February 16, 2005
Library's new online calendar is sortable and portable
SYRACUSE ---Onondaga County Public Library system launched a new Web-based service that allows library lovers to discover immediately what's happening at their public libraries. With EventKeeper, all ages will find there's "Something for Everyone@ your library®," the April 2005 National Library Week theme.
EventKeeper is an online calendar that allows OCPL to post events quickly and easily so that the public has immediate access to current and upcoming library events. Visiting www.onlib.org and clicking on "Events Calendar," takes you to a menu of more than 400 events happening in libraries countywide. You can search events by categories, such as story times, computer instruction, book discussions, and age groups. You can view events by day, week or month. Weekly and monthly events are presented in a pictorial format that creates printer-friendly pages for posting on a family's refrigerator. If Grandpa sees an event he thinks his grandkids would enjoy, he can even e-mail news of the event to them that day!
For parents seeking upcoming midwinter school break activities, a visit to the OCPL Web site's events calendar will reveal:
A Medieval Cinderella Movie starring Drew Barrymore will play at Mundy Branch Library Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m.
A Beach Party welcomes children in grades K to 6 to the Liverpool Public Library Feb. 23 at 10 a.m. Kids are invited to wear sunglasses and enjoy stories, games and crafts with a tropical twist.
Over NOPL @ Cicero's way, kids age 10 and up can learn how to make polymer clay pens during The Write Stuff at 2 p.m. Feb. 23. Registration is required; call 699-2032.
On Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. in the Central Library's Curtin Auditorium, families can enjoy a Box Full of Stories. Award-winning actress, singer and songwriter Karen Abercrombie will pull multicultural folktales from her magical box and transport listeners with her keen vocals on a journey ‘round the world.
These and many other events can be found in EventKeeper, OCPL's new, convenient online calendar. All events are free and open to the public. Library locations can be found at www.onlib.org or by calling 435-1900.
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