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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.

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.

Library Stats As An Assessment Tool, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Western Michigan University has been working on creating a culture of assessment for ten years. The libraries have been using LibQUAL, a user satisfaction survey, since 2004, but have been gathering other statistics and assessment data over these same years. It is time to put it all together into an assessment plan.

Library Stats is an open source tool for maintaining reference statistics. It provides the opportunity to keep rich statistics on each reference transaction, including the actual question and answer. WMU implemented the use of Library Stats across all reference areas in 2009 and has already used the data …

Kalamazoo Latvian Association News - March 2011, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

The Kalamazoo Latvian community newsletter comes out in Latvian and English. This issue has articles about the Hunter and Fisherman ball, overview of the last year's activities of the Kalamazoo Latvian Association, Christmas celebration, Juris Kenins presentation and concert at the Nov 18 event, and announcements of future events.

Training Students For Reference Desk Work, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Western Michigan University Libraries use student workers to answer reference questions at almost all of the reference points in the library system. The Central Reference Desk in Waldo Library is the most active reference point, with questions on a wide range of topics, and an extensive range of resources. The students working at the Central Reference Desk receive a twelve week training program and a handbook that covers the library collections, services, types of resources, and condensed subject guides for the most popular humanities and social sciences topics. This presentation will show how this training program has evolved over the …

Using The Read (Reference Effort Assessment Data) Scale© To Assess Reference Work, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Surveys have shown that librarians are not completely satisfied with the statistics used for reference services, so Bella Karr Gerlich at Dominican University developed the READ (Reference Effort Assessment Data) Scale, which has now been tested by 14 academic libraries. In October 2008 the Central Reference Department at Western Michigan University Libraries started using the READ Scale to record reference transactions. Instead of just writing down tick marks for each question answered, each question was rated on a six-point scale, based on the difficulty of the question and the time it took to answer. This low-tech tool was easy to …

Baltic National Bibliographies Minus The Book Chambers, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Part of the panel: The Fate of Book Chambers and National Bibliographies in the Former Soviet Republics since 1991.

Latviesu Gramatas Un Citi Materiali Kratuves Arpus Latvijas (Latvian Books And Other Materials In Collections Outside Latvia), Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

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Krātuve Kas Nemitīgi Aug! Pieci Gadi Latviešu Studiju Centra Bibliotekā. (A Collection That Is Constantly Growing! Five Years At The Latvian Studies Center Library, Maira Bundza

Maira Bundza

Describes the history of the collection at the Latvian Studies Center Library in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the collection itself, its users, organization, and cooperation with other libraries.