Cudahy Family Library

This eight-week class, conducted by Jill Ochoa (owner of Mouse Bytez), will teach you the beginning steps of computer basics, including using a mouse and keyboard, keyboard shortcuts, working with Windows, basic computer terminology, and learning to search the Internet.

Prerequisite: None

Fee: $15 due at registration (Cudahy Family Library, 3500 Library Drive)

Dates: Tuesday mornings, starting July 28, 2009, and ending September 15, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Questions? Call 414-769-2244.

Only 1/4 of available jobs are currently listed in newspapers. Are you missing out on a great job just because you don't know where to look on the Internet?

This class, conducted by Jill Ochoa (owner of Mouse Bytez), will focus on how to build a resume using Microsoft Word, how to set up an e-mail account and use it when searching for jobs, and how to search the Internet to find a job.

Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge (how to use the mouse and keyboard)

Supplies: USB flash drive, list of past job experience (including employers' names, addresses, telephone numbers, and dates)

Fee: $15 due at registration (Cudahy Family Library, 3500 Library Drive)

Dates: Thursday mornings, starting July 30, 2009, and ending September 17, 2009
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

Questions? Call 414-769-2244.

It's Free! It's Fun! You Could Win a Cool Prize!

How it works:
1. Print out or pick up a reading log* at the Circulation or Reference Desk and write down any books that you read or listen to between June 1 and August 31, 2009.

2. Turn in your completed logs to be entered in a drawing on Monday, September 1, 2009, for great prizes** ... The more logs you complete, the better your chances of winning!

* AdultSummerReadingLog2009.pdf
** 2009_Adult_Summer_Reading_Prizes.pdf

CFL is pleased to announce that we now subscribe to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel online archives. The database includes archives from 1/22/1990 to the present. The coverage includes full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people, and much more. Updated daily, it includes obituaries, editorials, announcements, sports, real estate, and other sections.

To access the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel archives, click on the "Databases" link on the library catalog. Users in the library can begin searching right away; remote users will need to enter the library card number and pin.

On January 12, 2009, the Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS) Board of Directors voted to reduce the maximum number of holds that library cardholders may have at any one time to 15. This decision is inconsistent with the Cudahy Family Library's long-standing practice of allowing Cudahy residents the ability to have up to 40 items on hold at a time.

The change to 15 holds from 40 holds on the CountyCat is effective on Monday, February 16, 2009. This reduction in service is being made by the MCFLS Board to obtain access to some of the Milwaukee Public Library's media collections, which were not holdable throughout 2008. If the hold limit is above 15, MPL will not reinstate holds on their media collections.

In continuation of our past practice, the Staff of the Cudahy Family Library will gladly override the maximum hold limitation for our residents. Cudahy residents who wish to have more than 15 items on hold at a time are asked to submit a Hold Request Slip for each item that they would like to place on hold. Staff will then place the holds on your behalf, overriding the MCFLS limit.

Persons who wish to contact MCFLS to express their opinions on the change to the holds policy may contact the president of the MCFLS board, Paul Ziehler, at MCFLS, 709 N. 8th St., Milwaukee, WI 53233.