Volume 3 issue 4
July-August 2010
Library Matters The official newsletter of the Dearborn Public Library
S u m m e r r e a d i n g p r o g r a m r u n s t h r o u g h e n d o f j u l y
THIS ISSUE’S QUOTE A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan
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Kids Read Comics wrap-up
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Children’s / Teen Programs
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Movies We Love
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Library news & info
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Staff Adventures
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From the Director
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School is out, days are longer and the weather is warm—all are sure signs of summer upon us. This year’s summer reading program, running from June 14 through July 23, has something for everyone. So enjoy the warm summer months by sitting under a shady tree and cracking open a good summertime book, then head over to your library to enter drawings, win prizes and enjoy the programs we have to offer. Children ages birth-12 years old with access to a valid Dearborn library card can join the children’s summer reading program where kids can check out, read, and return books while participating in free, fun activities at the library. Check with the children’s reference desk for c omp le t e d e t a i ls of programs, contests and events.
couldn’t be easier. Just do what you already do: read, listen or download books (all materials must be checked out from the Dearborn Public Library) and check back in with the library. Fill out a drawing slip for each item and you could win a prize.
For Adults (over 18 years old) and Teens (entering grades 6-12) the program
Registration for all summer reading programs is currently underway.
The summer reading program will conclude with the annual Reading WrapUp party on Wednesday, July 28 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Henry Ford Centennial Library. Free family activities, refreshments, and fun and games will be available for all ages.
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Over 500 people turned out for the Kids Read Comics event held at the Henry Ford Centennial Library. The twoday event, held from June 1213, attracted attendees from all across the region who met with comic writers and illustrators from around the country. They participated in a variety of interactive events to help kids better understand the craft of comics.
Clockwise from top: Stormtrooper celebrates with young comics fan; presentation
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Mother Goose Storytime. Ages 624 mos. Rhymes, stories and playtime for the youngest ones. One adult per child is recommended for this hands-on fun. Registration required.
Flip Flop Frames. Ages 6-12. We supply the flip-flop frames, you decorate them! Registration required.
Fridays, July 2 — July 9 10:30am Henry Ford Centennial Library Storytime. Ages 2-6. Weather permitting we’ll meet by the fountain for a water-full storytime. Join us for stories, rhymes and a craft celebrating all that is wet and wild. Crafts may be messy, so dress accordingly. All family members are welcome, but storytime is geared for children 26 years old. In the event of rain, storytime will be held indoors. Tuesdays, July 6-July 20 11:00am Henry Ford Centennial Library Story Walks. All Ages. Listen to stories as we walk around the library grounds. Each evening will have a different water theme, with a craft and experiments. Program will only be held weather permitting. Tuesdays, July 6 and July 20. 6:00pm Henry Ford Centennial Library Preschool Storytime. Ages 3-5.. Special summer songs, rhymes, and crafts. Registration required. Wednesdays, July 7—July 11:30am Esper Branch Library
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Splish Splash Storywalk. All Ages. Join us for stories and a walk in our neighborhood. Meet at the library. Strollers and wagons welcome. Wednesday, July 7 Snow Branch Library
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Wednesday, July 28 2:00-3:00PM Esper Branch Library Coral Reef Chalk Art Gallery. All Ages. This is an outside activity. (In case of rain, the date will be Thursday, July 8.) Registration required. Thursday, July 1 2:00—4:00pm Esper Branch Library Sidewalk Chalk Art. All Ages. Art Join us in the shadow of the fountain for sidewalk chalk drawing, weather permitting. No registration required. Tuesday, July 13 6:00—7:00pm Henry Ford Centennial Library Race the Raft/Float the Boat. Ages 7-12. Come and create your own boat and race against others to see who wins! Registration required. Monday, July 12 2:00-4:00pm Esper Branch Library
EVENTS Hello, Truck. All Ages. Children can climb aboard and enjoy a visit with several big trucks parked at the library. Bring your camera! Rain or shine. Wednesday, June 16 10:30am—12:00 Noon Snow Branch Library
