to July 10 – Picture of people for their enjoyment and benefit. continue its important work throughout Dorian Gray Fiction and non-fiction books in good con- our county. By Oscar Wilde dition (not torn pages, broken spines or Library Friends Aug. 14 – In the Garden of marking in the text), whether hardback or Have you joined The Friends of the Li- Beasts: love, terror, and an paperback, are welcome additions as are brary? These dedicated volunteers advo- American Family in Hitler’s audio tapes, record albums, books on tape, cated for libraries, raise much needed Berlin DVDs and video tapes. funds, sponsor programs and special By Erik Larson We also accept used textbooks, magazines, ~ events, and host popular used book sales. Hebron 1:30 pm and encyclopedias. So many prominent people have articu- July 12 – Change It’s easy to give items to The Friends: lated their love for the library. A collection in Altitude  Take books, tapes, record albums, CDs of quotes enable libraries in their commu- By Anita Shreve and DVDs to staff at each of the branch nities. libraries circulation desk Aug. 9 - Room “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the  For larger donations, call the Library By Emma Donoghue price is cheap compared to that of an igno- ~ Maintenance Department at 462-0524 for rant nation”—Walter Cronkite, broad- Kouts 7:00 pm pickup caster July 26 – In the Garden of Turn your used books, cassettes and tapes “Secondhand books are wild books, home- Beasts: love, terror, and an into Library programs and activities by American Family in Hitler’s less books; they have come together in donation them to The Friends! Berlin vast flocks of variegated feather, and have By Erik Larson Program & Activities a charm which the domesticated volumes Great libraries cannot be built by tax dol- Aug. 23 – The of the library lack” – Virginia Woolf (1882- Thirteenth Tale lars alone. The Friends provide additional 1941) author funding needed for programs, materials By Diane Setterfield ~ and support which helps the Library to “Libraries and librarians do what they do so quietly and efficiently that it’s easy to South Haven 7:00 pm meet the growing demands for its services. July 23 – Garden Spells Activities sponsored by The Friends often take them for granted. But we do so at our peril. If we don’t safeguard them, we will By Sarah Allen would not be otherwise available, due to Aug. 27 – Forgotten the Library’s budget constraints. wake up one day and realize that we’ve Garden The Friends underwrite programs that en- lost something very, very precious. A world without libraries is unthinkable” – By Kate Morton courage lifelong learning in our county, ~ Erica Silverman, author Portage 7:00 pm including:

 The Summer Reading Program for read- “Reading is the sole means by which we July 26 – The Night Circus ers from pre-school through adult slip involuntarily, often helplessly, into By Erin Morgenstern  Storytellers, musical performers and another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s Aug. 23 – State of Wonder puppet shows from time-to-time soul – Joyce Carol Oates (1938-) By Anne Patchett

 Authors, speakers and entertainers for “My best friend is a person who will give Call your local branch to adults, teens and children me a book I have not read” – Abraham reserve a book.  Acquisition of valuable books, materi- Lincoln, 16th President of the United States Titles are subject to change

als , and equipment Donald C. Johnson - President, FPCPLS due to availability.

9 Wolfram|Alpha Can you imagine if libraries were just collections of mation is authored. Wolfram|Alpha carefully curates books on shelves with no organization and no catalog it's information from primary and authoritative sources. to help you find what you are looking for? Fortunately, This makes it great for research. In fact, if you use Wolf- Melville Dewey in 1876 invented a new way to classify ram|Alpha as a source, you must cite it. information in libraries, and the Dewey Decimal System is still helping patrons find books today. Here is an example. What if I wanted to know what the weather was like when the Duchess of Cambridge was Humans have been organizing knowledge into systems born? If I were using Google to find this information, I as early as 20,000 BC when arithmetic was invented as a would have to search for 1) Catherine Middleton's birth knowledge system for numbers, or 15,000 BC when pic- date, 2) her birthplace, and 3) a site that gives historical tures were painted on cave walls to represent events. It weather information. I have to evaluate the results for is easy to take for granted how important the organiza- each search to determine if they are reliable and trust- tion of knowledge is to our daily lives. Can you imagine worthy. In Wolfram|Alpha, I can type in "Catherine life without calendars? Maps? Currency? Dictionaries? Middleton birthplace birthdate weather". I get only one Musical notation? The stock market? How many other result which directly reports that it was snowing in the systems of knowledge are essential to our way of life? town of Reading on January 9, 1982 when she was born. I trust this information because I know it is taken from "Information from Wolfram|Alpha doesn't primary sources.

