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October 29, 2008
November 2008 Newsletter
Vacancy on Berkeley Public Library's Board of Library Trustees
Berkeley Public Library Supports 21st Century Literacy
What About This Bear Market?
How Will You Survive in the Upcoming Economic Times?
A variety of wonderful programs!
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October 27, 2008
Vacancy on Berkeley Public Library's Board of Library Trustees
Open House at Central Library:
Join us to Hear More
About the Board of Library Trustees Position
and Library Services and Programs
Date: Tuesday, December 9th
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Central Library
3rd floor Community Meeting Room
Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge Street (at Shattuck)
Berkeley CA 94704
Members of the current Board of Library Trustees and library staff will be present to answer questions. Attendees will also hear more about library services and programs at Central Library as well as at our Branch Libraries. And more! Refreshments will be served.
Application and Supplemental Questionnaire for the position reside on the City of Berkeley's City Clerk website at http://www.cityofberkeley.info/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=9902. Interested applicants can also contact the City Clerk's Office by phone at (510) 981-6900. The recruitment will close on January 12, 2009, with interviews in mid-February 2009.
Wheelchair accessible. To request a sign language interpreter, real-time captioning, materials in large print or Braille, or other accommodations for this event, please call (510) 981-6107 (voice) or (510) 548-1240 (TTY); at least five working days will ensure availability. Please refrain from wearing scented products to public programs.
October 10, 2008
Channel 28 Air Times for Josh Kornbluth Interview of George Lakoff
Where: Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley
When: October 3, 2008, at 7:30pm
Why do we vote the way we do? George Lakoff, UC Berkeley Professor of Cognitive Science and expert in the area of framing our values, will be interviewed by topnotch KQED-TV talk show host and writer/performer Josh Kornbluth. Don't miss this once-in-an-election opportunity to really understand what's going on in the political world. Plus, we bet you'll leave the program chuckling optimistically.
Brought to you by the Berkeley Public Library Foundation and the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.
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October 7, 2008
Berkeley Public Library October Newsletter
Berkeley Public Library Cumulative Statistics, FY2003/2004-FY2007/2008
Free workshop on funding for the arts
Malvina Reynolds Movie: Love It Like a Fool
Post-WWII Japanese Films Literature and Cinema Seminar with Prof. Frederick Hsia
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