Check out these cool career resources at Shreve Memorial Library

The library is a great resource for those wanting to read, explore and learn new things, but did you know that the library is also a great resource for those looking to change or further their careers? With online resources such as LinkedIn Learning and Udemy as well as job readiness, resume building, and computer tech workshops, Shreve Memorial Library is the place to be to gain the skills needed to pursue any career you can dream, discover, do.

Many of you may be familiar with LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking site, but have you checked out LinkedIn Learning? LinkedIn Learning is an online platform that features thousands of free courses and video tutorials to help you gain in-demand skills from industry experts. You can explore courses in software, technology, art, communication, graphic design, music, and more, or take a series of classes to learn how to become a web designer, project manager, or IT security specialist, to name a few. The best part is that with your Shreve Memorial Library card, access to LinkedIn Learning is absolutely free.

Another great career-building site available with a Shreve Memorial Library card is Udemy. Like LinkedIn Learning, Gale Presents: Udemy offers thousands of continuously updated, on-demand video course in business, technology, design and personal enrichment. The platform is designed for adults who want to grow professionally and further develop their personal interest. On Udemy, you can improve your career skills across 75 categories.

Not only does Shreve Memorial Library offer online career resources, the library also offers in-person resume writing workshops as well as job interview prep classes at library branches throughout Caddo Parish. Additionally, the library partners with other organizations to provide additional resources and learning opportunities. For instance, on Monday, June 24, Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) will host a BPCC on Location event at the David Raines Branch, where those interested in furthering their education can get assistance with admissions, financial aid applications, and learn about the college entrance process.

No matter where you are in your career journey, Shreve Memorial Library has the resources to help you dream, discover, do. Be sure to visit www.shreve-lib.org for more information on these programs and to access online resources like LinkedIn Learning and Udemy.

What’s New at the Library

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher (non-fiction)

Part memoir, part history. Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. From “the queen of all media” (Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal), this is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world. When tech titans crowed that they would “move fast and break things,” Kara Swisher was moving faster and breaking news. While covering the explosion of the digital sector in the early 1990s, she developed a long track record of digging up and reporting the facts about the new world order. Her consistent scoops drove one CEO to accuse her of “listening in the heating ducts” and prompted Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg to once observe: “It is a constant joke in the Valley when people write memos for them to say, ‘I hope Kara never sees this.’” While still in college, Swisher got her start at The Washington Post, where she became one of the few people in journalism interested in covering the nascent Internet. She went on to work for The Wall Street Journal, joining with Walt Mossberg to start the groundbreaking D: All Things Digital conference, as well as pioneering tech news sites. Swisher has interviewed everyone who matters in tech over three decades, right when they presided over an explosion of world-changing innovation that has both helped and hurt our world. Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Bob Iger, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Meg Whitman, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg are just a few whom Swisher made sweat – figuratively and, in Zuckerberg’s case, literally. Despite the damage she chronicles, Swisher remains optimistic about tech’s potential to help solve problems and not just create them. She calls upon the industry to make better, more thoughtful choices, even as a new set of powerful AI tools are poised to change the world yet again. At its heart, this book is a love story to, for, and about tech from someone who knows it better than anyone.

One by One by Freida McFadden (fiction)

One by one, they will get what they deserve… Claire Matchett needs this trip. It will be a break from work and raising children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubbing with friends at a luxurious hotel in the woods, disconnected from the pressures of real life. Then, on a lonely dirt road, Claire’s minivan breaks down. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to walk the rest of the way to their remote accommodation. But the forest is dark and difficult to navigate and, hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost. As they venture deeper into the woods, the members of their party are struck down mysteriously, one by one. Are they being hunted? And by what – or who? As Claire’s dream vacation descends into a nightmare, something becomes clear: only one of them will return home alive. A taut story of betrayal and survival from New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden that will leave you wondering if there’s any way out of the woods…

The Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger (fiction)

Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad’s late uncle has left them his luxury apartment at the historic Windermere in glamorous Murray Hill. With its prewar elegance and impeccably uniformed doorman, the building is the epitome of old New York charm. One would almost never suspect the dark history lurking behind its perfectly maintained façade. At first, the building and its eclectic tenants couldn’t feel more welcoming. But as the Lowans settle into their new home, Rosie starts to suspect that there’s more to the Windermere than meets the eye. Why is the doorman ever-present? Why are their cameras everywhere? And why have so many gruesome crimes occurred there throughout the years? When one of the neighbors turns up dead, Rosie must get to the truth about the Windermere before she, too, falls under its dangerous spell.

About Shreve Memorial Library

Shreve Memorial Library transforms Caddo Parish lives with resources, services and support to create a better world by focusing on developing young readers, sparking imaginations, encouraging curiosity, fostering connection, and providing comfortable places. Shreve Memorial Library’s 21-branch system is maintained by a parish-wide property tax millage to support the informational, educational and recreational needs of its constituents. For more information, visit www.shreve-lib.org, and like, follow and subscribe on social media channels including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, Pinterest and YouTube. Dream, discover, do – Shreve Memorial Library and you!

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