Friday, January 27th the Gretna Public Library will be closed. Our computer system will be receiving necessary upgrades mandatory for our new Children's Library branch to tie in with our system. We appreciate your patience and will open again on Saturday, January 28th.
Thank you,
Gretna Public Library Staff
The Gretna Public Library and Friends of the Gretna Public Library would like to thank Runza Restaurant for their contiued support of children's literacy. Back on September 27th, Runza had its "Great Books for Great Kids" fundraiser in which 15% of that day's total proceeds went to benefit the Friends of the Library. On November 21st, Gretna Runza Manager, Mike Ziebarth, presented us with a check for $344.60. The money will be used to purchase new books for the children's collection of the Library.
Pictured right: Library Director, Krissy Nelson and Friends of the Library President, Paul Wasalaski, being presented the "Great Books for Great Kids" check from Runza Manager, Mike Ziebarth.
The Gretna Public Library is happy to announce that we are now part of OPPD's Watt Detector Program. Patrons will now have the opportunity to check out a watt detector, a device used to measure the amount of electricity household appliances use. The watt detector calculates how much money or energy is spent over a period of time and can help you to better understand how much each appliance costs your household. This is a great way to monitor the amount of electricity you use, and hopefully assist you in conserving energy to save money on your bill. For more information about the Watt Detector Program, visit OPPD's website or stop in the Library and check out a watt detector to take home.
You can connect one-on-one to a trained job coach for assistance in a job search process. The JobNow service offers personality assessments for people just beginning their job search. Resume help is available. Plus, there are cover letter templates and examples, live interview practice, online resources, and more.
This new resource provides up-to-date information on relevant topics from starting a company, operations management and sales to growing or rescuing a business. The database contains nearly 400 full-text periodicals and over 450 full-text reference books.
We are presently going live with an online homework help service called Brainfuse. This seems like odd timing, but we are getting two free months from Brainfuse during the summer in order to give staff and customers time to get acquainted with the interface! This service has a wonderful reputation-whenever a child or teen has a homework headache, live online help is available from a real tutor.