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Career Transitions Career Transitions is now available! Career Transitions walks you through the job-search process from beginning to end. You can return to your profile here at the Downey City Library - or remotely - to track and update your progress. After landing a new position, Career Transitions serves as a life-long companion for professional development. To read more about it, download this PDF; or you can just get your career transition started!

Upcoming Events & Programs
Monday August 9, 2010
6:30  PM Every Child Ready to Read

Every Child Ready to Read is a program to assist parents in helping their preschoolers to be ready to read.

  • We're going to talk about why it's important to read to children at a very young age in order to develop early literacy skills.
  • We will tell you six very important skills that you can begin teaching right now to help your child get ready to learn to read.
  • We will show you a way to read picture books with your two and three year old that can dramatically increase language development.
  • We'll suggest some great books, nursery rhymes, and songs that you can use to help your child get ready to read.
Wednesday August 11, 2010
10:15  AM Beginning Microsoft Word
Basic Word Processing is an introductory class to Microsoft Word 2003.  You will practice skills, including modifying text, short cuts and making a flyer.
Thursday August 12, 2010
12:00  PM Book Lover's Club: Booked for Lunch
Bring your lunch and join a lively discussion of the best in fiction, classics, biography and non-fiction.
Tuesday August 17, 2010
6:30  PM Library Advisory Board
Library Advisory Board
3rd Tuesday of every month, 6:30 pm, Cormack Meeting Room
Wednesday August 18, 2010
10:15  AM Beginning Google
Students will learn the basics of the Google website and how to use this search engine to finf information on the Internet.