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Technology, Literacy, and Career Center

Expand your computer knowledge by attending one of the following single-session workshops. Registrations are only accepted on the day of the workshop, except for Saturday classes that start at 10:30 am. You can register for 10:30 am Saturday classes on Friday afternoon. Customers can register by calling the Internet Lab at (313) 833-4790 or visiting in person during operating hours. There is a 18-person limit for each workshop.

All workshops begin on time. Those not seated at the start of the class may forfeit their space. Library customers may attend the same workshop a maximum of two times.

For a general description of the following classes, please click here.

Intermediate Computer Skills
Wednesday, July 9, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 30, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Children’s Program—Computers for KIDS
Friday, August 29, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, September 12, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, September 19, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, September 26, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Introduction to MS Word
Saturday, July 12, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 2, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 6, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 23, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Using Tables in Word
Saturday, July 12, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Grants: Government Sources
Wednesday, July 16, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Basic Web Searching
Friday, July 18, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 9, 10:30 - Noon
Friday, August 15, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, September 12, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Introduction to MS Excel
Saturday, July 19, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 16, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 13, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.

Intermediate MS Excel
Saturday, July 19, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 13, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Veteran’s Benefits
Wednesday, July 23, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Intermediate Web Searching
Friday, July 25, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, August 22, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, September 19, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Using the World Wide Web to Find Employment
Saturday, July 26, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, August 23, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 20, 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.

Introduction to MS PowerPoint
Saturday, July 26, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Basic Computer Skills
Friday, August 1, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, August 29, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Friday, September 26, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Using Mail Merge in MS Word
Saturday, August 2, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Introduction to E-mail
Saturday, August 9, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 20, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Grants II: Foundation Sources
Wednesday, August 13, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Using Excel for Word Mail Merge
Saturday, August 16, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Creating Flyers in MS Word
Wednesday, August 27, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Grants III: Private Sources
Wednesday, September 10, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Consumer Information
Wednesday, September 17, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Googling
Wednesday, September 24, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

All Day Family History Day
Saturday, September 27

Using Ancestry.com with Michael John Neill
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Links to the past. Internet resources for African American Genealogical Reaserach with Rochelle Danquah
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Vital Sigs: Birth, Marriage and Death Records on the web with Gloriane Peck.
3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

Please address questions to
Burton Historical Collection at 313-833-1480 or 313-833-4790

For a general description of the above classes, please click here.