ERIC ED475291: Library of Michigan Reflections on the Year 2000.

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Library of Michigan Reflections on the Year 2000.
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Michigan Library, Lansing.
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2001-00-00
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ABSTRACT
This pamphlet focuses on developments in the Library of
Michigan during the year 2000. The year 2000 marks the Library of Michigan's
140th consecutive year serving the citizens of Michigan as a federal
depository library. A profile of the new State Librarian of Michigan,
Christie Pearson Brandau, is given, including her goals as State Librarian,
initiatives she has been part of, and upcoming projects. The first Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Open.. House was held at the Library of
Michigan on February 25, 2000. Highlights of the event are given, followed by
the Library of Michigan. Researchers all
a discussion of new developments at
unprecedented
over the world may now access a new service that provides
online access to the Michigan 1870 census records. This resource is
described. The pamphlet then highlights the Library of Michigan's genealogy
collection, the Library of Michigan's Service to the Blind and Physically
Handicapped, the law library, and the rare book collection. Accomplishments
of the Library of Michigan Foundation are also described.
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Michigan
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 2001
Senator Dan L. De Grow, Chair
Speaker Rick Johnson, Alternate Chair
Senator John D. Cherry, Jr.
Senator Robert L. Emerson
Senator Joanne G. Emmons
Senator Shirley Johnson
Senator Kenneth Sikkema
Representative Cameron Brown
Representative Gilda Jacobs
Representative Ruth Johnson
Representative Kwame Kilpatrick
Representative Bruce Patterson
ALTERNATES
Senator Beverly Hammerstrom
Senator Burton Leland
Senator John J.H. Schwartz, M.D.
Representative David Mead
Representative Gary Woronchak
Representative Carl Williams
LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2001
David L. Tate, Chair
Bettina Graber, Vice-Chair
Christie Pearson Brandau, Secretary
Chief Justice Maura Corrigan,
represented by Barbara Bonge
Maureen Derenzy
Denise A. Forro
Bonnie A. Gasperini
Linda McFadden
Representative Jack Minore
Thomas Moore
Lois S. Pawlusiak
Frances H. Pletz
Senator John J.H. Schwarz, M.D.
Senator Alma Wheeler-Smith
John Strand
Representative Gerald VanWoerkom
LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN
Stz;to Litraran
Ciirisiie Peaisoii
Joanne Budler, Deputy State Librarian
Robin Allen, Director, Human Resources
Paul Groll, Director, Network and Information Systems
Janet Laverty, Director, Business Services
Susan E. Nearing, Director, Public Services
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fancy R. Robertson, Director, Technical Services
Sarah Watkins,Director, Library of Michigan Foundation
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Reflections on
the Year
2000
Christie Pearson Brandau, State Librarian
Jo Bud ler, Deputy State Librarian
Library of Michigan
717 West Allegan Street
Lansing, MI 48909-7507
For questions or comments about
this publication, contact the
Public Information Office at 517-373-5578
Library of Michigan Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Library of Michigan.
Annual report / Library of Michigan.
p. cm.
1. Library of MichiganPeriodicals. 2. State libraries Michigan Periodicals.
2732.M6 L53 2000 027.5'774dc20
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New State Librarian
On March 6, 2000, Christie Pearson Brandau became the
39th State Librarian of Michigan. She came to Michigan from
Iowa, having served for nine years as Assistant State Librarian.
"There are great possibilities for the expansion of library serv-
ices to the people of Michigan." she says,"and in the year
2000 we began that expansion."
Brandau's goals as State Librarian are four fold:
Provide excellent library service to the residents of
Michigan;
Increase and support resource sharing among the
libraries in the state;
Work to increase public awareness and use of
our libraries;
Enhance resources available to our patrons.
