Choose Privacy Week Trailer from 20K Films on Vimeo.

What do you think about sites like Facebook and Twitter saving your information – and possibly making it available to others? Post your thoughts in the comments!

Join us next week to learn more about your privacy options through exhibits, informational discussions, and materials available for checkout.

The first ever Choose Privacy Week, May 2 – 8, is a new initiative sponsored by the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. The campaign gives libraries the tools they need to educate and engage users, and gives citizens the resources to think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy.

Privacy has long been the cornerstone of library services in America, a freedom that librarians defend every day. For over 50 years, the ALA has defended the rights of library users to read, learn and be curious, because the freedom to read and receive ideas anonymously is at the heart of individual liberty in a democracy.

This new series of tech workshops will be held monthly on a range of topics, and are geared towards small businesses as well as individuals. Topics include internet marketing, privacy, social media and your business, & graphic design. Take a break from your daily routine for a bit of learning and networking in a casual atmosphere. FREE – just bring your own ‘brown bag lunch’. Beverages provided by MPL!

Kicking off the series is “Managing Your Online Presence” with Perry D. Lewis of Back Alley Concepts.

Date:  Tuesday, April 20

Time:  12 Noon

Place:  MPL Meeting Room

Perry will discuss and show examples of creating a consistent image across the web.  For small businesses, this means marketing your business using different social media sites to increase brand awareness and engage with your customers.  For individuals, Perry will explain how creating a ‘personal brand’ can enhance your image to prospective employers.

To celebrate libraries and the ways you help communities thrive – ProQuest, a historical & genealogy site, offers free, open access to many popular resources. Access is available from April 12 through April 18, 2010. Enjoy!! Visit the ProQuest resources here.

Come to the Mancos Public Library for a free workshop addressing the basics of garment fit, size and proportion to best flatter your shape and reflect your personal style.

  
The workshop will include some tips and secrets about how to get an attractive fit, design lines to love and more.

  
Presented by Heather Narwid of Sideshow in Dolores.

  
Special Coupons for Sideshow to all attendees!

  
Date:  Thursday, April 8

  
Time: 7 – 8 pm

  
Where:  Mancos Public Library, 211 West First Street, Mancos

  
~Free!!~

  
Call the library at 533-7600 for more info.

Photo Credit:  Heather Narwid, Sideshow Emporium

Do you know what your refrigerator, freezer or other household appliances are costing you per month?   Empire Electric and the Mancos Public Library have teamed up to help you determine how you are using your electricity in your home.  Empire Electric has donated KILL-A-WATT METERS that you can check out just as you would a book.  Take it home, plug it in and test your electric consumption!  It is free but electricity is not.  Let us help you save energy and money – check it out at the Mancos Public Library!

Photo Credit: Empire Electric

Former journalist Tom Cheatham will give a slide show of his four different trips to Myanmar on Wednesday, February 10th at 6:30 in the Meeting Room at the Mancos Public Library.  Cheatham was a journalist for NBC and the Christian Science Monitor.  His photos have most recently been on display the the Durango Rec Center.  His most recent trip to Myanmar was in November of 2009.  This presentation is free and open to everyone!  For more information please call the Mancos Public Library at 533-7600.

The Mancos Public Library will offer supplies and limited instruction on how to make old fashioned Valentine cards on Wednesday, February 10th from 3:30pm-5:00pm in the Meeting Room.  There will be colorful paper, doilies, markers, stickers, glue, etc. to make the Valentines, plus a few examples.  Free!  Open to all ages.  For more information please call the Library at 533-7600.

Photo: Elninosincero

You don’t need a studio to make kitchen table art! 

Art to Heart is an art workshop to introduce unique and easy ways to make collectible cards for any occasion.   Mancos resident Nancy McKenney, who has a degree in Art History from Smith College, will teach this class on Saturday, January 30th from 10:15-12:30 at the Mancos Public Library. 

The cost for this class is $4 and preregistration is required.  Everyone 16 years and older are welcome!  For more information, and to pre-register, please call the Library at 533-7600.

Interested in world affairs but feel like you don’t know enough to discuss them intelligently? Join us for impartial, thought-provoking analyses on eight issues of concern to U.S. policymakers.

GREAT DECISIONS: Foreign Policy Association Organizational meeting: Monday, January 25, 10:30am – 12 noon at the Mancos Public Library.
This discussion group is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Montezuma County and Mancos Public Library.

Curriculum Material will be discussed, and future meetings will be scheduled. A Foreign Policy Association DVD of one of the topics will be shown for evaluation.

TOPICS
Tentative Schedule 
Mondays 10:30a.m. to noon: 

U.S. and rising powers 
January 25 

Afghanistan/Pakistan 
February 22 or TBD 

Energy & the global economy 
March 22 or TBD 

The Arctic 
April 26 or TBD 

Egypt in the 21st Century 
May 24 or TBD 

Global food supply 
June 28 or TBD 

Cuba after Castro 
July 26 or TBD 

Universal human rights 
August 23 or TBD 

Mancos Public Library, 211 West First Street, Program Meeting Room
Each participant will purchase a Great Decision 2009 briefing book for $10.
For planning purposes, please email your desire to participate by January 22 to: katek@mancos.lib.co.us
Or call the Mancos Public Library at 533-7600.