The Elizabeth Taber Library is offering the following programs and services. For more information, call 508-748-1252.

Free tech workshops

The library will offer a series of free Friday tech workshops at 11 a.m. during April. On April 8, there will be a workshop on Universal Class (free online courses), on April 15 on Zinio Digital Magazines, April 22 on Indieflix (free online movies), and April 29 learn more about your iPad/iPhone. Call, email or stop into the Elizabeth Taber Library to register.

Crazy Weather and the Arctic Meltdown: How Are They Connected?

The Elizabeth Taber Library will host Dr. Jennifer Francis for a talk on Tuesday, April 12, at 6:30 p.m.

Francis will speak on the crazy weather patterns and answer if it is related to climate change. She will speak on new research that links increasing extreme weather events with the rapidly warming and melting Arctic during recent decades. Evidence suggests that Arctic warming is causing weather patterns to become more persistent, which can lead to extremes such as droughts, cold spells, heat waves and some flooding events.

Francis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from San Jose State University in 1988 and a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington in 1994. As a professor at Rutgers University since 1994, she has taught courses in satellite remote sensing and climate change issues, and also co-founded and co-directed the Rutgers Climate and Environmental Change Initiative.

Presently, she is a research professor in the Rutgers Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and she studies Arctic climate change and Arctic-global climate linkages.

Francis and her husband circumnavigated the world in a sailboat from 1980 to 1985, including Cape Horn and the Arctic, during which her interest in weather and the Arctic began.

Drop in technology help

Technology help is available on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. and Thursdays at 2 p.m. until May 26. Get one-on-one help with electronic devices, the Internet, social media and computer problems. No registration is required. First come, first served. Note, if you cannot make one of these days, call library to make an appointment for another time.

Coloring for adults

Coloring isn't just for the kids anymore. Color and chat with others on Thursday, April 14 at 4 p.m. and/or Thursday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m. for our Adult Coloring Session. Light refreshments will be served.

Mystery Book Club

The next monthly mystery book discussion will be Wednesday, April 6 at 11 a.m. The book to be discussed is “The Fixer” by Joseph Finder.  Stop into the library to register and reserve a copy of the monthly book.

Afternoon Book Club

The monthly afternoon fiction book discussion will be Tuesday, April 19 at 2 p.m. Aprils selection is “Us” by David Nicholls. Register and reserve a copy of the book at the library.