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Community Library Network District Newsletter March 2025 |
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Family Storytelling with Patrick Mitchell Come learn a storytelling method (without books) to enhance literacy at home all year long, while celebrating individual and family history and culture along the way. Hayden Library, Tue, Mar 18th, 5:30-7PM Harrison Library, Tue, Apr 15th, 12-1:30PM Rathdrum Library, Wed, Apr 16th, 3-4:15PM Spirit Lake Library, Wed, Apr 16th, 5-6:30PM Post Falls Library, Friday, Apr 18th, 3-4PM |
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Going to Seed Bonsai Making Demonstration
Be inspired by the art of Bonsai! Learn how to start your own bonsai from Robert Gray from Gray to Green Nursery (Better known as Bonsai Bob). Hayden Library, Wed, Mar 5th, 1-2:30PM Rathdrum Library, Thu, Mar 6th, 3-4PM Athol Library, Sat, Mar 8th, 12-1:30PM Post Falls Library, Sat, Mar 15th, 10:30AM-12PM Pinehurst Library, Sat, Mar 22nd, 10:30AM-12PM Spirit Lake Library, Sat, Mar 22nd, 10:30AM-12PM |
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Do you want to hear more about specific youth or adult programs? We have a newsletter highlighting each of these groups. |
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Cyberbullying
by Evan Hannah
"Today's teens spend a significant amount of their social lives online, but the virtual world is not a refuge from bullying and harassment. These tools can provide a helpful sense of connection, but cyberbullies may use them to send their victims threatening texts and cruel emails. Cyberbullies sometimes spread hateful rumors and impersonate their targets to humiliate them. Targets may feel they're never safe online. However, there are strategies that can help teens take action against cyberbullying and resources that help them cope with the psychological consequences. This reassuring title outlines practical steps for addressing cyberbullying and protecting online privacy"--
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We lived on the horizon : a novel
by Erika Swyler
In the walled city of Bulwark, where survival is rewarded by an AI and the elite class of the Sainted rule, bio-prosthetist Saint Enita Malovis creates an artificial being named Nix, only to be drawn into a hidden conflict between the city's underclass and its controlling programs after a mysterious murder.
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Source Code : My Beginnings
by Bill Gates
The software giant explores his personal journey, recounting his early influences, friendships, family and first steps in computing that paved the way for his revolutionary career and later philanthropic focus, offering an intimate look at the experiences that shaped him
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Digitally Invisible : How the Internet Is Creating the New Underclass
by Nicol Turner Lee
Based on fieldwork across the US, this book explores the consequences of digital exclusion through the real-life narratives of individuals, communities, and businesses that lack sufficient online access. The inability of these segments of society to exploit the opportunities provided by the Internet is rapidly creating a new type of underclass.
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Mindmasters : the data-driven science of predicting and changing human behavior
by Sandra C. Matz
"There are more digital pieces of data than stars in the universe. This data helps us monitor our planet, decipher our genetic code, and take a deep dive into our psychology. As algorithms become increasingly adept at accessing our minds, they also become more and more powerful at controlling it-enticing us to buy a certain product or vote for a certain political candidate. Some of us say this technological trend is no big deal. Others consider it one of the greatest threats to humanity. But what if the truth is more nuanced and mind-bending than that? In Mindmasters, Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz offers a fascinating insider perspective on the art and data-driven science of psychological targeting..."
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