Regional Library Computer Center

To help you get ready for your holiday season, the RLCC will be holding two workshops during the month of November. The first workshop will be held on Saturday, November 10th.  The name of this workshop will be “Travel Arrangements on the Web”.  The second workshop will be held on Saturday, November 17th. The title for this workshop will be “Shopping on the Web”.  The classes will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. and end approximately at 11:00 a.m. For further information, please call the Regional Library Computer Center at 205-226-3798 or 205-226-3799.  Registration preferred.

Well, the RLCC is winding down for the year. The last class that will be taught this year will be held tomorrow morning between 9:30-12:30. The class is Basic Internet. If interested in attending the class, there is no need to call and register, since we have plenty of space. Just be here about 10-15 minutes early so you can be guarranteed a “seat” in the class.

We are in the midst of working on the class schedule for 2008. The classes will be different from those held in the past. Please stay tuned for further information regarding these classes. Information about the classes should be available in mid-December at the latest.

Since there are no classes held in November or December of each year, the hours for the RLCC will be changing as well for those two months only. With the exception of staff training classes, we should be open every day now during these months. The following is the schedule for the RLCC in November and December:

Mon & Tues:  9-7:30

Wed-Sun: 9-5:30

What is Blackle and how can it save you energy? In its most basic form Blackle is Google but with a black background instead of the eye-piercing white you see when conducting a search. It was created by Heap Media and the basic concept surrounding the use of Blackle is this: Blackle saves energy by using a black background instead of the white we have all become familiar with. It takes more energy and power to display the white Google background.

Even though the savings is small, the savings do add up over time. Every time that we open Blackle, we will be reminded that we need to keep doing small steps to conserve energy.

To take a look at Blackle, click here.