Tagged Computers

Python Programming with Girls Who Code

Do you like playing video games?  What about... making them?  Join Navita from Girls Who Code and learn to use Python to program your own games.  This workshop will run for six sessions and is aimed at middle schoolers…

Python Programming with Girls Who Code

Do you like playing video games?  What about... making them?  Join Navita from Girls Who Code and learn to use Python to program your own games.  This workshop will run for six sessions and is aimed at middle schoolers…

Python Programming with Girls Who Code

Do you like playing video games?  What about... making them?  Join Navita from Girls Who Code and learn to use Python to program your own games.  This workshop will run for six sessions and is aimed at middle schoolers…

Applying to Online Jobs

This class will cover how to make an Indeed account and apply to jobs online, as well as how to find job opportunities on company websites. Bringing your own laptop is recommended but not required.

One on One Tech Help

Need help downloading an eBook on your tablet, setting up a new device, or navigating the internet? Stop by the library for one-on-one tech help! For an appointment, please call 215-685-0549 . Appointments are 30 minutes per person and…

Applying to Online Jobs

This class will cover how to make an Indeed account and apply to jobs online, as well as how to find job opportunities on company websites. Bringing your own laptop is recommended but not required.

Making a Resume

Join us for a step-by-step demonstration of how to make your own resume using Philadelphia Works Resume Builder and Microsoft Word. Feel free to bring your own laptop.

One on One Tech Help

Need help downloading an eBook on your tablet, setting up a new device, or navigating the internet? Stop by the library for one-on-one tech help! For an appointment, please call 215-685-0549 . Appointments are 30 minutes per person and…

Making a Resume

Join us for a step-by-step demonstration of how to make your own resume using Philadelphia Works Resume Builder and Microsoft Word. Feel free to bring your own laptop.

Python Programming with Girls Who Code

Do you like playing video games?  What about... making them?  Join Navita from Girls Who Code and learn to use Python to program your own games.  This workshop will run for six sessions and is aimed at middle schoolers…

Mastering the Mouse

Learn how to effectively use the mouse and have an opportunity to practice with it. Limited space available.

One on One Tech Help

Need help downloading an eBook on your tablet, setting up a new device, or navigating the internet? Stop by the library for one-on-one tech help! For an appointment, please call 215-685-0549 . Appointments are 30 minutes per person and…

Mastering the Mouse

Learn how to effectively use the mouse and have an opportunity to practice with it. Limited space available.

Python Programming with Girls Who Code

Do you like playing video games?  What about... making them?  Join Navita from Girls Who Code and learn to use Python to program your own games.  This workshop will run for six sessions and is aimed at middle schoolers…

Mastering the Keyboard

Wondering what those F keys do? Curious as to why there’s a Control Key? Join us for a key by key exploration of a standard computer keyboard

One on One Tech Help

Need help downloading an eBook on your tablet, setting up a new device, or navigating the internet? Stop by the library for one-on-one tech help! For an appointment, please call 215-685-0549 . Appointments are 30 minutes per person and…

Mastering the Keyboard

Wondering what those F keys do? Curious as to why there’s a Control Key? Join us for a key by key exploration of a standard computer keyboard

Python Programming with Girls Who Code

Do you like playing video games?  What about... making them?  Join Navita from Girls Who Code and learn to use Python to program your own games.  This workshop will run for six sessions and is aimed at middle schoolers…

Managing Your Email

Learn the basics about managing your email inbox, including storage limits, reducing spam messages, and avoiding scams.

One on One Tech Help

Need help downloading an eBook on your tablet, setting up a new device, or navigating the internet? Stop by the library for one-on-one tech help! For an appointment, please call 215-685-0549 . Appointments are 30 minutes per person and…

Archive-It

Archive-It, a web archiving service, to collect and store the websites of Philadelphia government agencies and selected cultural institutions, such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the American Philosophical Society. You can search…

Dennis Yi Tenen | Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write

Dennis Yi Tenen  is an associate professor of English at Columbia University, where he also serves as co-director of the Center for Comparative Media. Affiliated with Columbia’s Data Science Institute, he is a former fellow at the…

Simon Winchester | Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Pine Tree Foundation Endowed Lecture Exuding “the comfort and charm of a beloved encyclopedia come to life” ( The New Yorker ), Simon Winchester is the bestselling author of nearly 30 nonfiction books that explore some of the world’s…

Ro Khanna | Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us

In conversation with Jonathan Tamari Born in Philadelphia to an immigrant family, Democrat  Ro Khanna  has served as the U.S. representative for California’s 17th congressional district—better known as Silicon Valley— since 2017. The…

Edward Snowden in Conversation with Jeremy Scahill | The Surveillance State Then and Now

Watch the video here . In 2013 NSA contractor Edward Snowden shook the pillars of the worldwide intelligence community when he revealed a trove of highly classified information that exposed astonishingly widespread mass U.S.…

Dava Sobel | The Glass Universe with Priyamvada Natarajan | Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos

Dava Sobel is one of the most prominent, critically acclaimed, bestselling narrative nonfiction writers working today.  A former science reporter for the New York Times, she is the recipient of the National Science Board's prestigious…