To accomplish these goals during the year 2000, Brandau has
been part of a number of initiatives including:
Establishment of a division of Library Development with-
in the Library of Michigan;
Creation of the position of youth services
specialist;
Initiation of a youth services advisory council;
Sponsorship, with the Michigan Library Association, of
statewide summer reading
programs;
Brandau also:
Began innovative public services training
classes at the Library of Michigan, including a
Michigan Book Club;
Added hours that the Library of Michigan
was open;
Coordinated the administration of the Michigan
Electronic Library and the AccessMichigan project within
the Library of Michigan;
Expanded AccessMichigan to include ebooks;
Formed a Library Trustees Advisory Council to advise on
continuing education for public library trustees.
What does Brandau believe is on the horizon for libraries
in this state? "We will continue partnerships with Michigan
library groups to provide equitable, excellent service."
Upcoming projects include:
Establishment of ATLAS, a statewide resource sharing
project;
Enliaricemcat of Michigan E!ectrAnc I ihrny;
Collaboration with the Public Library Funding Initiative
Group (PIRG) in support of new funding initiatives;
"There's no shortage of ideas about what to da
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to work in the morning!" says Brandau.
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Depository Library
This year marks the Library of Michigan's 140th consecu-
tive year serving the citizens of Michigan as a federal deposi-
tory library. Designated in 1860, the Library's depository is
the oldest in Michigan and among the oldest in the nation.
The Library was designated a regional depository library
in
1964.
Recently, Ann Sanders, Depository Librarian, worked with a
.,Central Michigan University professor compiling agricultural
statistics from early in the twentieth century. He contacted
the Library of Michigan because we are the regional deposito-
ry library despite the fact that MSU has a world-class agricul-
ture collection.
Of the literally scores of documents he was seeking, we had
all but two. Sanders told him that it was gratifying to see the
historical matenal in use, as there is a common school of
thought that only the most recent material is necessary
or
useful.
His response, "Everyone has current stuff. What you have
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is priceless!"
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collections, for public use, state, executive, and
legislative publications dating back to 1805.
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2000 LSTA Open House
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First LSTA Open House
The first Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Open
House was held at the Library of Michigan (LM) on February 25,
2000.The open house was sponsored by the LM Business
Services Division, which administers the LSTA grants. Attendees
from around the state came to hear about successful LSTA grants
from those who conducted the projects. All types of libraries
were represented, including public, school, academic and special
libraries.Twenty past and present grant administrators partici-
pated in the open house.
One of the participants at the open house was the Macomb
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Representatives described and demonstrated a "Kids on the
Block" puppet show. The Kids on the Block, Inc., originated as a
troupe of disabled and non-disabled puppets designed to teach
children about disabilities and differences. It was created in 1977
in direct response to U.S. Public Law 94-142 (sometimes referred
to as "the mainstreaming law") to fill the need of children with
disabilities to have their non-disabled peers understand and
accept them. Some of the disabilities "The Kids" have are blind-
ness, cerebral palsy, spinal bifida and deafness; some of the med-
ical differences include leukemia and AIDS. Learning disabilities
are one of the educational differences about which the puppets
teach.
The Kids on the Block puppet shows are styled after
Bunraku, a Japanese tradition of puppetry. Puppeteers are not
hidden behind a partition or curtain; instead, they dress in black
with black masks that completely cover their heads.While the
audience can see the puppeteers' forms behind the puppets,
they often forget about them once the action begins.
Other LSTA grant project topics included automating local
collections, participating in resource sharing, building a music
collection and services to children. A special guest speaker, Betsy
Sywetz, deputy director of the Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS), addressed the attendees about the transition of
LSTA grants from the Department of Education to IMLS, their
goals and activities, and future developments for the federal
office.
The Wild Swan Theatre's presentation of Tales of Tricks and
Trouble: A Lively Rendition of Four Folktales was the open house
finale. The tales were presented in a story theater format as the
actors seamlessly wove storytelling with live action. Cleverly
designed props, costumes, masks and puppets helped the two-
member cast create the thirty characters of the four stories. The
play was performed in both American Sign Language and spo-
ken Eng!ish.
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