Free Admission to Henry Ford Museum

During Target Family Days, admission to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn is free! 

The dates for Target Family Days are January 19, 2009 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), February 16, 2009 (Presidents’ Day), and September 7, 2009 (Labor Day).

DPL’s Chandler Park Branch featured in Metro Times

The Detroit Public Library’s Chandler Park Branch and its staff are featured in an article in this week’s Metro Times.

Click here for the article.  Also, the author’s blog at detroitblog.org has more pictures of the library.

Some useful sites

“A Big List of Sites That Teach You How to Do Stuff” – a list of instructional/tutorial sites from ReadWriteWeb

“Eight Handy Tools in Microsoft Word You Probably Don’t Know About” – from PCMag.com 

“Ten Social Networking Tips for Librarians” – from librarianinblack

Wordle – Create your own “word clouds”