Manager/Administrator (Part-Time)
Indiana State Library Foundation
Branch Manager
Jefferson County Public Library
Public Services Librarian (FT/ Juvenile)
Indianapolis Public Library
Youth/Children’s Services Department Head
Goshen Public Library
Library Director
North Manchester Public Library
READ (Children’s) Center Supervisor
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Children’s Services Librarian
Johnson County Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
South Whitley Community Public Library
Circulation Clerk (Part-Time)
Avon-Washington Township Public Library
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Jackson County Public Library
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Kendallville Public Library
Old county records languishing in old building
Knox County Public Library
Community outreach marked 25-year career of library manager
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RCCF grants given to nonprofits
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CYPD Conference
August 23-24, 2015
Marriott East, Indianapolis
Library Spaces for Youth
10am-11am
When: Friday, August 28
Where: Webinar
SAMS Conference
September 17-18, 2015
Westfield-Washington Public Library
333 W Hoover St, Westfield, IN 46074
'The Difference is You' Professional Development Event
8:30am-4:45pm
When: September 22, 2015
Where: Indianapolis Public Library
Vision Expo
All Day Event
When: Saturday, September 26
Where: Indiana State Library
Genealogy & Local History Fair
9am-3:30pm
When: Saturday, October 24
Where: Indiana State Library
ILF Annual Conference
November 16-18, 2015
Marriott East, Indianapolis
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 Join the Indiana State Library and Education Networks of America for the 2015 Library Leadership Summit series.
Summit Series Schedule:
All summits will take place from 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
August 18
Elkhart Public Library
300 South 2nd St
Elkhart, IN 46516
August 19
Vigo County Public Library
One Library Square
Terre Haute, IN 47807
September 1
Kendallville Public Library
221 S. Park Avenue
Kendallville, IN 46755
September 2
Bartholomew County Public Library
536 5th Street
Columbus, IN 47201
September 9
Johnson County Public Library
Franklin Library, 401 State Street
Franklin, IN 46131
September 10
Frankfort Community Public Library
208 W. Clinton St.
Frankfort, IN 46041
September 15
Muncie Public Library
Kennedy Library 1700 W. McGalliard Rd
Muncie, IN 47304
September 16
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Central Library, 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Evansville, IN 47713
For information on the summit series click here.
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office invites libraries to apply for the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for at-risk teens.
Eligible libraries are located within or working in partnership with organizations that serve at-risk youth, such as alternative high schools, juvenile justice organizations, homeless shelters, foster care agencies, teen parenting programs, residential treatment facilities and other nonprofit and community agencies. Up to 50 grants will be awarded.
Working with small groups of six to 10 teens, grantees will host reading and discussion events for each of three selected book titles. The titles — selected in consultation with librarian advisors and humanities scholars — are chosen to resonate with reluctant readers struggling with complex issues like incarceration, violence and poverty.
Click here for full guidelines and to apply online. Applications are due Sept. 15.
Join the second annual series of regional U.S. Member Forums to learn from colleagues and contribute to the future of your OCLC cooperative. You'll gain updates and best practices on the OCLC services you use, including Cataloging and Metadata, as well as Discovery and Resource Sharing. You'll also have the opportunity to bring your ideas and discuss your library's needs and opportunities with OCLC staff members.
Hosted by member libraries across the U.S., the Forums start at 10:00 am local time and adjourn by 3:30 pm. These day-long meetings are designed to be interactive and informative. Each regional meeting has a flexible agenda to ensure that together we engage in the topics that are most relevant to you. Come prepared to share and learn along with your colleagues so that together, we can make information more accessible and more valuable to our collective communities.
See the full list of Member Forums and register for one today at http://oc.lc/2015Forums.
Indiana's OCLC Forum will be held September 30 at Indiana State University in Terre Haute.
To renew your InfoExpress subscription, go to InfoExpress.IN.gov. Log in using your InfoExpress library and password then click once on the Renewal Form link on the right hand side of the page. Review the library profile information on the screen and make any necessary changes. Once all of the information on the screen is correct, click on Submit.
Your submitted renewal request will be reviewed by Indiana State Library staff. Once approved, you will receive an email message containing a hyperlink to a page where you can view and print your invoice or to pay your invoice by credit card.
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 The Indiana State Library is excited to announce that it will be sharing a booth in the Harvest Pavilion with the Indiana Department of Education at this year's Indiana State Fair.
If you plan to attend the fair, please stop by and say hello. We will have new brochures to share with the public as well as INSPIRE materials.
The Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) announced today that 23 individuals from 13 Indiana libraries were selected to receive a scholarship from MCLS to attend the 2015 Harwood/ALA Public Innovators Lab in Detroit Michigan, October 14-16.
The funds were made available to MCLS member libraries through a grant program established by the MCLS Board of Trustees from the proceeds of the sale of the former INCOLSA building in Indiana.
The Harwood Public Innovators Lab is a 2.5 day experience to help libraries learn what it means to turn outward – to use the community as your reference point for choices and action. The Lab is part of the American Library Association’s “Libraries Transforming Communities” initiative, a national plan to help librarians strengthen their role as core community leaders and change-agents.
According to MCLS Executive Director, Randy Dykhuis, “MCLS has been using the community engagement tools of the Harwood Institute and sharing them with libraries in Indiana and Michigan since 2013. We are excited to be able to support training for a cohort of Indiana librarians.”
The selected libraries represent a spectrum of library types, sizes and geographic locations in Indiana, all with a common goal to engage more deeply in their communities.
The following libraries were selected:
• Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
• Eckhart Public Library (Auburn)
• Franklin D. Schurz Library (Indiana University South Bend)
• Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library
• Indiana State Library (Indianapolis)
• Indiana University East Library (Richmond)
• Indianapolis Public Library
• La Porte County Public Library
• Monticello-Union Township Public Library
• Morrisson-Reeves Library (Richmond)
• Tippecanoe County Public Library (Lafayette)
• Vigo County Public Library (Terre Haute)
• Washington-Carnegie Public Library
Indianapolis Public Library Director of Information Technology Services Debra Champ has been honored with the first-ever Chief Technology Officer of the Year Award by the Indianapolis Business Journal and TechPoint. Champ was selected among other finalists in the Not-for-Profit/Government (revenue below $100 million) category.
A 13-year employee of IndyPL, Champ was cited for her direction and development of infrastructure that allows the Indianapolis Public Library to simultaneously serve over 550,000 cardholders and track its collection of 1.8 million items. In addition to creating a long-range strategy for future technologies, Champ has led efforts to incorporate new web-based services into the library’s offerings, such as streaming video, audiobook downloads, and digital magazines. Her work also focuses on maintaining wireless capability at the library’s 24 locations where 10,000 unique devices are used each week by patrons for online access.
“I’m humbled to earn this recognition as a reflection of the dedication of the IT team and others at the Library who value providing meaningful and relevant services to our patrons,” said Champ. “It’s our belief in what libraries do to help people take advantage of today’s information resources that makes our work so exciting and fulfilling.”
Indianapolis Public Library is offering staff training on Patent Searching using Espacenet on Tuesday, Sept 15th from 2:00 – 4:30 pm and Advanced Searching using PubEast on Thursday, Sept 17th from 10 am – 11:30 pm. LEUs are pending. Both trainings will be held at the Central Library Computer Lab at 40 East St. Clair St, Indianapolis, IN. Space is limited. Call 275-4808 if you are interested in registering.
The next certification task force meeting will be on Friday, August 28, from 10:00 to 1:00 (Eastern) in meeting room A at the Avon-Washington Township Public Library (317-272-4818). The library address is 498 North Avon Ave, Avon, IN 46123 (also referred to on Google Maps as 498 IN-267, Avon, IN 46123).
Effective September 1, 2015, the Indiana State Library will open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. This is a two hour change from the previous hours of 8 a.m. to 4p.m.
The decision to change Saturday hours was made to align with other state agencies in the downtown area.
“The new Saturday hours will align with the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Museum,” said State Librarian Jacob Speer. “This alleviates any confusion to anyone visiting the downtown historic sites and focuses the hours we are open during the times when we have our most customers.”
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