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Farmville Public Library is for Everyone

Welcome! Farmville Public Library invites you to visit the library in-person or explore digital resources. Visit the library to work on your assignments, stretch out at a study table, connect to Wi-Fi, use a computer, attend a program, or browse the shelves for a good book! You can use your Pitt County Schools Student ID to use computers, access online resources or borrow books and materials.

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Hello Makers, this month we're celebrating Black History Month and the contributions of Black Americans to Science, Technology and Math. Heather, the Librarian, has put together resources for each week's S.T.E.M. kit, including videos and websites. If you have any questions, come and see Miss Heather at the Library or call 252-753-3355. Follow @farmvillepubliclibrary on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or TikTok. Email Heather.

Video Games

This week we're learning about Video Games. The Maker activity of the week is a thaumatrope. Help Yoshi catch Shy Guy! Click or tap the photo for a video tutorial. Kits available at the Library.

Learn more about how thaumatropes teach the basics of animation.

Gerald A. Lawson, video game pioneer

The first home video game system consoles could only play one or two built in games. If you wanted to play new games, you had to buy a new console. Gerald (Jerry) A. Lawson, a largely self-taught engineer, became a pioneer in electronic video entertainment. He led the team that created the first home video game console with interchangeable cartridges, the Channel F (for fun), which allowed you to buy new games. Lawson also designed the first joystick. Watch an interview with Jerry here.

Gaming for Everyone: Blacks in Game

Gerry Lawson's children talk about his role as a video game pioneer. Watch here.

Black Gamers

The IGDA Black in Games (BIG) SIG is a community of diverse professionals in the game industry who come together for networking, friendship, professional development, and celebration. BIG is an action SIG. Using game design techniques, education forums and interactive workshops, BIG strives to bring awareness and activism into the game industry in regards to race and discrimination.

Jerry Lawson Award for Achievement in Game Development

The Jerry Lawson Award for Achievement in Game Development is a tool to highlight the accomplishments of a person who identifies as an under-represented minority in the game development community, with a specific recognition of work directly related to game development. By highlighting advancements in the industry and products we love, the IGDA Foundation hopes to raise awareness of the many people who have made an important contribution to game development in the industry’s history.

Cierra McDonald (2019) and Laura Teclemariam (2020) winners of the Jerry A. Lawson Award. Learn more here.

How to Become a Video Game Designer

Watch here.

Read or Listen

Read more books about video games in the Libby app or e-inc website. Farmville Public Library is your library. Sign in with your Library card or Pitt County School ID number (PIN is last 4 of School ID).

Slay by Brittney Morris

Ready Player One meets The Hate U Give in this dynamite debut novel that follows a fierce teen game developer as she battles a real-life troll intent on ruining the Black Panther–inspired video game she created and the safe community it represents for Black gamers.

By day, seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is an honors student, a math tutor, and one of the only Black kids at Jefferson Academy. But at home, she joins hundreds of thousands of Black gamers who duel worldwide as Nubian personas in the secret multiplayer online role-playing card game, SLAY. No one knows Kiera is the game developer, not her friends, her family, not even her boyfriend, Malcolm, who believes video games are partially responsible for the “downfall of the Black man.”

But when a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the SLAY world, news of the game reaches mainstream media, and SLAY is labeled a racist, exclusionist, violent hub for thugs and criminals. Even worse, an anonymous troll infiltrates the game, threatening to sue Kiera for “anti-white discrimination.”

Driven to save the only world in which she can be herself, Kiera must preserve her secret identity and harness what it means to be unapologetically Black in a world intimidated by Blackness. But can she protect her game without losing herself in the process?

Check it out from the Library with your library card of school ID.

Scholarships for Microsoft

This year BAM will award 27 scholarships totaling US $175,000:
— four (4) $20,000 scholarships distributed over 4 years ($5,000 per year, renewable)
— eight (8) $10,000 scholarships distributed over 2 years ($5,000 per year, renewable)
— 15 - $1,000 one -time scholarships
Blacks at Microsoft Scholarship--BAM is dedicated to supporting the continued growth and development of black employees and encouraging students to pursue a career in technology. Learn more here.

Learn about the history of video games

Original Mario game art.

Study Tools

The library offers in-person and digital services to help you with remote learning, complete assignments, study for a test, and even ace your driver's exam. Check out this section for details on how to connect with a live tutor for help with assignments, research a project, and more!

Remote learners, visit the library to stretch out at a study table, connect to Wi-Fi, use a computer, or print documents. Your Pitt Co. Student ID or library account can be used to access computers, borrow materials, or use resources.

Research

NC Live

NC Live can help you with your schoolwork and research projects. Access thousands of eBooks, articles and photos for free from anywhere with your School ID or library card. Watch the one minute video below to learn how to connect NC Live with your Student ID.

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Use your School ID at the Library

Student Access Program
The easier way for Pitt County Schools students to access library books, computers, and online resources. Every PCS student has a special Farmville Public Library account, which allows students to use their student ID number instead of a traditional library card. Students may bring their student ID number to the library to check out or access materials, or library staff will gladly look up their account number for them. For online resources that require a pin number, students can use the last 4 digits of their student ID number as their pin. PCS student files will be updated quarterly to ensure up-to-date records and parents can opt out at any time.

DMV Practice Tests

Before you hit the road, check out the DMV Practice Test website.

Battle of the books

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College, Career and Test Prep

Preparing for college, applying for jobs or practicing for a college or career exam? The library can help!

NC Live Career and Test Prep

Connect to NC Live with your Student ID or Farmville Library account to build a resume, test prep, or to learn about careers.

Tutor.com

Need a job? Before you submit that application, visit Tutor.com. Upload your resume and cover letter to have a tutor read over it and give you feedback for improvement (and catch those spelling and grammar errors. You can also video chat with a tutor to practice interview skills. You'll need a Farmville Public Library account. To register for a library account online, click here.

Activities

Hop on the Rock the Bike Recharge Station and use pedal power to charge your device!

Read

Visit the library to borrow print materials or download an ebook or audiobook to your device. Use your Student ID or Farmville Library card.

New Books

Banned Books Week

In celebration of Banned Books Week, library staff has chosen to spotlight books that we "hate!" Thanks to the Freedom to Read, you can check them out from the Farmville Public Library! Because libraries don't ban books-even "bad" ones.

“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.” ― Pete Hautman

Challenged Book Spotlight

In late 2017, The Hate U Give was banned by school officials in Katy, Texas, where it was challenged for “inappropriate language.” District Superintendent Lance Hindt pulled the book from shelves during the review process in violation of the district’s own review policies, claiming he did so based on its “pervasive vulgarity and racially-insensitive language…not its substantive content or the viewpoint expressed.” The move drew widespread condemnation from free expression advocates, but the actions of a teen in the district helped save the day. Ny’Shira Lundy collected 4,000 signatures on a petition calling for the restoration of the book. The district relented and put it back on shelves, but it wasn’t a total victory. Students are required to get parental permission to check it out. Click or tap to learn more from Banned Books Week.