The goal of the library campaign is to let citizens know about some of the many library services and to increase the number of library card users by 100,000. The additional number of users of the library system would join 280,000 current card users. Funded by the Southwestern Bell Foundation, the Friends of the Fort Worth Public Library Inc. and The Fort Worth Library Foundation, the multimedia campaign is under way to highlight the many free services the library offers. The new campaign s first computer class, Finding People and Company Information, is from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 27 in the Intel Computer Lab at the Central Library.
All ages are welcome and no computer experience is necessary.
Several other new computer classes will be held monthly this spring. A campaign to let citizens know more about library services is only one part of what the library is doing in 2001. The formation of a speaker s bureau will help satisfy the many requests for programs the library receives each year. The new speaker s bureau is made up of both library staff members and volunteers with knowledge on a wide range of topics. Presentations are available on weekdays as well as on weekends and evenings.