Thanks to a grant from the Molina Foundation, the Sunland Park Library will be giving away almost 800 books as part of their Día de los Niños event on April 30th. The event, which starts at 11 am, also features local children’s author Paul Garcia.
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Lordsburg Library Sextuples Number of Public Computers
With help from Western New Mexico University and Power New Mexico, the Lordsburg Hidalgo Library had added five new public access computers, as well as a printer and scanner, where previously they had only one, for the ~5,000 residents they serve.
You can read the full article here: http://www.scsun-news.com/story/news/2016/03/25/lordsburg-library-receives-computers-printer-public/82281688/
NMSL Mini-Grant Brings Robots to Silver City Public Library
The Silver City Sun-News reports that the public library is getting some new robots for the WildWorks youth hangout, thanks to s mini-grant from the New Mexico State Library.
“Up to this point we have used Lego Mindstorms robot kits and free game-building software from MIT to learn computer programming concepts at WildWorks,” said [programming and outreach librarian, Lillian] Galloway. “The addition of Cubelets and Sphero robots increases our opportunities to learn about coding and computer logic.”
Read the rest here: http://www.scsun-news.com/story/news/2016/03/23/silver-city-public-library-adds-robots-wildworks/82186692/
NMLF Grant Applications due April 30th
The New Mexico Library Foundation is accepting application for Development grants now through April 30th, 2016. Maximum award is $1000.
More information, including the grant application and examples of previously funded grants, is available here: http://www.nm-lf.org/grants/development-grants