MyHeritage Virtual Program, "The Searching Eye" Exhibit, Michigan Author Award Event, Michigan Words, and Michigan Yearbooks Campaign
 Virtual
Program: MyHeritage Library Edition for Power Users
Thursday, October 3, 2024 6:30PM - 7:30PM, Zoom
Register
For This Program
MyHeritage Library Edition is a family history database available through the Michigan eLibrary with access to a wide range of historical documents, images, and public records. Go beyond the basics of navigating MyHeritage and learn advanced strategies for
discovering records within its collections.
Find registration information and more at
Michigan.gov/LMPublicPrograms.
|
 Upcoming
Exhibit - "The Searching Eye"
Come explore a different view of Detroit through “The Searching Eye: Images of Mid-Century Detroit” photo exhibit at the Library of Michigan.
Opening Saturday, October 12, 2024 in the Library of Michigan’s Lake Erie Room, the exhibit highlights the work of industrial photographer, Norman Zadoorian, father of award-winning Michigan author
Michael Zadoorian. Over the course of his career, Norman photographed nuclear power plants, supermarkets, strikes, local politicos, and workers from all walks of life. The photographs in “The Searching Eye” are unique
glimpses of mid-century Detroit from mid-1940s to mid-1960s and are complimented with essays composed by Norman’s son Michael. More information soon at
Michigan.gov/LibraryExhibits.
|
Celebrating 2023-24 Michigan Author Award Recipient Anne-Marie Oomen
The Library of Michigan celebrated 2023-24 Michigan Author Award recipient
Anne-Marie Oomen during an event on Saturday, September 7 in the Library's Lake Erie Room. The program included refreshments, remarks from State Librarian Randy Riley, and a choreographed Q&A presentation with Annie-Marie.
Anne-Marie has been honored previously by the Library of Michigan for writing several
Michigan Notable Books selections, including
As Long as I Know You: the Mom Book
(2023), Pulling Down the Barn
(2005), House of Fields
(2007), and The Lake Michigan Mermaid (with Linda Nemec Foster)
(2019). Her edited work
ELEMENTAL: A Collection of Michigan Nonfiction
was also a Michigan Notable Book title in 2019.
Learn more about the Michigan Author Award by visiting the Michigan Center for the Book site:
Michigan.gov/MCFB. The nomination period for the 2025 Michigan Author Award recipient will start in December.
Michigan Author Award event at the Library of Michigan.
Michigan Words Poetry Billboards
Explore Michigan poetry and poets through the
Michigan Words Project! Developed as part of the
Michigan Poet Laureate program, Michigan Words is a statewide billboard campaign celebrating contemporary Michigan poetry. The billboards feature excerpts of the works of contemporary Michigan poets. The full poem as well
as biographical information about the poet is available on the
Michigan Words site. The three featured poets and their works are:
Find billboards featuring excepts by the poets in Detroit, Flint, Marquette, and Escanaba. Look for more information by visiting
Michigan.gov/MichiganWords.
A billboard featuring Johan Mixon-Webster and an excerpt of "Rising Moons in the Needles of Trees Bring Us Water" near Flint.
"We Want Your Yearbooks" Campaign Continues
A big thank you to all the libraries, organizations, and individuals who have contributed to the Library of Michigan's "We Want Your Yearbooks"
campaign! The response we have received so far has been amazing as we work to build a comprehensive collection of Michigan yearbooks. We also appreciate the efforts by everyone who has assisted in publicizing the project. Despite the response so far, there
are still many schools not represented in the Library of Michigan's yearbook collection. Look for periodic posts about the initiative on the Library of Michigan's social media accounts as the campaign continues throughout the fall season. More information
about the project as well as downloadable/printable graphics to help spread the word is available at
Michigan.gov/LibraryGift.
Donation of yearbooks and other school-related publications.
|
