Automation/Technical Services
Sullivan County Public Library
Public Services Librarian (PT / Juvenile)
Indianapolis Public Library
Youth Services Clerk (Part-Time)
Culver-Union Township Public Library
Head of Youth Services
Putnam County Public Library
Assistant Branch Manager/Children’s Librarian, McCollough and East Branch Libraries
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Youth Services Manager
Tipton County Public Library
Automation Specialist
Hammond Public Library
Youth Services Assistant (Part-Time)
Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library
To see the complete list of current openings listed on the ISL Continuing Education Jobs page click here
Library promoting 21st Century scholarship
Bedford Public Library
Little Free Libraries coming to Greene County
Eastern Greene Library
Zionsville library’s Heroes’ Tree to honor veterans
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
Hickory Honoree: The 1911 Crawfordsville Team, State Champions
Indiana State Library
National Endowment for the Humanities Honors “What Middletown Read”
Muncie Public Library
New Castle library to honor military heroes
New Castle-Henry County Public Library
Alzheimer's programs educate families on challenges
Valparaiso Public Library
Local author Jerre Cline to sign latest book Nov. 8 at Vigo library
Vigo County Public Library
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Introduction to Copyright for Digitization
12pm-2pm
When: Monday, November 16
Where: Webinar
ILF Annual Conference
November 16-18, 2015
Marriott East, Indianapolis
Personal Digital Preservation: Bigger than a Shoebox
3pm-5pm
When: Tuesday, November 17
Where: Webinar
The Bibliographic Framework Initiative
2pm-4pm
When: Thursday, November 19
Where: Webinar
Caring for Originals during Scanning Projects
3pm-5pm
When: Thursday, November 19
Where: Webinar
Introduction to Dublin Core Metadata
3pm-5pm
When: Friday, November 20
Where: Webinar
ILL Fall Workshop
1pm-3pm
When: Monday, November 23
Where: Indiana State Library
Free Book Giveaway for Non-Profits Day
8:30am-11am
When: Monday, November 23
Where: Indianapolis Public Library (Central)
All History is Local
3pm-5pm
When: Monday, November 30
Where: Webinar
Introduction to Preservation: Collection Management for the 21st Century
3pm-5pm
When: Thursday, December 3
Where: Webinar
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The State Library has sent out physical copies of the annual report. Many libraries have requested a link to the digital copy. Click here to see a digital copy of the annual report found on the Indiana State Library website. If you have any questions, or would like to receive a physical copy of the report, please feel free to contact Ryan Brown at RyBrown@library.in.gov.
Library Journal recently released its 2015 Star Libraries list and Indiana had seven ‘Star Libraries’ that made the list. To see the complete list, click here.
SRCS, the Statewide Remote Circulation System, is coming. The Indiana State Library is looking for libraries who are interesting in participating in this statewide, patron initiated resource sharing system. Join Steven Schmidt from the Library Development Office to hear all about SRCS - What it is, what the requirements are, and how your library can join in!
Come join us at ILF on Tuesday, November 17th, 8:00 – 8:50 am to learn more!
This year Harper Lee’s lost manuscript of the mid-1950s, “Go Set a Watchman”, sold a million copies in two weeks. A 46th book by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) surfaced approximately 55 years after he drew and wrote it. “What Pet Should I Get?” made headlines when it hit publication in July. Now Indiana has its own lost but found, newly-released manuscript, the historical novel “Deep Forest” by Emsley W. Johnson, Sr.
The Society of Indiana Pioneers and Hawthorne Publishing of Carmel, Indiana, offer this book to commemorate 100 years of the Society and 200 years of Indiana statehood. This novel, written even before the Lee and Seuss books, is the only adult fiction book endorsed to date by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission.
This intriguing story draws on experiences of Johnson’s ancestors and relates challenges and triumphs of Hoosier settlers in the half-century from the Battle of Tippecanoe to the Civil War. Indianapolis attorney, historian, and re-enactor Johnson distilled his knowledge of the details of pioneer life into an engaging novel of colorful frontier characters. The manuscript was recently found among old family papers and then edited by historical writer Nancy Niblack Baxter, recipient of the IHS 2000 Eli Lilly Lifetime Achievement Award in History.
To offer this significant new release to your library patrons, find an order form at www.indianapioneers.org or contact The Society of Indiana Pioneers in the Indiana State Library at 317-233-6588. Make this new release part of your library’s Indiana Bicentennial displays and programs.
In the next few weeks, all public libraries in Indiana will receive a “bundle” (box) of materials from The National Center for Families Learning and Hoosier Family of Readers, Superintendent Glenda Ritz’s literacy initiative. This is the third year of her mission: to build a culture of readers in Indiana by supporting schools and public libraries in their mission to get books in the hands of students and their families. We encourage you to schedule a family engagement event at your library soon to promote her mission. The bundle will contain all the materials you will need to host a family engagement event in your library. Included will be an event guide to help you plan the event, as well as 30 copies each of a parent guide, a poster for each family to help them record their reading, a bookmark for each family that provides conversation starters for parents when reading with their child, and a suggested booklist to encourage reading in a variety of topics and genres. Superintendent Ritz would like to attend your event as her schedule permits. In the bundle, you will find a letter from her with instructions on how to contact her if you would like to invite her to your event. Contact Jill Lyday, Secondary Literacy Specialist/Hoosier Family of Readers Initiative/Indiana Department of Education at jlyday@doe.in.gov for further information or questions.
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If you attended the Genealogy and Local History Fair or have stopped by the library in the past few months, you may have noticed Stephanie Asberry. Stephanie started at the Indiana State Library (ISL) this summer as the new genealogy division supervisor andStephanie_2_web has successfully acclimated herself into her new job. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Stephanie and have a conversation about her experiences so far at the library.
Click here to read the entire interview.
The Indiana State Library has made its Camp Atterbury World War II photographs available online just in time for Veterans’ Day on November 11th. Comprising nearly 300 black-and-white, 3x5-inch photographs, the collection depicts aspects of life at the Indiana military training base in the midst of the Second World War.
The photographs were taken by Lieutenant William J. Moriarty, Sr. for the Signal Corps while he was stationed at Camp Atterbury in 1943. Not long after the pictures were taken, Lt. Moriarty was recruited by the Office of Strategic Services and assigned to a ten-man team, which parachuted into France 11 days prior to the D-Day invasion.
Over 275,000 soldiers—many from Indiana—trained at Camp Atterbury during World War II, including the 83rd Infantry Division; 8th Detachment of Special Troops, 2nd Army; 365th Regimental Combat Team, 92nd Infantry Division; 30th Infantry Division; and 106th Infantry Division. The base was staffed by members of the 5th Service Command, including the 1560th and 1537th Service Units, and the 3561st Service Unit of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC).
Located 4 miles west of Edinburgh, Indiana, Camp Atterbury functioned like a small city with its own theaters, service clubs, gymnasiums, swimming pools, sports fields, and health care facilities. The U.S. Army base occupied 40,351 acres (63 sq. mi.) when it was first activated as a military training camp on June 2, 1942. Camp Atterbury had a population comparable to that of Columbus, Indiana today, providing housing for 44,159 officers and troops. Today Camp Atterbury provides training and testing sites for military and civilian responders from around the world, as well as the Indiana National Guard.
Visit the online collection and catch a glimpse of daily life for the brave servicemen and women at Camp Atterbury during World War II. Twenty percent of the collection has been added to the library’s digital collections website with more going up online each week. The images are part of the Indiana State Library Manuscripts Photograph Collection in Indiana Memory.
Fairmount
Public Library will celebrate 95 years of service along with Indiana’s
bicentennial in 2016. There will be an open house along with author programs
April 9th and May 3rd. Indiana authors will be showcased monthly for the
bicentennial celebration. For more information, please visit www.fairmountlibrary.net.
The Board of Trustees of the Royal Center - Boone Township Public Library cordially invite you to attend an open house Sunday, November 22 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the library.
For more information click here.
Genealogy for Night Owls is back on November 18 from 4:30pm to 8:30pm at the Indiana State Library. Come get expert advice from our librarians and sign up for free one-on-one genealogy sessions.
For more information, please click here.
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