CELEBRATE BOTANICAL GARDEN WEEK
WITH COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
JUNE 12 TO JUNE 18

The Naples Botanical Garden has partnered with the Collier County Public Library to provide free admission into the garden beginning Monday, June 12, and ending on Sunday, June 18.

Collier County Public Library cardholders may visit NaplesGarden.org to reserve tickets. When checking out, enter the code ‘LibraryCol’ and click ‘apply’ to receive complimentary admission for up to four adults and any children within your household. You may also reserve tickets upon arrival. If you are a Collier County resident and do not have a library card, you can visit one of the ten library locations in Collier County to receive one at no cost. These locations can be found on the Collier County Public Library website at CollierLibrary.org/Locations. Whether reserving tickets online or in person, guests are required to present their library card(s) when arriving at the Naples Botanical Garden to gain free admission.

The Naples Botanical Garden is a 170-acre tropical garden paradise that features designs from some of the finest landscape architects in the world including cultivated gardens of Florida, Brazil, Asia, and the Caribbean, as well as a water garden filled with water lilies, lotuses, and papyruses. The Naples Botanical Garden is currently hosting the Frida and Her Garden exhibition which “will transport visitors to Kahlo’s garden at her home in Coyoacán, Mexico City. A re-creation of La Casa Azul (or the Blue House) is the centerpiece of the exhibit, showcasing Kahlo’s creative refuge and the plants that inspired her life and work. In addition to being immersed in Frida’s iconic blue house, you’ll also encounter monumental animal sculptures adorned with folk art representing important influences on Kahlo’s life and work.” 

The Naples Botanical Garden is located at 4280 Bayshore Drive, Naples, FL 34112, and is open from 9 AM to 2 PM daily.  To find out more about the Naples Botanical Garden, please go to NaplesGarden.org.

Top 10 Reasons to Work for the Library

10.  Ever-Changing Job - Our jobs reflect the needs of the community, whether it be technology instruction such as helping patrons download digital books, simple internet help, and giving book recommendations to those interested in reading something new.
9.  Teamwork - We're in this together and help each other out.
8.  Useful Skills - Our different skill sets bring a unique dynamic to our workplace.
7.  Great Conferences & Training Sessions - We stay up-to-date with learning new customer service methods, safety trainings, technology, and reader's advisory.
6.  Time Off - We recieve vacation time and have holidays off.
5.  A Multi-Faceted Job - We do many different things every day.  It's a job that requires multitasking and it's anything but routine.
4.  It Pays the Bills - It's a type of job that is employable in different markets and in changing times.
3.  Good Working Conditions - In a library, you're in a safe place and you work with people who are generally happy to be there.
2.  Fun Coworkers - We are intelligent, cultured, well-read people who enjoy working with the public and helping our coworkers succeed. 
1.  Grand Purpose - We support the freedom to read.  We are proud to give access of information to everyone  in our community.

To see which jobs are available, visit governmentjobs.com/careers/collier

Summer Reading Program 2023

Join us this summer at any of our library locations for a NEW Summer Reading Program!  This year's theme is called "All Together Now."  It's a unifying theme that is centered around kindness and brings us all together.  Starting June 3rd, stop by your local branch to pick up a reading card, borrow books, log them on your cards to turn in and win a weekly prize!  Continue reading all summer long for more chances to win prizes.  For more information, visit our website, collierlibrary.org or stop in at any of our library locations. 

Story Times at the Library

Join us for in-person Story Time events at select library branches.  We offer toddler, preschooler, and family story times.  Enjoy books, rhymes, songs, games, and fun crafts.  To view what we have to offer for children's programming, visit collierlibrary.org/events.

COLLECTION CORNER: Cybersecurity & Cybercrime

A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back by Bruce Schneier
The legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author discusses ways that developing a hacker’s mindset can help us better understand the systems and institutions that underpin our society.

Cyber crisis: protecting your business from real threats in the virtual world by Eric Cole.
From cybersecurity expert and former CIA hacker Eric Cole, Cyber Crisis explains why cybersecurity should be the top concern for all professionals and offers actionable advice that anyone can implement on regular basis for increased safety and protection.

Cybersecurity for Dummies by Joseph Steinberg
Cybersecurity For Dummies is the down-to-earth guide you need to secure your own data (and your company’s, too). You’ll get step-by-step guidance on how to implement reasonable security measures, prevent cyber attacks, deal securely with remote work, and what to do in the event that your information is compromised.

SOS! the Technology Guidebook for Parents of Tweens & Teens: Get the Answers You Need, Keep Them Safe and Enjoy Your Kids Again by Sheryl Gould
SOS! The Technology Guidebook for Parents of Tweens and Teens equips parents with unique solutions and collaborative tools to work through common conflicts about screen time, leading parents away from nagging and arguing with their children as it creates more opportunities for “face-to-face time.”

New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle
As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world.  In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power use our lack of understanding to further their own interests. Despite the apparent accessibility of information, we’re living in a new Dark Age.

I Have Nothing to Hide: And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy by Heidi Boghosian
An accessible guide that breaks down the complex issues around mass surveillance and data privacy and explores the negative consequences it can have on individual citizens and their communities.

The Secret to Cybersecurity: A Simple Plan to Protect Your Family and Business from Cybercrime by Scott E. Augenbaum
Cybercrimes are a threat and as dangerous as an armed intruder and yet millions of Americans are complacent or simply uninformed of how to protect themselves. The Secret to Cybersecurity closes that knowledge gap by using real-life examples to educate readers.

The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age by Danielle Keats Citron
The essential road map for understanding—and defending—your right to privacy in the twenty-first century.

Kingdom of Lies: Unnerving Adventures in the World of Cybercrime by Kate Fazzini
Kingdom of Lies follows the intertwined stories of cybercriminals and ethical hackers as they jump from criminal trend to criminal trend, crisis to crisis. A cybersecurity professional turned journalist, Kate Fazzini illuminates the many lies companies and governments tell us about our security, the lies criminals tell to get ahead, and the lies security leaders tell to make us think they are better at their jobs than they are.

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin Mitnick
Be online without leaving a trace. Your every step online is being tracked and stored, and your identity literally stolen. Big companies and big governments want to know and exploit what you do, and privacy is a luxury few can afford or understand.  In this explosive yet practical book, Kevin Mitnick uses true-life stories to show exactly what is happening without your knowledge, teaching you "the art of invisibility" -- online and real-world tactics to protect you and your family, using easy step-by-step instructions.