Volume 5 Issue 5
September-October 2012
Library Matters
The official newsletter of the Dearborn Public Library dearbornlibrary.org THIS ISSUE’S QUOTE Delicious autumn! My
B A C K T O S C H O O L ! S T U D E N T A C A D E M I C R E S O U R C E S O N L I N E A T T H E L I B R A R Y
very soul is wedded to
It’s autumn and school’s back in
studies (Culturegrams, Countries of
it, and if I were a bird I
session! Students of all ages should be
the World).
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sure to check out the research sources
Library offers practice exams and
earth
seeking
the
available through the library website,
preparation for the GED, ACT, SAT and
dearbornlibrary.org.
many more. Mango Languages offers
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autumns.
- George Eliot
IN THIS ISSUE Classics Revisited
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Children’s Programs
3-4
Financial Advisory Seminars
5
Classic Horror Movie for Kids event
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Music We Love
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Resources”
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a
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interactive lessons in various foreign
offering of databases that will assist
languages.
any level of student with research /
students
report assignments. Most of these
appropriate
resources can be accessed at the
science, literature or social studies
library or even from home with the use
under
of a library card and PIN number.
category.
For full-text academic and magazine
Students and parents should keep
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these valuable library resources in
Academic One File or General One File
mind as we embark on another long
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and challenging academic year!
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citations,
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check
Magazines
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Newspapers” on the Online Resources Fall Computer Workshops
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page. Under the “General Reference”
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category, resources can be found in the areas of fiction and literature research (Books
and
Authors,
Literature
Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center),
biographical
research
(Biographies in Context, Something About the Author) and multicultural
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C L A S S I C S
R E V I S I T E D
The free book discussion group “Classics Revisited” returns this fall at the Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Ave. All sessions are open to the public and no registration is required. Sessions take place on the third Wednesday of each month from September through May, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the Ford Collection Room. Multiple copies of each work are available for checkout at all library branches. If interested, reserve your copy today! Further information on each book and its author is also available through the Literature Resource Center database via the Online Resources page on the library’s website, dearbornlibrary.org. The schedule of readings is as follows:
FALL 2012
September 19: Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French nobleman and an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Out of Alexis de Toqueville's travels through the U.S. in the 1830s came an insightful study of a young de mocr acy and its institutions.
October 17: Machiavelli
R E T U R N S
The
Prince
T H I S
F A L L
by season and hailed as a watershed in
The Prince was the first attempt to write of the world of politics as it is, rather than sanctimoniously of how it should be, and thus The Prince remains as honest and relevant today as when Machiavelli first put quill to parchment, and warned the junior statesman to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.
November 21: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life.
March 20: A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast captures what it meant to be young and poor and writing in Paris during the 1920s.
Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome tells the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zeena, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver. In the playing out of this short novel's powerful and engrossing drama, Edith Whar ton constr ucte d he r le ast characteristic and most celebrated book.
December 19: Night by Elie Wiesel Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps.
WINTER / SPRING 2013
January 16: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf's landmark inquiry into women's role in society. In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister—a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, and equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different.
February 20: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that
April 17: My Life and Work by Henry Ford The lessons of Henry Ford, one of America's greatest business innovators, are as fresh and vital today as they were in 1922, when this extraordinary book was first published. Though the title suggests the autobiographical, this is in fact a bible of business philosophy from the man many considered "insane" for the very innovations we hail as visionary today.
May 15: The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights – anonymous (trans Burton, intro A.S. Byatt) Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries with its tales that have entered into the popular imagination.
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S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R
All programming listed below will take place at the Henry Ford Centennial Library Participants arriving more than 5 minutes after the scheduled program time will not be admitted. Due to space limitations, strollers may not be allowed inside the program room or the auditorium. Children must be the required age on or before the first date of the program. Residents and cardholders are given p r e f e r e nc e . I n d i v id u al s w i t h 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.