Splash into Reading Magic Show. All Ages. Find out how the magic of reading can make waves for kids of all ages. Join us for a fun filled show with Baffling Bill the Magician and his trusty sidekick, Gus the Wonderbunny. Always a favorite, don’t let this show float by. No registration, but space is limited. Tuesday, July 6 2:00pm Henry Ford Centennial Library Water Carnival. All Ages. Have some fun with all different kinds of water games. Registration is required. Monday, July 19 2:00—4:00pm Esper Branch Library Comix Crew. Ages 9-13. Interested in comics, manga, shonen, shojen, or even anime? Hang with us. We’ll talk. We’ll draw. We might even watch. Don’t think you can draw? We don’t expect you to be a master. You just need to be creative and want to have a little fun. Registration is required. Fridays, July 2—July 30 1:30-2:30pm Henry Ford Centennial Library “DIVE INTO DEARBORN” Photo Contest. Contest All Ages. Entry Deadline: Friday, July 9. Snow Branch Library wants to see your photographs of people reading somewhere in Dearborn—at the Dearborn library, the park, your backyard, anywhere in our city. Photographs may be in color or black & white, no larger than 8” x 10” in size. Each entrant may submit up to three photos. Photos will not be returned. Photos must be submitted with completed entry form to the library by 5:30pm on Friday, July 9. Winners will be announced on July 23, the final day of the Summer Reading Program. First place winner will be featured on a READ poster. (cont’d on next page)
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M a y — j u n e C h i l d r e n ’ s p r o g r a m m i n g c o n t ’ d Beach Party. Party All Ages. Come in your bathing suit (or clothes that can get wet) and enjoy beach games, crafts and more fun for the whole family. *We will be meeting at Oxford Park. (In case of rain, we will meet at Snow Library.) Registration begins July 2. Friday, July 16 1:00-3:00pm Snow Branch Library Lego Night. Night Ages 5 and up. Build and display your creation using LEGO bricks provided by the library. Monday, July 19 7:00-8:00pm Snow Branch Library
Please N ot e: Pr ogr am registration may be made by phone or in person. Participants arriving more than 10 minutes after the scheduled program time may not be admitted. Children must be the required age on or before the first date of the program. Residents and cardholders are given preference. Individuals with disabilities who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services to attend or participate in these programs should contact their local library or TDD 313-943-2193. Reasonable advance notice is required.
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Do you have library fines? Do you wish you could reduce or even erase them? If so, come to any Dearborn Public Library during Food for Fines weeks from July 116 and donate food for families in need. For every non-perishable (canned or boxed), non-expired food item donated, you will receive a $1 reduction in overdue library fines. There is no limit on the number or amount of fines that can be cleared, but bills for lost or damaged library items are not eligible for this program, nor are accounts that have been placed in collection. All items donated will be given to the Dearborn Firefighters for distribution through the Burn Drive program. The Library reserves the right to refuse any item and items must be more than single-serving size.
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As of July 1, certain library fines and fees have increased. The fines for books, audio books, compact discs, magazines and instructional DVDs and videos are now .25 per day per item, up from .20 per day. The charge for daily internet passes has increased from $1 to $2 per day; annual internet cards will increase from $10 to $20 per year.
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Many of you have signed up for the Kroger Community Rewards program to support the Dearborn Public Library Foundation. In just nine months, the Foundation has received over $2,000 from Kroger. Thank you! We are pleased to announce that Kroger has renewed the program for another year; however, beginning April 2010, all current participants must re-enroll online . New participants must also enroll online. You must have an e-mail address to participate. You can no longer enroll or re-enroll at store registers or the service desk. Check out www.krogercommunityrewards.com or grab a bookmark from any Dearborn library for further information about how to enroll or re-enroll in this important program!
C o o k b o o k s f o r s a l e f a r m e r s m a r k e t Attention cookbook lovers! Each Friday in August the Library will have a cart of used cookbooks for sale at the Dearborn Farmers Market adjacent to the Bryant Branch Library. Please stop by the Dearborn Public Library table from 10 am to 1 pm to peruse this wonderful selection of adoptable
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M a c y ’ s s h o p f o r a c a u s e Patrons can purchase a $5 shopping pass from any Dearborn library to be used on Saturday, October 16 at any Macy’s store as part of the 5th annual Shop for a Cause benefit. Shoppers will receive 10-25% off their purchases (some restrictions apply). The Friends of the Library will receive 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the shopping passes.
