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Katskiļu Atskaņas #3, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the third of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Katskiļu Atskaņas #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Katskiļu Atskaņas #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Lauztās Priedes #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of two newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the co-editor with Sams Knochs and wrote the articles without a tagline.

Lauztās Priedes #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of two newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the co-editor with Sams Knochs and wrote the articles without a tagline.

Katskiļu Atskaņas #3, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the third of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Katskiļu Atskaņas #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Katskiļu Atskaņas #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Catskills at the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

3x3 Mēlene #3, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of two newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the co-editor with Sams Knochs and wrote some of the articles.

Katskļu Atskaņas 2013 #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Katskļu Atskaņas 2013 #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Greiziet Rati #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of two newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI in August 2013. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Greizie Rati #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of two newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the editor and wrote some of the articles.

Kalamazoo Latvian News - June 2013, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Kalamazoo Latvian community newsletter comes out in Latvian and English and is now published by the Kalamazoo Latvian Association and Daugavas Vanagi. This issue includes ideas from the American Latvian Association Congress, articles about the Museum of Occupation in Riga, new board members Anita Gaudio and Malda Putelis, spring clean-up, our high school and college graduates, the annual Daugavas Vanagi meeting, their annual reports, the Latvian Foster Family Society they support, Zane Valdmane, the Latvian Foundation projects for 2013 and the upcoming events calendar.

Kalamazoo Latvian News - April 2013, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Kalamazoo Latvian community newsletter comes out in Latvian and English. This issue includes articles about the annual meeting of the Kalamazoo Latvian Association and its new board, new board members Ruta Grinvalds and Edvins Melbardis, the annual meeting and new board of the Daugavas Vanagi organization, the 100th birthday of Roberts Zuika, November 18 celebration, Christmas Bazaar & pagent, Hunters and Fishermen Ball, Teachers conference, Draudzigais aicinajums and the upcoming events calendar.

Kalamazoo Latvian Association News - November 2012, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Kalamazoo Latvian community newsletter comes out in Latvian and English. This issue includes articles about Janis Grants and Liene Dindonis, Ilmars Mezs, Andrejs Mezmalis, memorial for Gaida Minka, the Latvian School, Garezers summer high school, Baltic Club at the University of Michigan, folk dancers at the Milwaukee Latvian song festival and the upcoming events calendar.

The Choice Is Yours! Researchers Assign Subject Metadata To Their Own Materials In Insitutional Repositories, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Digital Commons platform for institutional repositories provides a three-tiered taxonomy of academic disciplines for each item submitted to the repository. Since faculty and departmental administrators across campuses are encouraged to submit materials to the institutional repository themselves, they must also assign disciplines or subject categories for their own work. The expandable drop-down menu of about 1,000 categories is easy to use, and facilitates the growth of the institutional repository and access to the materials through the Internet.

Kalamazoo Latvian Association News - May 2012, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Kalamazoo Latvian community newsletter comes out in Latvian and English. This issue includes the Latvian school graduation, the Kalamazoo Latvian Association annual meeting, DV 60 year anniversary, upcoming rummage sale, memorials for Andrejs Kengis and Janis Balks, high school and college grads, the Latvian School play, Christmas, and upcoming events calendar.

Learning From Each Other: Baltic Collections In North America, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Estonian, Lithuanian and a few Latvian libraries, archives and museums will be described with the intent to see what the Latvians can learn from these examples, to better preserve their own history through libraries, archives and material culture collections.

To view actual presentation, see http://vimeo.com/51605116

Turning A Passion Into A Research Project, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

As a Latvian-American I became interested in librarianship when assigned to set up a library at the Latvian Studies Center in Kalamazoo. The library was dispersed after Latvia regained its independence, and I started working at Western Michigan University. I have recently turned my research focus back to my ethnic heritage and am excited to be able to combine my professional skills with my passion. I have started looking at not only Latvian, but Estonian and Lithuanian collections in the U.S. As the communities age, what is happening to their libraries, archives and museums? As the information world turns digital, …

Kalamazoo Latvian Association News - Dec 2011, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Kalamazoo Latvian community newsletter comes out in Latvian and English. This issue has an article on the future of the Latvian Center, the events that have happened during the fall, reviews of two books by local authors, a memorial for long time teacher Mirdza Paudrupe, and pictures of the youth attending the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, MI.

Katskilu Atskanas #5, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the fifth of five newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and filled in as author for many of the short articles. Sniedze Runge wrote some of the articles.

Katskilu Atskanas #4, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the fourth of five newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and filled in as author for many of the short articles. Sniedze Runge wrote some of the articles.

Katskilu Atskanas #3, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the third of five newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and filled in as author for many of the short articles. Sniedze Runge wrote some of the articles.

Katskilu Atskanas #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of five newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and filled in as author for many of the short articles. Sniedze Runge wrote some of the articles.

Katskilu Atskanas #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of five newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Church Camp in Elka Park, NY. Bundza was the editor and filled in as author for many of the short articles. Sniedze Runge wrote some of the articles.

Garezera Skaidas #3, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the third of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers, Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the editor and author of most of the articles.

Garezera Skaidas #2, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the second of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers, Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the editor and author of most of the articles.

Garezera Skaidas #1, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

This was the first of three newsletters published during the course of the Latvian Heritage Camp 3x3 in the Latvian Center Garezers, Three Rivers, MI. Bundza was the editor and author of most of the articles.

Kalamazoo Latvian Association News - July 2011, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Kalamazoo Latvian community newsletter comes out in Latvian and English. This issue has an article about the future of the Latvian Center, reports on recent events at the center, including the Latvian school play and graduation, and lists this year's high school and college graduates.