STORYTIMES Mother Goose Storytime / Ages 6-24 Months Babies and toddlers are invited to their first literature experiences along with songs, fingerplays, and movement. One caregiver per child is recommended. Space is limited. Registration required. Please advise which session you wish to attend. 9:35 am OR 10:45 am Fridays, September 14-28 Registration begins August 31 Fridays, October 12-26 Registration begins September 28
Tot Time / 10:30 am
C H I L D R E N ’ S Ages 2-3
Years
/
Children with a caregiver are invited for stories, songs and fun. Space is limited. Registration required and begins August 30. Thursdays, Sept. 13, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25* *October 25 will be a Halloweenthemed storytime. Costumes are encouraged. Preschool Storytime Years / 2:00 pm
/ Ages 3-5
Join us for fun stories, fingerplays, and a craft. Caregivers must remain in the library. Space is limited. Registration required and begins August 30. Thursdays, Sept. 13, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25* *October 25 will be a Halloweenthemed storytime. Costumes are encouraged. Pizza Party Storytime Pre-schoolers / Saturday, October 27
/
Tots &
11:00 am
October is National Pizza Month! Celebrate with a special pepperoni p i e -t he m e d s to r yt i me . No registration required, but space is limited.
CRAFTS Third Thursday Crafts / All Ages Drop-in Craft / 11:00 am — 7:00 pm Younger children may need adult assistance. Crafts are available while supplies last. Thursday, September 20 A cute little craft is at the library; come & make your own apple tree. Thursday, October 18 Halloween is near, join us for some spooky crafty fun!
P R O G R A M S
Tween+ Craft: Monster Bash 4th Grade & Up Saturday, October 27 @ 2:00 pm It’s a Monster Bash! Come and make some monstrous friends to live in your house. There will even be a creepy treat provided! Registration October 13.
required
beginning
EVENTS Preschool Dance Party / Ages 3-5 Years / 2:00 pm / Tuesday, October 16 Are you a preschooler who’s got the moves? Join us for an afternoon of funky fun as we dance the afternoon away! Wear your comfy dancing clothes and be ready to boogie. Michigan Reads! One State, One Book. Ages 3 Years — 2nd Grade Monday, September 10 @ 10:30 am Stay Loose — Read with a Moose!! Come to a special presentation by Kathy-Jo Wargin, author of Moose on the Loose, the 2012 Michigan Reads! Book. There will also be a moose craft in the Children’s area 9:30 am — noon. For more information, visit: http://www.michigan.gov/ michiganreads. Michigan Reads! is presented by Target, the Library of Michigan and the Library of Michigan Foundation. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R C H I L D R E N ’ S P R O G R A M S , C O N T ’ D See For Yourself Book Display Grades 1 — 5 September 30 — October 6
Lets Go to the Movies / All Ages 1:30 pm (Movie @ 2 pm) No Strollers please.
It’s Banned Book Week and the Dearborn Public Library would like to encourage you to think for yourself.
Join us for a craft in the Children’s area & a movie in the auditorium. No Registration. Space is limited.
Don’t judge a book by the cover! Take a paper-covered book home and read it. See for yourself how great the book is; when you are ready, you can reveal the cover. Books chosen will not be banned or censored titles, just books we think you may have overlooked because of the cover art. Come to the library and see for yourself what you may have missed the last time you browsed the shelf. Participants checking out a covered book will receive a special bookmark. Find the participating books at the Tree Entrance Display.
Saturday, September 15: Hoot (2006, PG, 91 min.) Saturday, October 20: Scooby Doo and the Goblin King (2003, NR, 75 min.) Star Wars Read Day / All Ages 11 am — 4 pm Saturday, October 6 Drop in between 11 am and 4 pm for fun Intergalactic activities. There will be paper crafts, raffles, games and fun for all. Trick or Treat / Grades Pre-K and Up / 11 am — 4 pm / Saturday, October 27 Practice your treat-begging skills at the library before the big day. A costume (or at least dramatic make-up) is required for trick or treating at designated stations throughout the 2nd floor of the library.
S T A F F Q U I C K P I C K Dangerous Dolls of Delaware by Johnathan Rand The latest thriller I read was Dangerous Dolls of Delaware by Jonathan Rand. I found this book so creepy and interesting that I read it in four hours. The story is about two kids who find a box of old dolls buried in the forest. What makes these dolls scary is that once they come to life they can float and change size to avoid being captured. Dangerous Dolls of Delaware is part of the American Chiller series. You can find the entire collection in the Children’s Section of the Library under R. — Mary Weber
F A L L
F O L D B O O K S A L E S
The regular monthly book sales sponsored by the Friends of the Tech Time help sessions will return to Henry Ford Centennial Library Library Dearborn (FOLD) will be this fall! Bring your Kindle, Nook, iPad or any other device to a session held on the following upcoming listed below and sit down one-on-one with a library staff member to dates: F A L L
T E C H
T I M E
S E S S I O N S
decipher the mysteries of checking out and downloading books to your device. Staff will also try to answer any general-use questions you may have about your device. Each meeting will take place in the HFCL Computer Training Room on the first floor. Registration for these sessions is required; please call the Reference Desk at (313) 9432330 during the registration dates listed for each session. Tuesday, September 25 2 pm-4 pm Registration begins September 18 Tuesday, October 9 6 pm-8 pm Registration begins October 2 Tuesday, October 23 10 am-12 pm Registration begins October 16
NO SALE IN SEPTEMBER Wednesday, October 3 Wednesday, November 7 The sales will continue to take place in the lobby of the Henry Ford Centennial Library from 9:30 AM to 6 PM.
