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Grow with Google

Free digital skills workshops and one-on-one coaching

2019-03-20 10:30:00 2019-03-20 17:30:00 America/New_York Grow with Google Join Google for free workshops to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Learn how to reach customers online, get found on Search and Maps, and more. Main Library - Meeting Room 2AB

Wednesday, March 20
10:30am - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2019-03-20 10:30:00 2019-03-20 17:30:00 America/New_York Grow with Google Join Google for free workshops to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Learn how to reach customers online, get found on Search and Maps, and more. Main Library - Meeting Room 2AB

Main Library

Meeting Room 2AB

Join Google for free workshops to help you grow your skills, career, or business. Learn how to reach customers online, get found on Search and Maps, and more.

Digital Skills for Your Community: Learn about free tools and resources that you can use to assist job seekers in conducting an online job search and learning new digital skills, and help small businesses learn how to reach customers online. This workshop includes a curriculum that you can tailor for your own community needs. Note: This session is for library, education and nonprofit professionals only. 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Reach Customers Online with Google: Anyone who wants to learn new marketing skills or reach potential customers online will learn about search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), content marketing, and social media marketing. The result? A strategy that can get your organization, business or event in from of your target audience. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Get Found on Google Search and Maps: Explore Google My Business, a free tool for local businesses who want to connect with customers on Google Search and Maps. Get hands-on help creating or updating your listing, and learn how to make a free website. 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Get Started with Email, Spreadsheets, and Presentations: Do your best work from wherever you are. In this interactive workshop for beginners, anyone interested in learning more about Gmail, spreadsheets, and presentations will gain first-hand experience using these products and learn helpful tips on how to collaborate and stay organized. 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

This event is FREE. Details and registration available at https://events.withgoogle.com/join-google-in-ohio/

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Job Skills & Career | Computers & Technology | Business & Personal Finance |

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Main Library

Phone: 330.643.9000
Branch manager
Michael Bianchi

Hours
Mon, Sep 15 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Sep 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Sep 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Sep 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Sep 19 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Sep 20 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Sep 21 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.

Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.

Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.

Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.

Upcoming Events

Cancelled
Thu, Sep 18, 10:30am - 12:00pm

Thu, Sep 18, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Sep 18, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Sep 18, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Computer Lab 1

Thu, Sep 18, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Fri, Sep 19, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Sep 20, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Sep 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
TechZone

Sat, Sep 20, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium

Mon, Sep 22, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Sep 22, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
TechZone

Mon, Sep 22, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Sep 23, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Tue, Sep 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space B

Rescheduled
Tue, Sep 23, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
New date Tuesday, September 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Tue, Sep 23, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Sep 24, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Sep 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
TechZone

Wed, Sep 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Sep 24, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 1

Thu, Sep 25, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Thu, Sep 25, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Sep 25, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Sep 25, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Sep 25, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Sep 25, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Auditorium

Thu, Sep 25, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, Sep 26, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Sep 27, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
TechZone

Mon, Sep 29, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Mon, Sep 29, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
115 E. Market St., Akron, OH 44308

Tue, Sep 30, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Tue, Sep 30, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Wed, Oct 01, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Oct 01, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Oct 01, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 02, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 02, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Oct 02, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Oct 02, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Fri, Oct 03, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Oct 04, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Quiet Study Room 1

Sat, Oct 04, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Atrium,Auditorium,Meeting Room 1,Meeting Room 2AB,Meeting Room 3

Sat, Oct 04, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
TechZone

Mon, Oct 06, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Tue, Oct 07, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Tue, Oct 07, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center

Tue, Oct 07, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Wed, Oct 08, 9:30am - 11:00am
Auditorium

Wed, Oct 08, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, Oct 08, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Auditorium

Wed, Oct 08, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Oct 08, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Oct 08, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
TechZone
This event is full

Thu, Oct 09, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Oct 09, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 09, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Oct 09, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 09, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, Oct 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Fri, Oct 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Oct 11, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Special Collections

Sat, Oct 11, 10:15am - 12:00pm
Business, Government & Science Patent Alcove

Sat, Oct 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Sat, Oct 11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Mon, Oct 13, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
TechZone

Tue, Oct 14, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Tue, Oct 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space B

Wed, Oct 15, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Oct 15, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
TechZone

Wed, Oct 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Children's Library Programming Room

Wed, Oct 15, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Meeting Room 1
Registration opens Wednesday, September 24 2025 at 10:00am

Wed, Oct 15, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Children's Library Educator Lab

Thu, Oct 16, 10:15am - 11:15am
Children's Library Educator Lab

Thu, Oct 16, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Thu, Oct 16, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Oct 16, 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Small Business & Nonprofit Resource Center Space A

Thu, Oct 16, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Teen Meeting Room

Thu, Oct 16, 6:15pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium

Fri, Oct 17, 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Library Programming Room

Sat, Oct 18, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Atrium

Sat, Oct 18, 10:30am - 11:00am
Children's Library Programming Room