The Darien Foundation is sponsoring more classes for Darien's school and community volunteers.  All classes are held in the Darien Foundation Technology Lab at the Darien Library from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon on the dates listed below.  Space will be allotted on a first come, first served basis on the day of the class.  There are 12 stations in the Lab.  Mark your calendars now!

For more information, please visit The Darien Foundation website.

Getting More From Word

Monday, April 22nd

Everybody uses Microsoft Word but few people really understand it. In this class you will hone and develop your word proscessing skills including bullets, tables and tabs. This is an extremely useful program when you understand all its attributes.

Picasa Photo Organization

Tuesday, April 23rd

This free program from Google will help you with the photo organization process as well as being a very nice photo editing program.

Google Docs

Wednesday, April 24th

Learn how to create and share your work online and access your documents from anywhere. You can manage documents, spreadsheets, presentations, surveys and more all in one conveniently accessible location.

Publisher

Thursday, April 25th

Learn the basics of Microsoft Publisher for the PC (not available on the Mac) by creating flyers. This fun class will help you understand how to use all the graphic tools in this useful program.

Getting More From Word

Friday, April 26th

Everybody uses Microsoft Word but few people really understand it. In this class you will hone and develop your word proscessing skills including bullets, tables and tabs. This is an extremely useful program when you understand all its attributes.

Darien Library is now home to a Bookeye 4 Knowledge Imaging Center (KIC) scanner. The KIC scanner will save you time and money by allowing you to just scan the information you need from books without printing a copy out!

When you find a book or document that you wish to scan, bring it to the KIC scanner. Set the item on the KIC scanner with the pages open to the selection you would like to copy. With a push of a button, the KIC will scan the pages onto its screen in full color. The KIC scanner can handle books of a variety of sizes, and scans up to a 17-inch by 24-inch area at a time.

After scanning, you can crop and enlarge images from the touch screen to the right of the scan bed, and retrieve your images in a variety of ways::

• save scans to a USB
• email the scan as a text searchable PDF
• create an audio files

Got questions? Just stop by the Reference Desk and ask for help!

One of our four self check machines on Main Street

Take control of your library visit by visiting one of our four self check-outs on our main level. 

• Email yourself the check-out slip as a reminder of due dates
• Renew your items at the self-check outs
• Check out your items using your smartphone
• Forget your card? Just type in your barcode number
• Choose between two languages for the interface: English and Spanish

Darien Library's Technology Classes support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.

Monday, December 17th to Monday, December 31st

Mark your calendars! Registration for our Winter 2013 Technology Classes will be going online soon. We welcome teen registrants to sign up as we offer more classes after school. Classes include how to start a successful small business on Ebay and Etsy, covering social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, learning to build our own websites, and more!  Sign up on Monday, December 17th.

One-on-One Assistance

We also offer one-on-one private sessions. If you need to learn how to use a computer, just sign up and we'll contact you to set up a session. If you are need help starting or finishing a project using programs like Photoshop, Excel, or to use the Digital Media Lab (DML), sign up for project assistance. Otherwise, contact the Help Desk at 203-669-5238 to ask about getting started with the video tutorial website, Lynda.com.