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Wabash College
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Royal Center-Boone Township Public Library
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Huntington City-Township Public Library
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Vision Expo
All Day Event
When: Saturday, September 26
Where: Indiana State Library
Legislative Fall Forum
8:30am-2:15pm
When: Tuesday, October 6
Where: Oak Hill Mansion
Carmel, Indiana
2015 IPLA Conference
All Day Event
When: Wednesday, October 7
Where: Oak Hill Mansion
Carmel, Indiana
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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The Indiana State Library eagerly anticipates the presentation of 2015 Teacher of the Year Kathy Nimmer during the Indiana Vision Expo on September 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Indiana State Library.
“Kathy’s story is fascinating and inspirational. We are excited that our attendees will be able to hear it, in addition to learning about the many resources provided by our vendors,” said Talking Books & Braille Librarian Laura Williams.
Kathy Nimmer was awarded Teacher of the Year by the Indiana Department of Education for her excellent work as an English teacher at Harrison High School in West Lafayette. In second grade, Kathy was diagnosed with a rare eye disease that caused her vision to slowly to deteriorate over time. In spite of this, she went on to earn her BA, followed by a Masters degree in English from Purdue University in 1992. She has published a book of poetry “Minutes in the Dark, Eternity in the Light,” and an anthology featuring stories and poems by and about people with disabilities and their working dogs, entitled “Two Plus Four Equals One.” In 2014, Kathy received the “Sagamore of the Wabash,” Indiana’s highest civilian honor.
Vision Expo provides an opportunity for people with vision loss, their friends, families, and service providers to learn about the resources available that help promote independent living. It is also a great opportunity to meet the Talking Book staff as well as fellow Talking Book patrons. This year’s event also features Drs. Richard and Laura Windsor who are award-winning optometrists specializing in the field of low vision.
The September 26 event takes place at the Indiana State Library (315 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204) from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and admission is free. Parking is only five dollars in the Senate Avenue Parking Garage. The entrance is off of New York Street between West Street and Senate Avenue.
Click here for more information on the 2015 Indiana Vision Expo.
The entire public is invited to this program on Sunday, September 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Indianapolis Public Library (Central Library) featuring music composed by Distinguished Professor of Music David Baker, J.S. Bach and Indiana jazz artists. The performance will feature one of the world's premiere cellists, Manuel Fischer-Dieskau, along with pianist Monika Herzig, bassist Jeremy Allen and drummer Joshua Roberts. Baker will provide narration. A book and CD signing will follow the performance, which is presented by the Library and the Indianapolis-Cologne Sister City Committee and sponsored by Magnet-Physics, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, the American Council of Germany, and Jeremy and Louise Lamkin.
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The Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award is an initiative of the Indiana Center for the Book. This state award, administered by the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Committee, highlights picture books for young children. Picture books serve an important role in the first years of the life of a child. The purpose of this award is to encourage parents, caregivers, and very young children to interact together with exceptional picture books.
Indiana librarians may nominate picture books for the award from June through October 1st each year. What does that mean? That means that we need your nominations now. Have you read a fun picture book in your storytime? Did you run across a winner during your Summer Reading Program? Have a book that makes you laugh every time you read it?
If you work with youth in a library, either in a school or in a public library, you are eligible to nominate as many titles as you wish. Nominating is easy. Send an email to Suzanne Walker at suwalker@library.in.gov. Include in your email: Title, Author, Illustrator, and Publication Date, as well as the following justification: In 100 words or less, please tell us why this book is special with an emphasis on how it supports at least three of the ECRR® practices. In layman’s terms, does the book make you talk, sing, read, write, or play with the children, ages 0-5, with whom you are sharing the book?
Nominations must:
• Be in print
• Be published, in its current edition, within the current award cycle year (that means from January 1, 2014 until now).
• Possess strong child appeal
• Support at least three of the Every Child Ready to Read® practices of Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing, or Playing
• Have artistic quality with text that supports the illustrations or a compelling narrative provided by illustrations
The nomination pool will be narrowed down to five titles by the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Committee by January 1, 2016. Ballots will be released and votes will be accepted until early May. More information on ballots and how to vote will be available in early 2016. The Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award winning title will be announced on May 23, 2016.
The Indiana State Library is pleased to announce the rollout of the new InfoExpress webpage. The newly redeveloped page incorporates many of the features that users have been asking for. New and improved features include parcels, manifest & label management, a user friendly profile interface, and a much improved renewal system.
The renewal function is now turned on. This means that members can now renew their membership in InfoExpress for the 2015-2016 service year, which begins on July 1, 2015.
The Indiana State Library is also pleased to announce that the cost for the courier remains the same as last year. The annual rate for InfoExpress continues to be $625 per delivery day; however libraries who were not found to be out of standards for 2014 will receive an upfront subsidy of $525 for the first delivery day. This delivery service subsidy is limited to one library per system, so branches are not eligible for this subsidy. Neither are privately funded libraries.
Additionally, these libraries can qualify for an additional $425 Resource Sharing Rate subsidy for a second day, if they meet one of the following criteria:
• Subscribes to 5-day-a-week InfoExpress service
• Subscribes to OCLC ILL System
• Is a net lender (#lends / #borrows>= 1.0)
• Is a member of Evergreen Indiana who subscribes to 2 or more days of InfoExpress service
For more information on InfoExpress, please contact Steve Schmidt at steschmidt@library.in.gov.
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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