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Story date: May 6, 2009

By Judy Mays

May is Arkansas History Month, so it's a good time to come by the Russellville library and see what we have in the Arkansas History and Genealogy area.

Upcoming programs free and open to the public include a book presentation by Polly J. Price, author of the book "Judge Richard S. Arnold: A Legacy of Justice on the Federal Bench," from 1-2 p.m. May 13 at Heritage Hall, 114 E. Third St. in Russellville.

There is also an upcoming genealogy class on using DNA testing in genealogy research to be presented by Dr. Buford J. Suffridge. It will be from 11 a.m. to noon May 30 at the Russellville Library. After attending this class, you should have a basic understanding of the structure of DNA, be able to determine how the two types of DNA tests can be used to further genealogy research, understand how to collect a DNA sample, know where to send it for analysis and know how to perform basic interpretations of the results. The program will take place in the Heritage Hall and seating is limited, so reservations are required. For more information, please call Kristen or Charity at 968-4368.

Also, libraries across the country are partnering with Social Security to share information about their new initiatives. They have a new campaign, Retire Online. It's so easy! This is a new online retirement application that can be completed in as little as 15 minutes. It is available at www.socialsecurity.gov and can easily be completed at any of our library computers. In May, Social Security will distribute a one-time payment to more than 55 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The library has a brochure with information about this in greater detail.

Anyone who is a fan of author Stuart Woods will like his new Stone Barrington novel, "Loitering with Intent." With surprising twists, daring trysts and razor-sharp action, this thriller takes place in Key West. What seemed like an open-and-shut case turns out to be more dangerous that Stone anticipated. This book is available at any of the four libraries in the system. If it is not in, you can put a hold on it, and we will call you when it is available for you. This can be done in the library, on the phone or online.

If you have a music collection on your computer, Picard Tagger, musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardTagger, can help you create album-oriented tags that will work across different platforms, and also help create a more sophisticated way of accessing and organizing music files. The site for this application also contains complete documentation and some video demonstrations of how the application can be used. This version is compatible with computers running Linux, Mac OS X 10.3 and newer, and Windows 98 and newer.
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