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The Dearborn Public Library has partnered with DFCU Financial to present a series of Free Financial Education Seminars throughout the fall. All seminars will take place in the auditorium at Henry Ford Centennial Library; below is a schedule and brief description of each. The seminars will be presented by Charles Hoff, an accredited financial counselor through the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, who has been with DFCU Financial for more than 15 years. To register for a seminar, call the Adult Reference Desk at (313) 943-2330.
S E M I N A R S
well as "offensive" money management strategies. Attend to see how both approaches may be used to reach retirement in a financially healthy state. POST-RETIREMENT WEALTH RETENTION Saturday, Nov. 10, 10:30am-noon Discusses how the dual approach of healthy "defensive" as well as "offensive" money strategies may be used during retirement to help retain and preserve what you've accumulated. You'll also learn how to strategically position yourself to live on less income in retirement.
DEBT-FREE LIVING Saturday, Sep. 29, 10:30am-noon Learn how to develop and use a budget to anticipate future expenses while positioning yourself to live on less income. PRE-RETIREMENT WEALTH BUILDER Saturday, Oct. 20, 10:30am-noon Considers retirement planning employing healthy "defensive" as
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Join us on Monday, October 22 for a Classic Horror Movie for Kids event at Henry Ford Centennial Library. Adult parents, grandparents or caregivers are encouraged to bring a young person to see the classic film The Invisible Man and enjoy snacks and activities before the film, which is child-appropriate for ages 6 and up. The movie begins at 7 PM in the auditorium. It is free and open to the public! Popcorn and punch refreshment will be available in the lobby beginning at 6:30 pm; all refreshments must be consumed in the lobby, no food or drink are allowed in the auditorium. Free souvenir picture giveaways for the kids will be available at the door while supplies last. The drop-in craft will be available from 5:30-6:30 PM in the Children’s area. Although the event is focused on adults and their children, of course all are welcome to attend.
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Pink Floyd: A Prism Revealed By Sarah Kalmoni I grew up surrounded by wonderful music all my life. And when I think of a band that has certainly made their mark on the history of music, I think of Pink Floyd. According to Wikipedia, “The band originally consisted of university students Roger Waters (Born 1943), Nick Mason (Born 1944), Richard Wright (1945-2008), and Syd Barrett (1946-2006). After Barrett’s departure, David Gilmour (Born 1946) joined the band. Founded in 1965, they gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s.” When the band came up with their name, “they used the first names of two blues musicians whose Piedmont blues records Barrett had in his collection, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.” Pink Floyd’s music can be described as psychedelic, progressive (also known as art rock, where British artists tried to create music with deeper meaning by experimentation methods), and space rock. What makes Pink Floyd unique is that they wrote albums with a theme. They were also known for their elaborate live shows, using various props, lighting and music equipment to achieve their desired sound and presentation. Pink Floyd has written many great albums such as Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall. Dark Side Of The Moon talked about
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problems in life as it is, such as “Money” and “Time”, while “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse” dealt with states of mind. The album cover has a prism on it, with a black background. As one of my co-workers explained, a prism symbolizes an element in which if you shine light through it, it gives birth to a sequence of other lights. Like the cycle of the moon, life has a cycle. In addition, this album was inspired by Syd Barrett, who was undergoing mental health issues at the time. According to Wikipedia, "Us and Them" addresses the isolation of the depressed with the symbolism of conflict and the use of simple dichotomies to describe personal relationships. "Brain Damage" looks at a mental illness resulting from the elevation of fame and success above the needs of the self. The album ends with "Eclipse", which discusses the concepts of unity, while forcing the listener to recognize the common traits s h a r e d b y humanity.” One of Pink Floyd’s greatest achievements was having Dark Side appear on the Billboard charts for 15 years. Wikipedia also notes that “Dark Side Of The Moon became one of the best -selling albums of all time, (not counting compilations and various artists soundtracks), and is in the top 25 of a list of best-selling albums in the United States.” Wish You Were Here has classic songs like “Shine On Your Crazy Diamonds”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Have A Cigar” and “Welcome To The Machine”. When I think of a diamond, I think of a prism as well. All the songs are connected
