Prendergast Library Sets Spring Classes

Ryan Walker and Ben Johnson, left to right, staff members in the Public Computer Center at Prendergast Library, look at ebooks downloaded on portable devices that are available for demonstration and training. A variety of computer and technology classes will be offered this spring. To register for free classes at the library, call 484-7135.  

JAMESTOWN - Prendergast Library will offer classes for beginner through advanced computer users in its Public Computer Center this spring, including instruction on several new topics.

           "These career-oriented classes cover many computer skills that benefit job seekers,” according to Library Director Linda Mielke.

            Instructors from Jamestown Community College will offer three levels of Microsoft Access and Excel as well as QuickBooks, Social Networking, and PowerPoint.

           Teachers provided by Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES will give Let’s Start with Computers, Let’s Start with Excel, We Ought to be in Pictures (digital photography), File Management, and Microsoft Publisher.

           Prendergast Library staff have scheduled classes on iPad basics, Internet scams, eReaders, budgeting, eBay, Google, YouTube, Weebly, Skype, What are all these Wires on my Computer?, computers for beginners, Internet basics, email basics, and resumes.

            In addition to the classes, one-on-one instruction by appointment is available for assistance with eReaders, audio books, Facebook, Internet searching, email, and resume writing.   

            An updated schedule with details about classes is available at www.prendergastlibrary.org.

            To register for classes or make an appointment for individual help, call 484-7135, or stop at the information desk. The library is located at 509 Cherry Street.

The Public Computer Center at Prendergast Library was created through a project called

Broadbandexpress@yourlibrary after the New York State Library, a unit of the Office of Cultural Education within the New York State Education Department, was awarded funding to expand computer access in public libraries across the state.