Preparing For and Navigating College: What Do I Do Next?
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The Hayner Public Library District is offering a question-and-answer session on what college-bound high school students need to do to prepare for college: What tests do I need to take? How do I apply for scholarships? What can I do to make the transition from high school to college easier? How soon should I start applying to colleges? What’s the difference between a 2-year college and a 4-year university? What sort of long-term goals should I have before choosing a college? I’m in a 2-year college; how do I transition to a 4-year college? All of these questions and more can be answered in your quest to continue your education. It is a tricky field to navigate, and having extra information can make a big difference.
Dr. Brad Noble from Southern Illinois University–Edwardsville is the moderator of this session, providing guidance to those who are lost when it comes to college. He can also answer general questions about majors, especially in the hard sciences areas.
Dr. Noble earned a doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis, has won several teaching awards, and has served on many scholarship committees. Since 1996 he has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at SIUE, where he has taught 19 different classes, three of which he developed. He co-authored a successful patent in 2013.
This program is for high school students, current college students, and their parents, or anyone else who may have questions about college. Be prepared to take notes! This program will be held Monday, March 14, 6:00–7:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Alton Square location. Please call 1-800-613-3163 to reserve your spot.
Did you receive a new tablet this holiday season? If so, be sure to check out an eBook or audiobook for your device! The Hayner Public Library District offers thousands of free eBooks and audiobooks to our patrons through Overdrive and 3M. These titles are available 24/7 by visiting our website. Click on the link below to view helpful instructions sheets developed by our Reference Librarian. Instruction sheets are available for each specific device supported by the Overdrive and 3M eBook databases. 
Long gone are the days when you used a paper card catalog to locate an item in the library. Everything is now digital! Click on the link below to view step-by-step instructions for managing your library account online as well as navigating the online card catalog. If you have any questions about using the card catalog or your managing your online account, please contact Mary Cordes, Assistant Director for Circulation Services, at 
Did you know you can search our website for the over 10,000,000 items available for requesting and checkingout? Did you know that your library card account information is available for viewing online—and all of thisfrom the comfort of home? If not, we can show you how.
The Hayner Public Library District recently partnered with the Chatroom Barbershop & More (611 East Broadway, Alton) by providing free books and library bags for their back-to-school free haircut program. In exchange for their free haircut, book, and bag, children were asked to read to owners Charles Chapman or Tiffany Carson. Children were lined up waiting to read their books for a new ’do! The program will continue next year, so check dates and times by calling 618-433-1412.
Have you read a book recently that was SO good that you can’t keep quiet about it? Or have you been in a book slump and can’t find anything good to read? Has a book stuck with you so much that you just need to talk about it? We have the PERFECT place for you! Hayner Library now has an online book club where you can go to get the perfect recommendation or discuss the plot of the latest bestseller. There will be no discrimination against books; any book that you find interesting, regardless of genre, is more than welcome. We can even discuss horrible books and what makes them so unappealing. This amazing new club is located on Facebook (
After several years of planning, recording, and editing, we are happy to announce that the Hayner Library Audio Tour is now available at the Genealogy & Local History Library.
Remember when you were told not to look directly into the sun? Well, now you can!
Hayner Library subscribes to many online databases where patrons can find authoritative sources of research materials, full-text articles, and more. Recently, the library has added four new EBSCO databases to help students of all ages. The new databases are Testing & Education Reference Center, and Explora Primary Schools, Public Libraries, and Secondary Schools.