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SLC library death ruled a suicide

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake City police say a person is dead after jumping from a rooftop garden area at the Salt Lake City Main Library.

Suspicious death at Salt Lake City library

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake City police are investigating the death of a person at the Salt Lake City Main Library.

Training workshop for adults Saturday

WASHINGTON TERRACE — The “Astonishing Astronomy: Discovering Our Universe” workshop is back by popular demand.

A Kaysville resident uses a computer at the Davis County Library to do research on the internet. The library system is updating its resources so it can offer more e-books, online learning games for children and online resources for adults, such as car repair manuals and language learning courses. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Davis libraries boosting technology, resources for users

FARMINGTON — As library patrons increasingly use electronic media to access information, Davis County Library is working to meet their demands.

Libraries have historically been a major source of knowledge, traditionally in the form of paper books. However, with the increased use of technology, libraries are beginning to expand their resources.

Davis County Library is working to enhance its technology assets by purchasing more e-books, offering online learning games and tools for children and providing access to online car repair manuals, genealogy databases and foreign language courses.

Window screen, sculpture to adorn new Davis library

FARMINGTON -- Although libraries are quiet zones, when patrons visit the new $4.8 million Davis County Library Main Branch in Farmington, horseplay is exactly what they'll see in the window.

Weber's main library using $40K to upgrade computers

OGDEN — The Weber County Main Library’s public computer lab is getting new computers.

The library’s Board of Trustees has designated its $40,059 Community Library Enhancement Fund Award to the computer upgrade.

Brigham City Library to host gardening series

BRIGHAM CITY — The Brigham City Library, 26 E. Forest St., will host a six-week gardening series beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Oscar party planned at Ogden library branch

OGDEN — The Weber County Library will throw an Oscar party Sunday afternoon to let residents get a taste of the festivities surrounding the annual movie awards.

The program will be at the Pleasant Valley Branch, 5568 Adams Ave., Ogden, beginning at 4 p.m. with a red carpet party before the 5 p.m. show on the library’s big movie screen.

The red carpet party will include door prizes and refreshments. A special award will be made for whomever successfully predicts which film wins “best picture.”

Aulene Elizabeth Morgan

Aulene Elizabeth Morgan, 50, of Clearfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit family from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the mortuary. Interment, Lindquist’s Memorial Park at Layton, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Condolences may be posted at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Human library “book” Jose Castillo, a Utah State University philosophy student, talks to his “readers” Tuesday about his specialty topic: making the most of life’s second chances. (NANCY VAN VALKENBURG/Standard-Examiner)

Public checks out human library books at Utah State

LOGAN -- Christian Orr waited, with neatly combed hair and a dapper outfit with a sweater vest, hoping someone would check him out.

Puppet shows scheduled at library

FARMINGTON — Davis County Library is hosting a set of holiday puppet shows.

Public invited to free fall concert

CLEARFIELD -- The city is offering up a haunting of its own through music.

The public is invited to a free community event, the Clearfield Community Band's fall concert, "Haunting Melodies and Things That Go Bump in the Night."

Redistricting forum planned for Salt Lake library

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah lawmakers and political activists will discuss the state's redistricting process during a forum at the Salt Lake City Library.

Target Corp. remodeling Salt Lake school library

SALT LAKE CITY -- Target Corporation is unveiling $200,000 in improvements for a Salt Lake City elementary school library.

Dragon tales, 'Grit' circulating at Gitmo

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- If circulation at the detention center library is an indicator, captives are keeping busy in their cellblocks with comics, Westerns, self-help books and video games.

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