A supply of census forms for speakers of the following languages is now available in the circulation lobby at the Main Library. The forms are located on the shelving to the left of the Adults' NEW titles along with a poster with a contact phone number to call census workers. A few postcard-sized take-aways are also available with this contact information in these languages.
Our 2009 Annual Report is completed and available electronically on this website: select ABOUT tab at the top of the page, then Annual Reports from the drop down menu, then 2009 from the bulleted list. Print copies are available at the Main and Leggett Branch libraries.
An open letter to you explaining choices made to meet the demands of declining revenues for library services while demand for those services is on the increase.
The Oakland Literacy Council will be doing tutor training at the Waterford Township Library February 6, 8 and 9. To sign up please call the Oakland Literacy Council at 248.253.1617
The third year of the popular Museum Adventure Pass program sponsored by Macy's begins now. Unfortunately these four museums are no longer participating: Detroit Institute of Arts, Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm, Cranbrook Art Museum, and Detroit Children's Museum. But these four museums have now joined: Shalom Street (in West Bloomfield), University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, and Troy Museum and Historic Village. The other participating attractions remain the same as last year. Expand your horizons and check out a place you've never been to before, right here in southeast Michigan!
The end of Daylight Saving Time arrives Sunday, November 1st at 2 AM. Before heading off to bed Saturday night, you should set your clocks back one hour to return to Standard Time. You are also encouraged to test and replace the batteries in your smoke detector.
While the twice-a-year changing of the clocks is now taken for granted, it wasn't that long ago that the very idea to "spring forward" or "fall back" was quite controversial. Michigan used to fall into the Central Time Zone. This meant that sunrise during the summer came as early as 5 AM [A few counties in the Upper Peninsula remain on Central Time]. Even after moving to the Eastern Time Zone, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Michigan chose not to observe Daylight Saving Time. It took a statewide vote to settle on observing Daylight Saving Time. Thanks to the combination of being on the far west side of the Eastern Time Zone and observing Daylight Saving Time, Michigan now enjoys late summer sunsets. The trade-off for those late summer evenings is dark mornings in the spring and fall.
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Michigan used to fall into the Central Time Zone. This meant that sunrise during the summer came as early as 5 AM [A few counties in the Upper Peninsula remain on Central Time]. Even after moving to the Eastern Time Zone, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Michigan chose not to observe Daylight Saving Time. It took a statewide vote to settle on observing Daylight Saving Time. Thanks to the combination of being on the far west side of the Eastern Time Zone and observing Daylight Saving Time, Michigan now enjoys late summer sunsets. The trade-off for those late summer evenings is dark mornings in the spring and fall.