What’s New

Khan Academy

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Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We’ve also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.

Open Education Database

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Looking for free, college level lectures and courses?  Check out the Open Education Database (OEDB.)  This resource connects learners to thousands of free online courses.  Many of these classes are offered by leaders in the educational community, such as UC Berkeley, MIT, and Yale University.  Learn at your own pace with these free, easily accesible courses.

Consumer Reports

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Evaluations of new products and comparisons between products, that are released by the magazine, Consumer Reports. This resource is accessible from home with your Dexter District Library card.  If you have a Library Card that begins with 29082, you will need to get a new card from the Library before you can use this resource from home.  Come to the Library and we will supply you with a new card free of charge.

Consumer Reports is provided through financial support from the Friends of the Dexter District Library.

Dexter Community Information

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Video courtesy of Rob Ewing and Ewing Pros, Realtors

Community groups listed below without a Web site do have a phone number for reference.

If you have a community group to suggest for this list, please contact Paul McCann, Director, via e-mail at pmccann@dexter.lib.mi.us.

Suggestions will be reviewed and added to the list based on appropriateness.

Wi-Fi Printing

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LOG IN

1. Go to this web site and log in with your library card number / password:
https://smartalecplus.smartalecprint.com/?id=TLN

2.  Press “Choose File”, browse to the file you wish to print, and then click upload.  You may now upload multiple files at a time.  You don’t need to be inside the Library building for this step, so the print jobs can be sent from home if you wish.  Alternatively, you can email the files as attachments to: smartalec@smartalecprint.com, attach directly from Google Drive, or paste a URL you desire to have printed.

3.  Once you have all the files uploaded, sign into the Print Release Station on the 2nd Floor of the Library, and you will see the files you had uploaded previously.  Click them to select, then click “Continue”

4.  You will be shown a summary of the charges.  Make your selection for Black & White or Color printing.  Additional funds may be added to the library card number at the circulation desk.

bookclub

Reading Groups

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Library Director’s (Paul McCann) Group

Meetings are typically held on the third Monday of each month, September through June, at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise posted.  Registration is required.  Contact Paul McCann at 734-426-4477 (ext 111) for further information.

Lisa Ryan’s Groups

Somewhere in Time Book Club

This history focused book discussion club meets the second Monday of every month from 7:00- 8:30 in the DDL lower level meeting room and will focus on different times and places in history.  This is a nonfiction reading group, but some quality historical fiction may also be included from time to time.

Registration is required.  Contact Lisa Ryan 734-426-4477 at (ext 119) for further information.

Better Off Read Book Club

This general reading book discussion club meets the third Thursday of every month from 1:00-2:30 in the DDL lower level meeting room. This is a general reading group and it will focus on a selection of books from many different genres.

Registration is required.  Contact Lisa Ryan 734-426-4477 at (ext 119) for further information.