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Education Takes a Village

December 10, 2019

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: Featured, Other, Teacher in the Library

Teacher in the Library, Leonetta is the program's most staunch advocate. "It's more than just homework help. It's developing confidence among students. It's empowering caregivers to guide their children. It's giving people and communities access, resources, and opportunities to succeed," she says.

Digital Literacy: Turning Barriers into Tools

December 10, 2019

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: CyberNavigator

| Tags: CyberNavigator, Digital Literacy for adults

Usually, patrons tried looking for jobs on their own, going from one company to the next, resume in hand only to receive the same response. Please apply online. For people with limited access and experience with computers, hearing these words meant their path to employment became more challenging. So, they head to the Library for help.

Teaching Seniors Tech at Chicago Public Library

November 26, 2019

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: CyberNavigator, Featured, Giving Tuesday

| Tags: Teaching tech, Thanksgiving week

“One patron recently turned on the computer, logged into his account, and completed a short email. The look of triumph and the proud smile on his face was priceless.” For CyberNavigator Jill, it's more than teaching tech. It's helping patrons realize they, too, have a place in today's digital world.

George R.R. Martin and Dr. Eve L. Ewing Celebrate the Power of Chicago Public Library

October 23, 2019

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: Featured, Foundation News

| Tags: 2019 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards, Chicago authors, Dr. Eve L. Ewing, George R.R. Martin, Power Our Library

For one night, the Library’s most ardent champions and advocates gathered to raise more than $2.2 million in celebration of everything that the Library stands for−access, equity, and opportunity for every Chicagoan.

Chicago Public Library Welcomes Dr. Eve L. Ewing Home

October 6, 2019

| By Rica Bouso

Categories: Carl Sandburg Literary Award

| Tags: 2019 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards, 21st Century Award, Inspiring authors

Dr. Eve L. Ewing is many things – an award-winning poet, an acclaimed author, a comic book writer, and most recently, the recipient of the 21st Century Award. But she is and will always be a child of the Library.

Education Takes a Village

Digital Literacy: Turning Barriers into Tools

Teaching Seniors Tech at Chicago Public Library

George R.R. Martin and Dr. Eve L. Ewing Celebrate the Power of Chicago Public Library

Chicago Public Library Welcomes Dr. Eve L. Ewing Home

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