come from the Internet where there is no con- Another important difference from Internet search en- trol over how information is authored. Wolf- gines is that Wolfram|Alpha is "computational." In fact, ram|Alpha carefully curates it's information it is not a search engine, like Google, but a computa- from primary and authoritative sources." tional knowledge engine. What does this mean? Wolf- ram|Alpha not only strives to collect reliable informa- In 2005, Stephen Wolfram began an ambitious project tion about everything, it stores that information in such called Wolfram|Alpha (www.wolframalpha.com) that a way that it can be used in calculations. seeks "to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone." In other To illustrate this, lets try another example. I'm writing a words, you should eventually be able to ask Wolf- report about the lunar orbit, and I want to express the ram|Alpha about any kind of factual information you distance from the earth to the moon in a meaningful want to know! unit, such as the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa. In Google I must first search for reliable You may ask, "Doesn't Google already do that?" Well, sources that give the dis- not exactly. The Internet is a massive collection of infor- tance between the earth mation currently estimated at 10.82 billion pages. With- and the moon and the out search engines like Google, we could not take ad- height of the Burj vantage of all this information because we could never Khalifa, convert them find what we were looking for in such a vast collection. into units of measure- ment that match, and However, no one directs how the Internet grows, or then divide the two. In who is responsible for the information, or even what Wolfram|Alpha, I can information should be there. While there are many reli- just enter "distance from able information sources on the Internet, there are also the earth to the moon / many unreliable sources. It isn't always easy for re- height of the Burj searchers and "googlers" to tell the difference between Khalifa". It understands them. my input and computes

Information from Wolfram|Alpha doesn't come from it automatically. The re- the Internet where there is no control over how infor- sult reports that you would have to build

10 A computational knowledge engine

474,645 Burj Khalifas one on top of the other to reach a drawing of the musical the moon. notation of C sharp, a dia- "Wolfram|Alpha's gram of its location on a Does it sound like magic, or too good to be true? Well, 'goal is to create some- keyboard, frequency in thing that will stand as there are limitations. This project is still in its earliest hertz, and more. Wolf- stages, and though the amount of information available a major milestone of ram|Alpha can even play 21st century intellec- is breathtaking, it has not yet reached the scope of its the note so you can hear its tual achievement.'" long-term goal. Eventually much more information will sound. be available. Wolfram|Alpha also only deals with known facts that are somehow public. You can't use it The best way to understand what Wolfram|Alpha has to research opinions or other subjective information, to offer is to try it yourself! Visit the examples page and you can't research private data. Also, while Wolf- (www.wolframalpha.com/examples/) to find out what ram|Alpha is free to use, some of its most powerful fea- Wolfram|Alpha can do; I know you'll be amazed. tures are limited to a "Pro" account which costs a small monthly fee. Wolfram|Alpha's "goal is to create something that will stand as a major milestone of 21st century intellectual However, these limitations are minor compared to what achievement." From helping kindergartners learn to tell Wolfram|Alpha is capable of. You can ask questions time by drawing clocks, to helping geneticists translate about dozens of realms of knowledge like engineering, a DNA base sequence, perhaps one day we will have a linguistics, sports, finance, culture, and many more. An- hard time imagining life without Wolfram|Alpha. swers to questions are also very detailed and given in a References: Wolfram Alpha LLC. 2012. Wolfram|Alpha. wide variety of outputs such as text descriptions, num- http://www.wolframalpha.com (access June 10, 2012). bers, diagrams, graphs, maps, pictures, and sounds. For example, if you type in "C#", you will be provided with Inge Kokidko– Automation Assistant 15 Ways to Use Wolfram|Alpha

To try these examples, go to www.wolframalpha.com, or get the Wolfram|Alpha app, and type in the examples in quotes below.

 Dictionary: "define triangulation" "ereaders" or "cheapest tablets"  Crossword Puzzles: use underscores for  Nutrition: calories in a snack "1 glass or- unknown letters "f i _ _ t _ _ _" ange juice, 1 stick cheese"  Math Homework: "solve 6x + 6 = -5x - 3",  Weight Loss: analyze regimen "weight then click 'show steps'. loss" and enter values  Gratuity: split a restaurant bill "$84.22, 15%  Names: How common is a name? tip, 3 people" "Isabella", or compare two "Edward Jacob".  Salaries: find average salaries "intercity bus  Sports: "Aaron Rogers pass completion % driver salary" in 2011"  Rent: find average rent "apartment rent Val-  Crafts: information about knitting needles paraiso" "knitting needle size 8"  Stocks: compare several "MSFT, AAPL,  Astronomy: find constellations "star chart GOOG" Valparaiso"  Shopping: find product information  Just for fun! "Batman Logo"

See more examples in this video: www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

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