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Monday, May 26
Author events in May
Meet a new or favorite author at your library!
Attend one of our special author events to meet a well-known author like Luis Rodriguez or Marcia Muller. Or, come hear about a life on a California ranch or a road trip to visit California Indian tribes. Library branches around the county feature author events.
New from NextReads: Reading lists for Tweens 
NextReads now offers book suggestions by e-mail for middle school aged readers. Subscribe now and receive your first issue in late May.
Missed a back issue of a NextReads newsletter? We have an archive!
Book cover previews
We have started adding book cover images to the library catalog. Now, when you search the catalog, your results will include thumbnail preview images for books, books on CD, and videos -- as well as preview images for many of the photos in our local historical photograph collections.
We hope these previews, along with the recently-added markers for "Book," "Book on CD," and other formats, will make it easier to scan through your search results and identify the items of interest to you.
Try it out today in the Library catalog.
Special events @ your Library 
Sonoma County Regional Libraries have programs scheduled throughout the year for all interests. Just a few of our May and June programs & activities:
- Summer Reading Club for children
- Master Gardener workshops
- Movie Nights for kids and teens and daytime movie series
Check the Library-wide Calendar of Events for upcoming programs at your library.
Spring Newsletter
Download our Spring 2008 Library News
See current and previous Library and Foundation news on the Library Newsletters page.
Now subscribe to lists of new audiobooks, DVDs, children's movies & more
What's the latest in movies, music, books on CD and tape, and large type books at your library? Our New at Your Library service will notify you by e-mail or RSS.
Sign up for New at Your Library updates and choose from 12 different lists for adults, children, and teens. Each of your updated lists will arrive about once a month.
We're still offering free subscriptions to business news updates from our SCL Biz blog, and recommended reading e-mails from NextReads. Look for all our e-mail subscription services on the Library Newsletters page.
Tax forms & tax help in the library
Basic state and federal tax forms are available at the library.
Tax help will be available in some library branches until April 2008.
Taxes - links and information
Gardening workshops
Updated Spring 2008 schedule
Saturdays at various branches
From the Sonoma County Master Gardeners
Book clubs for everybody
- Science fiction readers: new Philip K. Dick Award book club
- Kids and families: Family book club at Rohnert Park - Cotati; children's after-school book club in Windsor
- Adults and seniors: Book discussion groups at most libraries meet once a month
- Mystery readers: Central Library mystery book discussion group and new Sonoma Valley Library mystery book discussion
Sign up in advance for the after-school book club in Windsor.
Most other book discussions don't require advance signup. Call the library if you are unsure whether registration is required. All book clubs are free.
Download audiobooks to your PC
No CDs or cassettes needed -- these digital audiobooks play right on your PC or on many brands of portable devices like pocket PCs and MP3 players. Get started with our Downloadable Audiobooks Guide.
Santa Rosa Friends Newsletter
Winter 2007 edition now available or browse previous editions
Wireless Internet changes
We have opened up the free wi-fi service offered in our regional libraries. You no longer have to have a library card in order to use it. Instead, just type your e-mail address.
With the changes to the service, some problems arose. The immediate issues have been fixed, and we continue to work on longer-term improvements to the service.
Readers read this! Just for you
Check out this list of past, present, and future book discussion group titles. Fiction and non-fiction from contemporary and historical authors.
Titles in bold type are new for the 2007-2008 book discussion groups.
Also now available: Our Picks - Dozens of book lists gathered by our very own librarians. Find your next favorite author, in the topic or genre that interests you!
Friday evening Poetry Slams
The current poetry slam series
runs September 2007 to May 2008.
Wondering what to read next?
NextReads is our newest service for readers. Create your Next Reads account and sign up to get book suggestions by e-mail.
Over twenty different e-newsletters to choose from, including:
- Non-fiction books in history, biography, travel, and science
- How-to books in home, garden, DIY and personal finance
- Fiction, mystery, sci-fi, romance
- Kids' books, picture books, and Young Adult books for teens
Most newsletters are monthly, with some coming every other month. Each newsletter is full of recommended reading, with new gems, bestsellers, and related titles.
Ancestry search at the library
Now, research your ancestors and document your family history, using the thousands of genealogy resources in Ancestry Library Edition.
Available for in-library use at any Sonoma County Regional Library.
Library hours and locations
SCL Biz: Everything business in Sonoma County 
Sonoma County Library's business blog - SCL Biz
If you're an entrepreneur, business student, manager, or owner, this blog is for you!
- Guides to the best of the business periodicals, databases, and reference books
- News on upcoming workshops, new economic reports, and local business events
Subscribe to SCL Biz by RSS or e-mail today and keep up with the latest in local business events and new business books for you.
Stock
up on books!
Check out all the upcoming sales at different branches in coming weeks!
Help for your homework
CultureGrams state and country reports, international recipes, and more.
We also have two other databases great for kids: InfoBits and World Book Online. Get encyclopedia and magazine articles, reference books, and pictures online. See our Kids' Databases page for more info.
Get grant funding
Foundation grant seeking workshops
Get the funding you need for your non-profit organization!
Book discussion groups
Looking for something new to read? Try one of our upcoming book discussion groups. Check out and read the book, then attend the discussion group.
There are book groups all year long at libraries throughout the county. Attend any or all of them.
Local History reprints for sale
1897 Santa Rosa map reprint
and Railroad Square post cards
For sale by Friends of the Santa Rosa Libraries
New, Best-selling, Award-winning
New movies, music, books on cassette & CD, large type books
Research project or paper due?
We have great online research tools for you - available with your Sonoma County Library card
See a list of all the Library's special subscriptions to online resources including:
- Opposing Viewpoints - opinion, facts, statistics on current events & issues
- World Book Encyclopedia
- Literature Resource Center - author biographies, literary criticism
- Biography Resource Center - thousands of authoritative essays on noted people of past & present
- and much more!
Click on Magazines, Newspapers & More
For readers of all ages ...
Try our Good Reads pages for our librarians' selections of books for kids, teens, and adults.
Internet classes
Learn to use the library's catalog system to find books, or attend a basic orientation to the Internet. At library branches around the county, including Rohnert Park, Sonoma, and Windsor.