The Mancos Public Library’s 2nd Annual Technology Petting Zoo brings some of the hottest electronic devices on the market – to Mancos! On Wednesday, November 30, come explore and play with innovative technologies and find out more about their uses in the home, workplace and at school.

Technologies on display at the Zoo include:

• E-Book Readers: Nook, Kindle
• Netbooks,
• MacBooks,
• iPad,
• Smart Board,
• iPods,
• Energy Display,
• and More!

The purpose of this Tech Petting Zoo is to help individuals, families, teachers and small businesses see what kind of technologies are available today, and how to use them effectively.  The Tech Petting Zoo is an open-house type of event and will have a mixture of scheduled demonstrations and one-on-one conversations.

The MPL 2nd Annual Technology Petting Zoo will be held at the Library on Wednesday, November 30, from 5pm – 7pm, in the Community Meeting Room, 211 West First Street, Mancos.

There is no charge to attend and reservations are not required. Please call the Library at 970.533.7600 for more information.

The Mancos Public Library is sponsoring their 6th Annual Wreath Making Workshop!

Date:  Monday, December 5th

Time:  6:30pm

Place: Community Meeting Room, MPL – 211 West First Street, Mancos.

Mary Vozar will lead this workshop on how to  make a beautiful holiday wreath out of a wide variety of evergreens.  Each participant will make one wreath to take home.

The cost of the class is $5. Participants are encouraged to bring gloves and clippers if they have them as well as any special items they may wish to glue on. Ribbons and other decorations will be provided.

Preregistration is required.  To sign up, or for more information, please call the Library at 533-7600.

The Mancos Public Library will show the film “Gasland”, a film about fracking and the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history that has swept across the United States.

Date: Thursday, December 1st

Time: 7:00pm

Place: Community Meeting Room, MPL – 211 West First Street, Mancos

The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination.

A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. The film is part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, and part showdown.

Members of the San Juan Citizens Alliance, and the BLM will be on hand to answer questions after the film.

Free! For more information call MPL at 533-7600.

Do you have 23 minutes? Then join in Wednesdays @ 9am to learn about free, authoritative consumer health information resources. These sessions are conducted virtually, and are available to you at no charge. You will need a computer with internet connection and a telephone.
UPCOMING DATES:
Wednesday – November 30, 2011 – All-purpose Health Information
Wednesday – December 7, 2011 – Medication Safety
Wednesday – December 14, 2011 – Alternative and Complimentary Medicine
Wednesday – December 21, 2011 – Environmental Health
Wednesday – December 28, 2011 – Mental Health

TIME:
9:00-9:23A (MT) – no kidding – 23 minutes, that’s all!

WHERE:
Click on the link below a few minutes before 9am to join in
https://webmeeting.nih.gov/booster/

AUDIO CONNECTION:
Once you log into the web meeting room, you will be prompted by the system to enter your telephone number.  If you experience problems, please use the following connection numbers:
*             Dial-In:  1-866-846-3997
*             Pass-Code: 239514

REGISTRATION:
Registration is not required, but appreciated. Please visit http://www.tinyurl.com/mcrclasses to register for one, two, three, four or all five sessions!

If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:
Test your connection: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

Dana Abbey, MLS
Health Information Literacy Coordinator

National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
MS A003
Health Sciences Library
12950 East Montview Blvd.
Aurora, Colorado 80045

MPL has the complete trilogy of the Hunger Games novels by Suzanne Collins.  Soon, the first book will be released in movie format.

The Mancos Public Library and the Tribal College Journal will show the next film in the Community Cinema series titled We Still Live Here: As Nutayunean.

Date:  Thursday, November 17th

Time:  7:00pm

Place:  MPL Community Meeting Room, 211 West First Street, Mancos.

The Wampanoag saved the pilgrims from starvation, and lived to regret it.  Spurred on by their celebrated linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird, the Wamanoag of Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard are reviving their language more than a century after the last native speaker died.

A panel-led discussion will follow the film.

Free! For more information call MPL at 533-7600.