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importance to me has grown in personally significant ways through the years. That film is Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 / G / 141 min. A couple years ago, Roger Ebert wrote a piece on his blog entitled “The films of our lives,” wherein he described why he considered La Dolce Vita to be such a film for him, the film that had connected with him at a young age and then grown and evolved along with him as he grew older, revealing additional layers of meaning along the way. For me, I could only think of one film that I had encountered at a young age whose meaning and
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As a six or seven-year-old kid thoroughly hooked on Star Wars and sci-fi, the title alone was enough to interest me. One can imagine my surprise when, after the majestic title scene, the next fifteen minutes of this film supposedly about outer space was devoted to apes at the Dawn of Man, when the first intuition to use tools (and, u lt imat e ly , t e c hnology) was provoked by the appearance of a black alien monolith. Then, in one of the most famous jump—cuts in film history, we leap forward millions of years in human evolution to outer space as the next five minutes consist of ships and space stations floating around to Strauss’ “Blue Danube Waltz.” At this point I’m sure my eyes glazed over and I flipped over to “The Muppet Show.” But there was something about the power of the film’s images and music that had intrigued me, and would continue to intrigue me for years to come.
one year, it just clicked for me: I began to form an idea of what the film was saying, I didn’t mind its deliberate pace, and I found myself tremendously moved by its final moments. For me, the climactic image of the Star Child is one of the most mysterious and hopeful statements about human beings and human potential I’ve ever seen. Recently I had the privilege of seeing 2001 at the Redford Theatre, projected in its original 70mm image with amazing sound; in fact, the sound was so crisp and immersive that I heard things I had not even noticed before, even after at least twenty-five viewings. Some films are truly meant to be seen on the big screen at least once, and this was one of those unforgettable movie experiences that film lovers live for: to see one of their all-time favorites under the best possible conditions. — Jeff Lelek
Over time, I returned to 2001 over and over again, trying to make sense of it and trying to get through the entire film in one sitting. And
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The Summer Contemporary Fiction Book Club will be meeting on the third Tuesday of the month at the Chamber of Commerce Meeting Room, Bryant Library. We will meet at 7:00 PM for an hour or so. Tuesday, June 15 - Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien This book depicts the men of Alpha Company as they battle the enemy and occasionally each other. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.
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Tuesday, July 20 - The Lace Reader by Brunonia BarryTowner Whitney, a dazed young woman descended from a long line of mind readers and fortune tellers, survives numerous traumas and returns to Salem, Mass., to recover. Any tranquility in her life is short-lived when her beloved great-aunt Eva drowns under circumstances suggesting foul play. Tuesday, August 17 - The Women by T.C. Boyle
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A dazzling new novel on the steamy and colorful life of Frank Lloyd Wright as told through the experiences of the four women who loved him. If you are interested in joining or attending this book club this summer, please contact Mary Jo Durivage at 313-278-0236 or mjdurivage@comcast.net She will have copies of the book (book kit from library) and can make arrangements with you to get a copy. Please contact her with any questions.
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Future issues of Library Matters would like to feature a library patron’s favorite book. This feature would consist of the person’s picture, the name of the book and a short description written by the patron about the book’s personal meaning to them. If you are interested in participating, please e-mail the editor of Library Matters, Jeff Lelek, at jlelek@ci.dearborn.mi.us.
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The Blockbusters Monday evening free movie program continues at Henry Ford Centennial Library. Old classics and new favorites are shown every Monday night in the HFCL auditorium. Films begin at 7 PM. Schedules are available at the Reference Desk of any Dearborn public library.
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The regular monthly book sales sponsored by the Friends of the Library Dearborn (FOLD) will resume on Wednesday, October 6. There are no sales scheduled for August and September. Once they resume, the sales will continue to take place in the lobby of the Henry Ford Centennial Library from 9:30 AM to 6 PM.
The Dearborn Library Foundation is seeking donations to help with current and future projects to continue its support of Dearborn Libraries. A mail campaign was recently launched seeking support from Dearborn residents. A brochure regarding donations is available at all library locations, or visit www.dearbornlibraryfoundation.org and click on “Make a Gift.”
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and on CNN Headline News.
author’s luncheon with Mark Crilley
The cost for the luncheon is $25
on Saturday, August 21 at 12 noon
for adults and $20 for children 12
at Park Place in Dearborn.
Mr.
and under. The event will include
Crilley, an award-winning author/
lunch along with live drawing
illustrator, is the creator of more
demonstrations, readings and a
than
Q&A session.
children’s
books,
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Entertainment Weekly, USA Today
Foundation is proudly sponsoring an
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including the popular Akiko series, which has sold more than 300,000
For ticket information, call 313-
copies worldwide.
943-2037.
