Phone Number: 248-642-5800
 

What's New

Welcome to the new look of www.btpl.org

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Library staff has been hard at work making the website even easier to use and to access information.  Some of the new features now available are:


Library Highlights

Our special needs collection

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The Library recently added new materials called the “Special Needs Collection” to its shelves. One of the first public library collections in the metro Detroit area, this unique collection includes therapeutic and specially adapted toys, speech and language therapy cards, DVDs, music and activity CDs, CD ROMS, large print and Braille books, Hi-Low books and many fiction and nonfiction books for special needs kids, their parents and teachers. Funded by the Friends of the Bloomfield Township Public Library, new items are being added all the time! The Special Needs Story Box collection is one example of the many exciting special features of this unique collection. Special boxes contain a story and a collection of manipulative that correspond to the items mentioned in the story. A story box is a way for children with visual impairment to experience a story.

examples of items from our special needs collection

Have A Little Time?

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Do you have a little extra time to give to the Library?  Do you enjoy talking to and helping people?  Are you looking for a wonderful environment in which to spend some time?  The Library Shop is just for you!  It's a great way to meet and greet library visitors.


Chamber Concert Series

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The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Bloomfield Township Public Library announce the 2010 schedule for the chamber concert series. 

 

Dates for concerts at the Library are:

 

Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.

Friday, April 23, 2010 at 8:00pm

Friday, May 21, 2010 at 8:00pm

 

Thank you to the Friends of the Library and Edith Kovach for their sponsorship of this concert series.

musical notes

Join the Friends

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Opportunities to be a Friend await you when you walk in the door-or here at the library's virtual door at www.btpl.org.   Pick up a membership form at any library public service desk or have a form mailed to you by calling the Library at (248) 642-5800. 

 

Annual Friends memberships are very affordable:

 

Individual  - $15.00

Family  - $20.00

Supporting  - $30.00

Benefactor - $50.00

Business/corporate  - $50.00

Patron - .$100.00

Life  - $500.00

  

Volunteers are needed year-round to sort donated materials, assist at book sales, lend a hand at the Annual Meeting and support Library staff as needed.

Library Board Welcomes Grant Gerhart

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The Library Board is pleased to welcome Grant Gerhart to the Board.  He fills a vacancy on the Board created by the retirement of Trustee John D. MacInnes after 9 years of dedicated service on the Board.  The Library Board unanimously agreed to offer the position of Trustee to Grant Gerhart.  His skills are a unique compliment to the other trustees as we look to serve our diverse community.  Grant Gerhart was sworn in by Bloomfield Township Clerk Jan Roncelli at the January 19,2010 Library Board meeting.

A Gift to the Library

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The Bloomfield Township Public Library is pleased to announce a very generous gift from Bloomfield Township resident Fair Radom. This gift is dedicated to the beautification, improvement and preservation of the Library’s public gardens as well as related educational programs and activities at the library. The Fair Radom Garden Endowment Fund will enhance the Library for many, many years to come. Such gifts to the Library are representative of the commitment and love that Bloomfield Township residents have for their public library. The Library sincerely appreciates this wonderful gift as well as the many years Fair has been a volunteer maintaining the Library’s plants.
 
For further information, please contact the Library at (248) 642-5800.
Library Director and Trustees accept a gift from Fair Radom
 
Programs For February 2010
Feb 09
Just Us Kids
10:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Feb 09
Memoir Writers' Group
1:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Feb 09
Investment Databases
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Feb 09
Just Us Kids
2:00 PM
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2:30 PM
Feb 09
Drop In Homework Coaching for Grades 5 and up.
3:00 PM
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6:00 PM
Feb 09
Little Foodies
4:30 PM
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5:30 PM

Library Board Vacancy

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The Bloomfield Township Public Library announces a vacancy on its Library Board of Trustees.  Isabelle Charnov is retiring from the Library Board after fourteen years of dedicated service.  Isabelle shared that "For me, this is an appropriate time.  It has been challenging, satisfying and just plain wonderful to work with Karen, the staff and my friends and colleagues on the Board.  I leave knowing that the Bloomfield Township Public Library is being guided by the most capable and dedicated".  The Library sincerely appreciates her many contributions to the Library and will miss her expertise.  We wish Isabelle the very best.

 

Applications for position of Trustee are now available at the Library and will be accepted through February 15, 2010.  Applicants must be a Bloomfield Township resident.  The Library Board is working to have this vacancy filled by April, 2010.  For more information about this position and the application process, please contact Library Director Karen Kotulis-Carter at (248) 642-5800.