BCTV Library Highlights features DALNET Libraries

Rita Sol, a recent graduate of the Wayne State University (WSU) School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) is concerned about the plight of Michigan libraries in these difficult economic times and she is doing something about it.  Rita is the volunteer host of Library Highlights, a weekly 30-minute television program that airs on the Bloomfield Township community cable BCTV network.  As a forum for community dialogue, BCTV provides the perfect venue to inform the metro area public about the great libraries in the area and what they do for their communities. 

As Rita notes, “Michigan needs its libraries. The good our librarians do to support the needs of the public during these financially hard times is essential to our economic recovery.”     

Each week, Library Highlights features librarians from metro area libraries. Rita begins the interviews by asking her guests what motivated them to enter the library profession and what brought them to the library where they work.  The second part of the interview focuses on the services and resources offered to the community.  At the conclusion of the show, guests are given an opportunity to talk about future directions for their libraries.

To date, three DALNET libraries have been featured on Library Highlights:  Oakland County Libraries, Oakland Community College Libraries, and the Walsh College Vollbrecht Library.  As noted by Jon Campbell, Director of Vollbrecht Library and Chair, DALNET Board of Directors:

Walsh College very much appreciated the opportunity provided by BCTV to “tell our story” to the Oakland County community. The one-on-one interview format provided ample space to both describe the evolution of the library as well as remind the audience of the specialized accounting, taxation, and financial collections available to them. The occasion to highlight the Walsh College Library along with the other libraries of Oakland County was most welcome.  

You can catch Library Highlights at 9:00am on Tuesdays and 4:30pm on Thursdays.  Be certain to watch for future guests from DALNET Libraries: Caryn Noel, Director of the Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library, Alison Keller, Director of the Rochester College Ham Library, and Linea Dudley from Marygrove College.

If you would like to know more about Library Highlights or are interested in having your library featured on the program, contact Rita at solrita7792@yahoo.com.

 -       Mary Ann Sheble´, Oakland Community College Libraries

September 1, 1939 Commemoration

From http://www.polishmission.com/ :

The Polish Mission at Orchard Lake Schools, SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary & Michigan Polonia present

IT ALL BEGAN IN POLAND
September 1, 1939
COMMEMORATION
September 1, 5-6 2009

HONORING
Polish Veterans, Polish-American Veterans, United States Veterans, Holocaust  Survivors, Children In Exile, Displaced Persons

You are invited to participate in our weekend event designed to commemorate those who witnessed World War II in Poland. We want the community at large to know of Poland’s suffering and strength during WWII. Please, tell us your stories and submit the names of those who should be honored.

Schedule
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
6:00 PM      Sunset Wypominki & Candle Service at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes,
Mass follows in the Shrine Chapel   

Saturday, September 5, 2009
10:00 – 11:30         Reunion with Sybiracy – Polish Refugees
Anthony Walawender MA, speaks of his personal experience as a “Chlopcy z Polski”; Photo history of the Sybiracy experiences and the launch of the oral history website; Selected Interviews with Survivors of German work camps; Poet John Guzlowski PhD  reads his poetry

11:30 – 12:15       Lunch   

12:15 – 2:15        Opening of the Art Exhibition
Peggy Grant, BFA presents the History and Symbolism of Artist Adam Grochowski; Cecile Wendt Jensen, MA presents the History and Symbolism of Artist Jan Komski; Polish Photographer  Marcin Chumiecki speaks about his Assignment Auschwitz Portfolio

2:15 – 2:30            Break                   

2:30 – 3:30            Guy Stern PhD, Director of the Holocaust Museum and Director of the International Institute of Righteous pays tribute to the Polish Catholics who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II and Sue Krolikowski PhD pays tribute to the Polish Catholic nuns who sheltered Jewish children.

3:30 – 3:45           Break

3:45 – 4:45           Poet John Guzlowski PhD discusses his work “ Lightening and Ashes”  and “Third Winter of War: Buchenwald”

7:00                   Polish Evening Concert in the Shrine Chapel with Curtis Posuniak, organist at St. Patrick Church in Carleton, Michigan.

Sunday, September 6, 2009
1:00 -  2:00           Mass at the Shrine Chapel to honor the Polish Army Veterans and Camp  Survivors           

2:00 – 3:00           The Filarets Chorus, led by David Troiano, presents a repertory of patriotic and military songs for the Veterans

3:00 – 3:15            Group Photo of Veterans                            

3:15 – 4:15            William Krul, President, Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan, outlines the required governmental steps he took to obtain the proper military  recognition for his father William Krul, Sr. who died in combat during WWII.

4:15 – 4:30         Break

4:30 – 5:30         Hands on training to retrieve U.S. military, refugee, and naturalization documents via the ancestry.com database and documents via the Kresy-Siberia website.  Adam Cardinal Maida Library

September 5 – 6, 2009
We are honored to have Mr. Zygmunt Matynia, Consul General of the Republic of Poland (Chicago) join us for the events on Saturday and Sunday.  Throughout the weekend there will be ongoing activities including:   Batilion Burza a living history re-enactment group of Polish & American military men and women, Assembling a Time Capsule – Collection of WWII and commemoration materials to be opened in 2039, the Time Capsule will be registered with the Smithsonian Institute.  Personalization of  Pewabic Memorial Tiles with signatures of Polish Veterans and Displaced Persons, and Księga Pamiątkowa – Guest Book Signing.

The Polish Mission
3535 Indian Trail Rd.
Orchard Lake, Michigan 48324

This project is funded in part by Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Orchard Lake Fine Arts Show, July 25-26

Visit the Orchard Lake Fine Art Show this weekend at St. Mary’s Schools!

July 24 – 26, 2009 – Orchard Lake, MI
Friday 6pm – 9pm Ticketed Artist Pre-Party
Saturday 10am – 7pm
Sunday 10am – 5pm

http://www.hotworks.org/orchardlakefineartshow/index.php

Fr. Jan Liesen at Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library

The Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library in Orchard Lake will be hosting a presentation in the St. Paul series titled St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans.  It will take place on April 27, 2009 at 7 PM.  The presenter will be Fr. Jan Liesen, Librarian, Professor of New Testament Exegesis, Professor of Biblical Theology, and Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Seminaire Rolduc in Kerkrade, Netherlands and also author of many books and articles on the deuterocanonical book Sirach.  The Adam Cardinal Maida Alumni Library is located at 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake, MI. For driving directions and Dr. Liesen’s biography, click here.