Did you come to STEM Central on April 29? We hope you did and hope you had a great time! The Library turned itself into a hands-on science and technology center for the day. Attendees got to see R2D2, hear from a NASA Astronaut, learn about going to Mars, build structures, and so, so much …
A huge thanks to Ying Compestine for her amazing talk on Monday evening. She’s lead a fascinating life, and she’s a great speaker. There was a good, interested crowd, and she’s a dynamic speaker. Emma Kaliterna was also on hand for this author series in her name; she’s a beloved former librarian and has just …
Join us at the 4th annual Emma Kaliterna Author Event tonight at 7pm in the Redwood Room! Award-winning author Ying Chang Compestine will be here. Her books include: The Story of Kites The Runaway Wok Crouching Tiger and more! This should be a great experience and we encourage you all to come!
STEM Central is an all-day, family-friendly event celebrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the heart of Silicon Valley. Visitors will come face to face with every manner of technology, from printing presses and glassblowing to virtual reality, robots, and drones. A full day of speakers includes panels from women in STEM fields, wildlife experts, …
Did you know that two of our librarians learned to play the guitar in 5 minutes? Well, they did, and the innovators that helped them, Magic Instruments, will be at STEM Central with guitars to unleash your inner rock star! Sign up for STEM Central at STEMCentral.org. It’s this Saturday, April 29th from 10am – …
We’ll have several local high school robotics teams showing off their amazing robot creations at STEM Central, this Saturday from 10am – 4pm, including: Santa Clara High School’s- Evolution, Java Seals, The Shovels, and VorTechs Adrian C. Wilcox High School’s- RoboPocalypse Fremont High School (Sunnyvale California)- Firebots Notre Dame High School (San Jose, California)- Athena …
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The Norcal Mars Society will be bringing at least one Mars rover to STEM Central ! The purpose of The Mars Society is to further the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet through: 1. Public outreach fostering Mars pioneers 2. Worldwide support for government-funded Mars research and exploration… 3. Private-enterprise Mars exploration and settlement …
I love this story, from one of our Children’s librarians: A mom came up to the desk with her toddler after storytime this morning to get their 400 BOOKS achivement sticker for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. She said that keeping track of their books over the last few months has gotten her 2 yr old …
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We are excited to have Pascal Lee speak at STEM Central, the Library’s day-long event covering all things science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. He’ll talk about humans traveling to Mars and all the things we need to do to make that happen. It should be exciting! Learn more at STEMCentral.org.
The Youth Services, which covers both children and teens, librarians found this lovely letter from the 49ers SLI students in the library last week. We’re glad the library was able to help them with their Robotics Competitions!