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04 20, 2021

Learn more with LinkedIn Learning from your library

By admin|2023-11-04T12:02:18-04:00April 20, 2021|

Learn from the experts for free with your library card and LinkedIn Learning.

You can access thousands of online educational courses without charge using your Mentor Public Library card and LinkedInLearning!

You won’t need to create a LinkedIn profile to access courses from experts on everything from screenwriting to spreadsheets. All you’ll need is your card number and PIN. Wherever you work, whatever your hobby is — there’s a course that can make you better at it: from finance to photography, and making mobile apps to music composition,

It also offers training for popular software and developer tools, including the Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and several coding languages.

The educational videos range from quick introductions to deep dives into specialized topics.

And they’re all free to watch with your library card. All you need is your card number and PIN to create your profile. If asked, Mentor Public Library’s ID number is oh0142.

Once you’ve done that, you can immediately browse the more than tens of thousands of educational videos waiting for you. And LinkedIn Learning’s collection is constantly updated so you can stay ahead of the curve in your chosen field.

For more online learning, check out Niche Academy. It’s free to use with a Mentor Public Library card.

04 18, 2021

Learn how to navigate the night sky with Star Maps & Apps

By admin|2021-04-18T12:00:24-04:00April 18, 2021|

Discover how to navigate the night sky during this stellar program!

Chris Mentrek from Geauga Park District’s Observatory Park (with some help from our Librarian Amber Weinrich) share star maps and astronomy apps that can help amateur skygazers identify constellations, planets, comets, and even satellites overhead.

By the way, if you’re looking for help searching the skies, we loan both binoculars and telescopes. They can be borrowed for up to two weeks.

Star Maps & Apps handout

04 17, 2021

All Booked Up with Cailey & Meg: Read-Alikes for YA Bestsellers

By admin|2021-04-17T12:00:48-04:00April 17, 2021|

If you loved Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters or One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus, then check out these read-alike recommendations from Cailey and Meg.

If you enjoy the Shadowhunter Chronicles, our librarians suggest The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix and the Effigies series from Sarah Raughley. Meanwhile, if McManus blew your mind, check out Nobody Knows But You by Anica Mrose Rissi and Sadie by Courtney Summers.

Most of the books they discuss can also be borrowed as ebooks using OverDrive or Libby. All you need is your Mentor Public Library card

04 13, 2021

Discover How to Make Found Poetry

By admin|2021-04-13T19:00:05-04:00April 13, 2021|

It’s National Poetry Month! And Amber Weinrich, one of our adult librarians, is providing an introduction to different kinds of Found Poetry.

And what is Found Poetry? It’s when you use something else – magazines, advertisements, dog-eared pages of favorite books – to construct your own poem. Find out how you can create blackout, collage, and cento poems with Amber.

Enter our poetry contest!

Found poems are created from another piece of writing like pages of a magazine, newspaper, or book. Examples of found poetry include:

Blackout poetry, where you make a poem by blacking out words on a page and what remains is your poem. Think of it as addiction by reduction!
Collage poetry. Just like the name suggests, you cut up words and put them together to make a collage poem.
Cento poetry. Cento (or patchwork) poems are when you use and combine lines from other poems to make a poem of your own. This tradition goes back to the third century when poets would remix lines from Horace and Virgil.

04 10, 2021

Learn about COVID-19 & Heart Health from Lake Health Cardiologist

By admin|2021-04-10T12:00:23-04:00April 10, 2021|

Have questions about how COVID-19 may affect your heart health? Dr. Paul Zellers – a cardiologist with Lake Health Physician Group Northeast Ohio Heart Associates – explains if heart disease makes someone more susceptible for serious symptoms, if they’re infected with COVID-19. He also discusses what affects COVID-19 may have on long-term heart health.

We’ve hosted several talks about health and wellness recently. You can watch many of them online in their entirety, including:

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