His work has
been honored by the American Library Association and featured in
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Submitted by: Veronica Susalla May is quite a delightful time to vacation in Michigan. The weather was absolutely beautiful with temperatures in the seventies and brilliant sunshine nearly every day. We spent several days in the Tawas area and had fun catching some bass. Then it was on to the Traverse City area. The Sleeping Bear Dunes area is just breathtakingly beautiful, as well as quaint. If you are in the area, a trip to the Cherry Republic will treat your senses to a fabulous cherry overload. Everything from clothing, dried cherries, cherry candy, cherry salsa, jam, soda, wine—you name it and they will add cherries to it. If you love cherries, you must stop and shop or at least visit their online store. The Traverse City area is big wine country as well and I highly recommend checking out some of the many wineries in the area. There are wines for every taste. A particular favorite of mine is Black Star Farms. One of their ice wines was served at the White House Governor’s Dinner in March 2009. Happy Travels!!
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F r o m The Library’s (and the City’s)
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2010-2011 Fiscal Year begins
t h e Have
M a tt e r s
d i r e c t o r
wireless
computer
slowly and the first that you will
access
notice will be the elimination of
Have a robust children’s
programming at the branch
the library has been reducing
collection for homework
libraries
the budget
and general reading
September 2010. Over the next
Have smaller collections of
several months, we will be
adult material focusing on
doing collection maintenance
popular
tasks at all the libraries to
July 1, 2010. For many years,
has
tried
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incrementally and to
minimize
the
•
impact on our citizens. Unfortunately,
this
year’s
circulating
ensure that our collections are
budget reflects a reduction of
paperbacks, DVDs, music,
in good condition. As our library
approximately 10% and will
audio books, newspapers,
materials
have a direct effect on the
magazines and selected
reduced, you will notice less
services that the library can
non-fiction such as travel,
material
offer.
The library will employ
crafts,
especially for branch libraries
fewer full-time staff and most
finance)
which will now focus on popular
Continue to send requested
material only.
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(new
in
fiction,
will be assigned to the main
material
beginning
health,
and
being
library.
Branch libraries will
material from one library
will
change
from
location to another
December 2010.
the
current
full-service model to a Popular
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Material Library model. While many
branch
services
will
•
remain unchanged, there will be
Have
limited
Branch libraries will:
Staff changes
at
the
end
of
While there will certainly be
Not have public programs
adjustments because of these
for adults, teens or children
changes, the Dearborn Public
Henry
Ford
Centennial
extensive
collection as well as reference
they have now
service and public programs for
public
computers
with Internet access and
quality library services to the residents of Dearborn.
circulating
Have the same hours as
standard
purchased,
service
Library will continue to provide an
Have
been
Library will continue to offer The
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has
reference
some differences.
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occur
budget
Sincerely,
children, teens, adults and fami-
Maryanne Bartles
lies.
Library Director
software
applications as well as
We ask for your patience as we
access to a variety of
adjust
online resources
model. The changes will begin
to
our
new
service
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DIRECTOR Maryanne Bartles
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The libraries will be open for summer hours from June 1 through Labor Day weekend according to the schedule below. The libraries will be closed Monday, July 5 for the July 4th holiday. Henry Ford Centennial Library
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
16301 Michigan Ave. (313) 943-2330
Julie Schaefer
Mon-Thurs Friday
LIBRARY COMMISSION
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9:30-8:30 9:30-5:30
Saturday Closed June—through Labor Day Sunday
Closed June through Labor Day
CHAIRMAN Branch Libraries
Marcel Pultorak VICE-CHAIR Nancy Zakar SECRETARY-TREASURER Jihan Ajami Jawad Candyce Abbatt Rachel Fawaz
Bryant
Esper
Snow
(313) 943-4091
(313) 943-4096
(313) 274-1780
Monday
12:30-8:30
Wednesday
Tuesday
12:30-8:30
10:30-5:30 Thursday 12:30-8:30 Friday 12:30-5:30
Saturday
Closed June through Labor Day Sunday
CLOSED
www.dearbornlibrary.org
David L. Schlaff Sally Smith Antonia Straley Robert Taub
VISION STATEMENT “The Dearborn Public Library fosters the spirit of exploration, the joy of reading, and the pursuit of knowledge for all ages and cultures starting with the very young.” MISSION STATEMENT “The Dearborn Public Library provides a broad range of effective, courteous, quality services and a balanced collection of materials for the educational, informational and recreational needs of the community.”
Library Matters July-August 2010 Layout, writing and editing by Jeff Lelek with staff contributions as credited