Sarasota News Leader
January 24, 2014
Page 66
SARASOTA COUNTY LIBRARIES TO OFFER FREE PUBLIC WEBINARS
The Sarasota County Library System will be
will share ideas and suggestions on some
continuing its free webinar offerings throughof the best applications for e-readers, "proout the year, with a focus on topics such as
ductivity, homework and learning, children
technology, self-empowerment, parenting,
and fun," the release notes.
personal finance and entrepreneurship, the
• Feb. 26 at 3 p.m.: Social Media Basics will
county has announced. These webinars will
give participants a look at how to connect,
be presented once live, and they then will be
share, learn and explore the world through
archived and viewable for one year from any
the social media programs Facebook,
computer, a news release notes.
Twitter and Pinterest.
Sarasota County library card holders can
Among the upcoming webinars will be
access and register for webinars online at the
Creating Effective Websites on March 12,
libraries' web page at www.scgov.net. Classes
Keeping Your Family Safe Online on Sept.
may be taken from any Mac or PC at home, in
10, and Getting the Most Out of the Internet
an office or at a patron computer in a library,
in 2014 and Beyond! on Sept. 24.
the release explains. "No additional software
or components are needed, except for head- Library patrons are encouraged to register
phones at the library," it adds.
and attend the live sessions, or utilize the
archived sessions during the year, the release
The first classes offered are designed to assist
continues. For more information, contact the
tech-savvy individuals or those wanting to be
Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000.
more tech-savvy:
• Jan. 29 at 3 p.m.: Best Apps for Your Tablet
will explain "how to best use the growing
mobile application marketplace," and it
Selby Public Library is in downtown Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel
