Staff at the troy library are scrambling to get the recent book returns sorted and back on the shelves. The troy miami county public library now serves an area of 42,000 ohio residents. Check out the detroit news article highlighting the 2021 titles. Library staff will verify your name and hand you your items through your car window. Troy library overwhelmed by 8,000 book returns within just.
Browse, borrow, and enjoy titles from the midwest collaborative for library services digital collection. Hashtag activism activism that is centered around the use of a defined hashtag in sm to identify ones message or participation in a campaign. Some functions of this site are disabled for browsers blocking jquery. Leo burnettarc worldwide detroit strategic challenge. Troy library book burning party book burning, books. Troy public library in michigan, us would close for good unless voters approved a tax increase. The bookburning campaign that saved a public library bloomberg. As a consequence, the city has had to make cuts in personnel and city services. News, exhibits, and events at the library of michigan. Jun 29, 2012 the bookburning campaign that saved a public library a social media hoax outwitted an antitax group and galvanized voters in troy, michigan. Book burning party revealed as hoax troy, mi patch. A social media hoax outwitted an antitax group and galvanized voters in troy, michigan. How book burning saved a library the goodman center.
September friends partner with the troy board of education and the troy public library reading room is opened in 2 rooms adjacent to the troy high library. In addition to books and magazines, the library provides dvds, audiobooks, and a variety of materials in digital format. History of the library troymiami county public library. Market block is a super friend of the library and this video gives a glimpse into the unique and mutually supportive relationship.
Library staff will check out your available items and bring them to your car. I first became aware of the book burning party in july 2011 when i saw a sign advertising it at an intersection near my home. We invited everyone to our facebook page, adding twitter, foursquare, want ads, flyers and more to. And then the awardwinning leo burnett advertising agency stepped in to save the library with this brilliantly creative, provocative, and effective campaign about the issue.
With little money, six weeks until the election, facing a well. Dan ewalds book group, life readers and mystery book club groups will not be meeting during the summer months junaug 2021 and will resume in september 2021. The bookburning campaign that saved a public library a social media hoax outwitted an antitax group and galvanized voters in troy, michigan. The book burning party troy public library on vimeo. In the six months before the august 2, 2011 vote the troy library was in shut down mode. Friends history timeline friends of the troy public library.
Book burning party revealed as hoax troy, mi group says campaign to close the troy public library is a satirical appeal to voter emotion. In the midst of a campaign dominated by antitax slogans a new group surfaced, safeguarding american families. Book burning in troy michigan pro and con librarything. Book burning hoax results in huge support for michigan. Posing as a political group, we posted signs around town that said, vote to close troy library aug 2, book burning party aug 5. The hips on the drag queen go swish, swish, swish hot mess, lil miss, author. Jun 16, 2012 the leo burnettarc worldwide agency has won a gold prize in the effie awards for their hoax book burning party campaign, which is credited with saving the public library in troy, mi. Jun 10, 2020 troy library overwhelmed by thousands of book returns. Friends of the troy public library promoting and supporting. Behind the book burning party nick notes nick parish.
That was the underlying question in troy, michigan where tea party activists sought to thwart a small tax increase to keep the award winning library open. Join the troy public library virtual book club andor the troy public library cookbook club facebook groups. Aisha johnsonjones will deliver the first in the 2020 spring lecture series at the dothan campus. The committee that hatched a satirical campaign urging voters to close the and burn its books credited itself friday for raising public awareness about the librarys questionable future. All book discussion groups are coordinated and led by volunteers. Midwest collaborative for library services overdrive. Participants are welcome to purchase their own copies of discussion books, or check out copies from the troy public library or other public libraries. Posing as a clandestine political group, we posted signs around troy that said, vote to close troy library aug 2, book burning party aug 5. Along with twitter, foursquare, flyers and more to help drive engagement, our signs invited a shocked and infuriated public to our facebook page where a lively conversation about libraries and books ensued. The backstory on troy, mis 2011 campaign everylibrary. Anywhere subject title author series fiction nonfiction. It took a different tack, putting up signs around town saying, vote to close troy library aug 2.
Dothan campus to host lecture on historic library program troy. Materials were moved into the new library on february 14, 1976, with dedication of the building taking place on may 15. Awardwinning bookburning hoax saves troy, mi libraries. The story of how a small public library was saved from closure by a benevolent ad agency using reverse psychology. Jul 02, 2020 last month, the plainfield township branch of the kent district library kdl in grand rapids, michigan, took to facebook to share a cautionary tale about burning books. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Signs advertising a book burning party at our public library on a date just days after the election began popping up around troy. Troy has the second highest cumulative property value in michigan, second only to detroit.
Oct 30, 2012 book burning party genius from troy, michigan. Troy, michigan couldnt afford to sustain its library, so it scheduled a vote for a tax increase. Their ad campaign highlights the significance of finding the right responsive chord. The troy library book burning campaign rhetoric and. And we keep getting emails from people talking about how effective the book burning party campaign was in 2011 and wouldnt be smart for us to do that kind of campaign for all our library. Book traversal links for troy local history library. Jul 08, 2011 library millage debate heats up with signs that suggest book burning troy, mi troy library supporters want to know committees agenda. Call the library at 2485243536 and leave a voice mail with your last name and your parking spot number. Troy is home to the somerset collection mall, featuring a skywalk and over 180 stores, and the oakland mall. A strong antitax group waged a dominating campaign against it. No one wants to be a part of a town that burns books, and the outraged citizens of troy pushed back against the idiotic book burners and ultimately supported the tax increase, thus ensuring the library s survival. This book is the summary of the celebration of our quasquicentennial year, 1964, of the first baptist church, royal oak, michigan. The news media was all over the book burning party story.
