Introduction to the Internet

Demystify the Internet! Learn how to navigate the Internet and use e-mail to keep in touch with your friends and family. Not a lecture, this class is all hands-on learning with a high-speed Internet connection. You will open your own free e-mail account to send and receive e-mail with friends and relatives.

Before taking this course, you should know basic computer skills like how to use a mouse and keyboard, and how to turn the computer on and off.

Session 1 of 6. Registration is open to ten (10) individuals. Please call 594-5365 starting Wednesday, July 18th to register.

Sweater Nanas

Community meeting. This is not a library-sponsored event and is subject to change without notice.

Drop-in Job Help

Our computer instructor is available to answer questions you might have on a wide variety of computer topics. Topics include resume writing, online job searching, email accounts, Internet searching and more.

Where's Waldo?

Where's Waldo? In Tucson, of course! The famous fellow in the striped shirt and black rimmed specs will be in twenty locations on 4th Avenue and in Downtown during the month of July. (Well, to be honest, it'll be a 6-inch version of Waldo.) Those who spot Waldo in 15 different locations can enter a raffle to win fabulous prizes.

Want to participate? Pick up a search list at Antigone Books (411 N 4th Avenue) or the children's section of the Joel D. Valdez Main Library (101 N Stone Avenue). Or, go to www.antigonebooks.com to download the list and to see the list of raffle prizes. Waldo fans of all ages are invited to participate.

You have from July 1 through July 30 to find Waldo.

Raffle winners will be chosen on July 31.

Stay and Play

Learn how playing with your child can promote healthy cognitive and emotional development. Our playgroup includes songs, games and play that promote language acquisition, social/emotional skills, motor skills, and intellectual growth. Children ages 8 months to 4 years and their parents or caregivers are invited to come play! A certified child development specialist from The Parent Connection will be available to answer questions.
Presented by The Parent Connection

Stay and Play

Presenter: The Parent Connection Learn how playing with your child can promote healthy cognitive and emotional development. Our playgroup includes songs, games and play that promote language acquisition, social/emotional skills, motor skills, and intellectual growth. For children ages 8 months - 4 years.

Discover Your Creativity !

Three Mondays in July, the Community Literacy Center will present a summer program of creative writing, storytelling, and puppet shows! Students of all ages are welcome!

Join the University of Arizona Poetry Center and develop your creative writing skills.

Quiet Zone / La Zona de Silencio

We are designating a Quiet Zone for those customers who would like an area where they can have a peaceful place for study, contemplation, reflection, productive thinking or to just read, with minimal disturbances.

La Zona de Silencio está reservada para clientes de la Biblioteca quienes están leyendo, estudiando, conduciendo investigaciónes u otras actividades sin ruido.

Quiet Zone / La Zona de Silencio

We are designating a Quiet Zone for those customers who would like an area where they can have a peaceful place for study, contemplation, reflection, productive thinking or to just read, with minimal disturbances.

La Zona de Silencio está reservada para clientes de la Biblioteca quienes están leyendo, estudiando, conduciendo investigaciónes u otras actividades sin ruido.

Drop-in Job Help

Our computer instructor is available to answer any questions you might have on a wide variety of computer topics. Topics include resume writing, online job searching, email accounts, Internet searching and more. Signup is not required.

Drop-in Job Help

Our computer instructor is available to answer any questions you might have on a wide variety of computer topics. Topics include resume writing, online job searching, email accounts, Internet searching and more. Signup is not required.

For more information, please call the Library Infoline 791-4010. The location of Main Library Job Help is in the second floor Catalina Room.

Senior Games

We offer board games, Mahjong, and card games, which are intended to help keep Seniors' minds sharp and to expand Seniors' social experiences.
Exception: When the library is closed for Monday holidays.

Internet Essentials

Having trouble finding what you need on the Internet? Come to this class and learn the best way to search for the information you want. You will get to try out some search strategies online with plenty of time to practice.

An Afternoon with J. A. Jance

New York Times–bestselling author J. A. Jance is coming to the Murphy-Wilmot Branch Library on the heels of the release of the latest Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady thriller, Judgment Call (William Morrow, July 2012).

Jance, who was raised in Bisbee and who now splits her time between Tucson and Seattle, has more than 21 million books in print, including 14 titles in the Brady series. Jance is also the author of the Seattle-based series featuring homicide detective J. P. Beaumont and seven mysteries featuring former television journalist Ali Reynolds.

Jance will discuss her new book, answer your questions, and sign books. Copies of Judgment Call will be available for sale and signing, courtesy of local mystery bookstore Clues Unlimited.

Games Games Games!

Every Tuesday we offer video games, board games, and fun for all ages. Come see what we have, or you can bring a PS3 or Wii game of your own share. Want a retro experience? We have an old Xbox console to play on too.