Young Adult Resources

Based on the original analog circuit designs of the world's first portable keyboard synthesizer.
The Minimoog Model D Synthesizer App is a mobile transmutation of the world’s first portable synthesizer, the Minimoog Model D. Optimized for use on all 64-bit iOS devices, anyone can jump in and play with over 160 included presets or lay fingers to the controls and begin exploring vast magical realms of creative potential.

Taking full advantage of the iOS platform, the Minimoog Model D Synthesizer App incorporates a number of inspiring sound creation tools and capabilities not present on its analog antecedent. New functions include the ability to play chords with up to four-note polyphony, an easy-to-use arpeggiator for rhythmic pattern creation, a real time looping recorder with unlimited overdubbing capacity, a tempo-synchronizable stereo ping pong delay module, and the Bender -- a wide-range stereo time modulation effect module.
-https://www.moogmusic.com/products/minimoog-model-d-synthesizer-app

Rex is writing this creative new middle-grade offering in real-time, about our real-world predicament, and will be reading each week's newest chapter aloud on this one-of-a-kind webcast "serial"!

Tune in every Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET to catch the latest in Aiden's quaran-teen'ed story--and stick around after the reading for a weekly Q&A with Rex. This is the perfect virtual get-away for students and educators looking for a fun and relatable escape from their own quarantines!

Can't make the live readings? Don't worry! Every episode of this webcast serial will be recorded and available to watch on-demand.

Thankfully, to help people

keep their spirits up

and combat boredom,

a large number of

Japan’s manga publishers

are making their comics

available to read online

for free.

The current free-to-read anthology selection

includes back issues from the last few months,

for a total of 78 free editions currently

available (access app/website in parentheses):

● Weekly Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump +)

● Weekly Shonen Sunday (Sunday Webly)

● Kokoro Comic, Kokoro Ichiban (Kokoro Online)

● Betsu Comi, Sho-Comi, Cheese!, Ciao Deluxe, Petit Comic, Monthly Flowers (Shogakukan e-Comic Store)

● Ribbon, Bessatsu Margaret, Koko Hana, The Margaret (Margaret Bookstore) ● Weekly Shonen Champion (Manga Cross)

● Hana to Yume, The Hana to Yume Shin, LaLa, LaLaDX (Hakusensha.enet!)

source -https://soranews24.com/2020/03/09/thanks-to-the-coronavirus-over-450-manga-volumes-are-now-free-to-read-online/

American Graduate: Getting to Work

partners with schools and businesses in order to help prepare students with the skill sets and training needed to be part of the new workforce, especially in high-demand fields.

APT’s American Graduate: Getting to Work supports partners who are addressing Alabama’s workforce crisis: the gap between job openings in high-demand skilled jobs and the shortage of people qualified to fill them.

Career Pathways: Apprenticeships is produced in partnership with the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship, the David Mathews Center, the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Alabama Community College System, and Apprenticeship Alabama.
Career Pathways: Apprenticeships is made possible through the generous support of Wells Fargo, American Graduate, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers,

and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to

essential library and information resources. It is primarily a group

of online databases that have magazine, journal,

and newspaper articles for research.

Through the AVL, an equitable core of information sources is available to every student and citizen in Alabama, raising the level of excellence in schools and communities across the state.

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FREE ONLINE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED FROM YOUR HOME

With everything happening in the world, music has the power to connect us.

We’re all going to be spending more time inside – so we might as well make some noise.

Free Web series available to read or listen to online.

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It's heavy stuff. It's worrisome stuff.

The resources below are a collection that is available everyday to our community and SFPL library cardholders.

Bookmark this page for a shortcut to resources that will make you life SO much easier!