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F A L L C O M P U T E R W O R K S H O P S A T H F C L
Basic computer classes and e-reader / tablet help sessions continue into the summer at Henry Ford Centennial Library. All sessions listed below take place in the Computer Training Room at Henry Ford Centennial Library and are free of charge. Interested patrons can visit or call the Reference Desk at (313) 943-2330 to register during the appropriate registration dates listed below. Basic Computer Workshops Basic Computers 10 AM-12 PM
Friday, September 14 Registration: Sept. 7-12
Internet Basics 10 AM-12 PM
Friday, September 21 Registration: Sept. 14-19
Intro to Microsoft Word Friday, September 28 10 AM-12 PM Registration: Sept. 21-26 Protecting Your PC 2 PM-4 PM
Thursday, October 11 Registration: October 4-9
Basic Computers 2 PM-4 PM
Thursday, October 18 Registration: October 11-16
Intro to E-Mail 2 PM-4 PM
Thursday, October 25 Registration: October 18-23
Intro to Microsoft Word 10 AM-12 PM
Friday, November 9 Registration: Nov. 2-7
Intro to E-Mail 10 AM-12 PM
Friday, November 16 Registration: Nov. 9-14
Internet Basics 10 AM-12 PM
Friday, November 30 Registration: Nov. 21-28
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somehow. This album dealt with the music industry in general, and outlined the pressures of trying to compose an album, like being processed through a machine. The four beginning guitar chords in “Wish You Were Here” were accidentally played by David Gilmour, but what a beautiful mistake it was. That’s what makes the song stand it out, because you can hear David play his guitar strikingly, with the music in the background. Those four guitar chords reminded Roger Waters of his old friend, Syd Barrett, and as a result, motivated him to write Wish You Were Here, expressing how much he missed having him around. And then there’s The Wall, a double CD album, which talks about life as a wall, and each brick needed to build it. It centers around a character named Pink, who Waters based on himself and Syd Barrett. Pink faced many obstacles which included childhood problems, a death in the family, and an overprotective mother. These are just some of the themes highlighted in the album. As each event passes, a brick is built in the wall, shielding Pink from the outside world. He becomes a rock star, and has issues dealing with himself emotionally. Next, he imagines himself becoming a dictator and decides to put himself on trial. When Pink completes the wall, his self-conscience finally kicks in, and he realizes that he should tear down the wall. The time had come for Pink to open back up to the world. “Hey You”, “Mother”, and “Comfortably Numb” are just some of those songs that really are deep, and you can still think about it, even after you stop listening. All in all, Pink Floyd remains one of the most influential British bands out there. What’s really nice about Pink Floyd is that all their albums are really good; it’s so hard to choose which one is the best. I think it comes down to what mood you’re in. So the next time you feel like trying some different music, or just want to enjoy some great classic rock, check out all the grand Pink Floyd albums in our collection.
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L I B R A R Y A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A N D I N F O R M A T I O N
L I B R A R Y
H O U R S
DIRECTOR
The libraries are now open for regular hours according to the schedule below.
Maryanne Bartles
Henry Ford Centennial Library
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
16301 Michigan Ave. (313) 943-2330
Julie Schaefer
LIBRARY COMMISSION
Mon-Thurs
9:30-8:30
Friday
9:30-5:30
Saturday
9:30-5:30
Sunday
1-5
CHAIR Marcel Pultorak VICE-CHAIR
Branch Libraries Monday Wednesday
12:30-8:30 10:30-5:30
Tuesday
Thursday 12:30-5:30
Nancy Zakar
Friday CLOSED
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Saturday 12:30-5:30
Jihan Ajami Jawad
Sunday
12:30-8:30
CLOSED
Candyce Abbatt Ryan Lazar
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 September-October 2012 Layout, writing and editing by Jeff Lelek with staff contributions as credited