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Small Business Administration Workshop, 11/14 3-5pm

Small business owners and prospective entrepreneurs will learn how the programs of the Small Business Administration (SBA) can help them start, grow, and manage their companies. Experts from SBA and their resource partners will provide information on management training, access to financing, and access to federal government contracting opportunities. Benefits, eligibility requirements, and application procedures …

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Library Foundation Grant Party awards over $20,000 to library programs

At the semi-annual Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends Grant Party, over 50 volunteers gathered in the Cedar room at Central Library. There, they heard presentations from the library staff about different programs that could be funded with monies raised in the Friends bookstore and Saturday sales.  After the votes were tallied, thirteen different …

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Project Best at Work

by Susan Baier I have to say – I’ve always thought Project BEST was a great idea but I have a new appreciation for it after seeing it in action. It was kind of thrilling to watch people actually complete the food handler’s test and get the certification. You could tell they were relieved and …

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Black History Month Book Talk: Ralph Richard Banks: Is Marriage for White People?

Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 In celebration of Black History Month, Adult Services has invited Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, to discuss his new book, Is Marriage for White People? How …

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Finding Job Leads, February 7th, 1-2:30pm

The world of work has changed.  Find out where and how employers are looking for candidates, how to identify the hidden job market, where you should be spending your job search time and energy, and how to maximize your job search results. 1:00 – 2:30 Cedar Room Thursday, February 7, 2013

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Laptops for Literacy

“The laptop has been helping me learn more. I like to use it because it’s easy and fun.” —Silvester G. Silvester and other adult learners in the Read Santa Clara program have benefitted from the Library’s acquisition of six Dell laptops that help bridge the “digital divide,” using technology to help adults with limited literacy …

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Safari Books Online

Safari Books Online is now available through the Library website. Safari Books Online offers computer, technical, and business books from publishers such as O’Reilly, Peachpit Press, and Que, in electronic formats (PDF and HTML) that you can read online using a standard web browser. From the Electronic Resources page (http://bit.ly/a7Z8qa), choose the Safari Books Online …

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