Library News
By Sharon Blank

It's Teen Tech Week at the library, and we're celebrating with a special workshop for all of you who've experienced the frustration of not being able to find what you're looking for online! Today, Wednesday, March 5, at 4 p.m., we will be "Mastering the Art of Googlefu" as our reference librarian shares her secrets to finding answers to your questions!

Anime fans rejoice! We have a massive release of anime debuting this week, including Neon Genesis Evangelion, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Wedding Peach and more! We're also putting the spotlight on our new audiobooks, the Playaways, with titles such as Eragon, Bridge to Terabithia, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

More interested in creating your own masterpieces? If you're a writer or an artist, come to the library as we help you to publish your very own comic or fanzine! It's the Zine Scene on Wednesday, March 12, at 4 p.m., and it's open to all ages!

Teens and tweens - tired of all that required reading? Want to read something fun for a change? Come to the library, pick up your free copy of Ender's Game, read, enjoy and then join us as we discuss it Wednesday, March 26, at 4 p.m. It's a great book about a young boy who's so smart, he's scary ... and who might just be humanity's last hope.

Now, on to the books!

THE MURDERERS' CLUB by P. D. Martin. Six months ago, FBI profiler Sophie Anderson almost lost her life - and she may yet lose her sanity. She's glad to accept when her friend Darren Carter suggests that they take a vacation in Arizona… well, until bodies start showing up at a nearby college.

CRITICAL by Robin Cook. Angela Dawson never thought much about the economics of being a doctor, until she went bankrupt. Now, she's back to medicine after earning her MBA, and she's almost ready to take her new healthcare company public, when a new strain of drug-resistant infections threatens to put her out of business… again.

Links to these cool sites and more can be found at www.sjrls.org or at sjrls.blogspot.com

The Secrets of Mystery Shopping Revealed

Consumer alert about mystery shopping, the use of an anonymous shopper to evaluate the quality of service in a store, and scams associated with the solicitation of mystery shoppers. Provides facts about becoming a legitimate mystery shopper for a legitimate company (which does not cost anything,) and under what circumstances consumers should be skeptical of mystery shopping promoters. From the Federal Trade Commission (FTC.)

The Fine Print: Senior Discounts

This article discusses the "hotels, tours, airlines and attractions that target seniors with special offers, which unfortunately often turn out to be discounts in name only. The only way to figure out if you're getting a deal is to crunch the numbers." Topics include airfare, lodging, attractions (such as museums and historic sites,) trains, travel insurance and overseas car rental. From Budget Travel magazine.

Well, that's it for now - see you at the library!