Its not possible to overstate the importance of libraries as idea beacons, agents of literacy, and centers of community life. Library of michigan michigan notable books browsers that can not handle javascript will not be able to access some features of this site. Back by popular request, a video chronicling the saving of a library in troy, michigan. The book burning party this was the shot heard round the library world. Vote to close troy library on august 2nd book burning party on august 5th. The library of michigan is pleased to announce the 2021 michigan notable books list. Troy is a thriving center of business, particularly in the automotive and financial sectors, and is home to a number of major companies. Click read more to visit our donation information page to find local organizations that are currently taking book and media donations.
On july 10, 2011 tweeted, there are 200,000 reasons to close the troy library. The friends book shop may also have copies available for sale. Remaining books are set aside for a fundraising book sale. Due to a struggling state economy, troy, michigan had seen a drop in property values that precipitated a. It invited everyone to its facebook page called, book burning party. Jun 18, 2012 but anyway my historical read of nazi book burning in the 30sthe ideology that drove it anyway differs sharply from the ideology of those trying to save their library in troy michigan by torching some of their own catalogue. Saved a library this month marks the oneyear anniversary of an unconventional campaign that prevented a beloved public library from closing. If you think symbolic book burning is boorish and disgusting, try reading the book, wrote kay weiss, amis cofounder, to the daily. The bookburning campaign that saved a public library. A satirical effort to raise awareness and participation for a yes vote on august 2. Each book contains history, science, math, social studies and language arts, as well as kidfriendly language and activities students will enjoy.
The backstory on troy, mi s 2011 campaign we were not around in 2009 2011 when the troy, mi library was on the block. The friends of the troy public library book shop is located on the lower level of the troy public library. May 06, 20 back by popular request, a video chronicling the saving of a library in troy, michigan. But the people who wanted to save the library had an idea. Troy public library how book burning sav ed a li brary an unusual campaign in troy, michigan proves yet again that if you want to change the world for the better, first you have to change the story. It covers the 10th year of a war against troy conducted by a.
Homeric troy refers primarily to the city described in the iliad, one of the earliest literary works of the western canon. The troy public library is currently not accepting donations of materials at this time. Aug 24, 2017 burning a book is an act of censorship that strikes to the heart of an academic community and any society that wishes to call itself free. The library director didnt know, the friends didnt. Was the book burning party campaign to save the troy public library effective, or just an elaborate scam to celebrate an ad agency. Book burning party genius from troy, michigan book. We invited everyone to our facebook page, adding twitter, foursquare, want ads, flyers and more to drive engagement. What good is knowledge, if no one has access to it. Troy, michigan couldnt afford to keep its library open, so it scheduled a vote for a tax increase. Read a book together with your young ones while exploring one of troy s beautiful outdoor spaces. Jul 16, 2011 the committee that hatched a satirical campaign urging voters to close the and burn its books credited itself friday for raising public awareness about the librarys questionable future. A brief history of clawson welcome to city of clawson, mi. It was organized as troy township in 1827, and sections of the township. Jan 20, 20 the group put up lawn signs and tried to whip up a fury around burning the books on facebook and twitter.
When the local public library was at the brink of being forced to shut its doors due to lack of funding. My oaklandmacomb community familiarizes students with their communitys history, geography, wildlife and government. Jun 17, 2012 awardwinning book burning hoax saves troy, mi libraries. Proposed tax increases had failed twice before, and the antitax sentiment whipped up nationally by the tea party was playing well in troy, especially as the local economy sagged. For more information on the local history library, email or call patrick kennedy at 9373354082. Troy, michigan is a city in the northern suburbs of detroit in the usa. Walk along raintree parks trail path and read a book one page at a time. Troy local history library troymiami county public library. Book burning hoax results in huge support for michigan public. Proposed tax increases had failed twice before, and the antitax sentiment whipped up nationally by the tea party was playing well in troy. And then the awardwinning leo burnett advertising agency stepped in to save the library with this. Sylviane diouf discussing the voyage of the last slave ship to bring enslaved africans to the us the clotilda, 1859, mobile, al and the. A strong antitax group waged a dominating campaign against.
The iliad is a long originally oral poem composed in its own dialect of ancient greek in dactylic hexameter, traditionally believed to have been composed by a blind poet of the anatolian greek coast, homer. This was the third effort, and the antitax crowd was well organized. Look for special deals on library discards and science fiction. In celebration of the phased reopening of the troy public library and market block books, please enjoy this recorded conversation between phyl brazee of the friends and stanley hadsell of market block books. Book burning party for troy public library 2012 adlib.
This installment is a set and must be purchased together. Its population was 80,980 at the 2010 census, making troy the mostpopulated city in the county and the th mostpopulated municipality in the state as a northern suburb of metro detroit, troy is about 6 miles 9. And we keep getting emails from people talking about how effective the book burning party campaign was in 2011 and wouldnt be smart for us to do that kind of campaign for all our library communities. With little money, six weeks until the election, facing a well organized antitax group whod managed to get two previous library saving tax increases to fail, a. Troy, michigan troy, michigan couldnt afford to keep its library open, so it scheduled a vote for a tax increase. Due to a struggling state economy, troy, michigan, has seen a.
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