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Maira Bundza

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Learning From Each Other: Baltic Collections In North America, Maira Bundza Apr 2012

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.

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Turning A Passion Into A Research Project, Maira Bundza Mar 2012

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, …