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Grow with Google

Free digital skills workshops and one-on-one coaching

2019-03-20 10:30:00 2019-03-20 17:30:00 America/New_York Grow with Google Join Google for free workshops to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Learn how to reach customers online, get found on Search and Maps, and more. Main Library - Meeting Room 2AB

Wednesday, March 20
10:30am - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2019-03-20 10:30:00 2019-03-20 17:30:00 America/New_York Grow with Google Join Google for free workshops to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Learn how to reach customers online, get found on Search and Maps, and more. Main Library - Meeting Room 2AB

Main Library

Meeting Room 2AB

Join Google for free workshops to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Learn how to reach customers online, get found on Search and Maps, and more.

Digital Skills for Your Community: Learn about free tools and resources that you can use to assist job seekers in conducting an online job search and learning new digital skills, and help small businesses learn how to reach customers online. This workshop includes a curriculum that you can tailor for your own community needs. Note: This session is for library, education and nonprofit professionals only. 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Reach Customers Online with Google: Anyone who wants to learn new marketing skills or reach potential customers online will learn about search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), content marketing, and social media marketing. The result? A strategy that can get your organization, business or event in from of your target audience. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Get Found on Google Search and Maps: Explore Google My Business, a free tool for local businesses who want to connect with customers on Google Search and Maps. Get hands-on help creating or updating your listing, and learn how to make a free website. 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Get Started with Email, Spreadsheets, and Presentations: Do your best work from wherever you are. In this interactive workshop for beginners, anyone interested in learning more about Gmail, spreadsheets, and presentations will gain first-hand experience using these products and learn helpful tips on how to collaborate and stay organized. 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

This event is FREE. Details and registration available at https://events.withgoogle.com/join-google-in-ohio/

Main Library

Phone: 330.643.9000
Branch manager
Michael Bianchi

Hours
Mon, Apr 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Apr 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Apr 24 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Apr 25 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Apr 26 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 27 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Apr 28 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

Upcoming Events

Thu, Apr 25, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Apr 25, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Apr 25, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Meeting Room 1

Thu, Apr 25, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Apr 25, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3,Atrium,Auditorium

Thu, Apr 25, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, Apr 25, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
This event is full

Thu, Apr 25, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Apr 25, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, Apr 27, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Meeting Room 2AB

Mon, Apr 29, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Tue, Apr 30, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
This event is full

Wed, May 01, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 01, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, May 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, May 02, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, May 02, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, May 02, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, May 02, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, May 03, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, May 04, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, May 06, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Tue, May 07, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TechZone

Tue, May 07, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
This event is full

Wed, May 08, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 08, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 08, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
This event is full

Wed, May 08, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Atrium

Thu, May 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, May 09, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TechZone

Thu, May 09, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, May 09, 6:15pm - 8:00pm

Fri, May 10, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Atrium,Auditorium

Sat, May 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, May 11, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Atrium,Auditorium,Garden Trio Corridor,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3

Mon, May 13, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 15, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Zoom

Wed, May 15, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, May 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, May 16, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, May 16, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TechZone

Thu, May 16, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, May 16, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Sat, May 18, 10:00am - 1:30pm
Atrium,Auditorium,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3

Sat, May 18, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Atrium,Auditorium

Mon, May 20, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Tue, May 21, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1
This event is full

Wed, May 22, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 22, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TechZone

Wed, May 22, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Thu, May 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, May 23, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
TechZone
Registration opens Thursday, May 2 2024 at 12:00am

Thu, May 23, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Microbusiness Center

Thu, May 23, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium