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Morgan County Public Library
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Children’s Services Department Head
Goshen Public Library
Director of Library Services
Franklin College
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Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Automation/Technical Services
Sullivan County Public Library
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Elkhart Public Library
Library opens up Nature Nook for children
Hancock County Public Library
Local scribes getting intense as novel writing deadline looms
Huntington City-Township Public Library
At IU, a puzzle-worker’s paradise
Lilly Library – Indiana University
Vigo to feature 2 Bicentennial Commission legacy projects
Vigo County Public Library
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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
Federal Government Websites for Kids
10am-11am
When: Friday, December 4
Where: Webinar
Soft Skills for Supervisors and Managers
10am-11am
When: Wednesday, January 13
Where: Webinar
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The Indiana State Library will be opening a Young Readers Center in 2016! The idea was inspired by the Young Readers Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Indiana Young Readers Center will be a place for kids to learn about the talented authors and illustrators from Indiana and about our great state itself.
The first step in creating this space was building a collection. The Indiana Young Readers Center collection includes materials written or illustrated by Indiana authors and books about Indiana for kids and teens. A portion of this collection is already circulating and available to check out. The Center also houses special, non-circulating collections of autographed books by Indiana authors and illustrators and Indiana state book award winners for children and teens.
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Indiana State Library will be closed November 26 through 28 for Thanksgiving.
The library will reopen on Monday, November 30 to resume regular hours.
MCLS is offering up to 20 $500 collection development mini-grants to school libraries in Indiana that are MCLS members.
These funds are being made available through a grant program established by the MCLS Board of Trustees from the proceeds of the sale of the former INCOLSA building. $50,000 per year for the next five years will be made available on July 1 of each year. MCLS will announce future grant opportunities as funds become available. MCLS has already distributed $40,000 in 2015 to 23 individuals in 13 Indiana libraries for attendance at the Harwood/ALA Public Innovators Lab, which was held in Detroit, MI in October 2015.
The goal of the collection development mini grants is to assist school libraries that have limited materials budgets and demonstrate real need to add new materials to their collection. Materials may be in any format needed.
Funding eligibility
• Applicant must be an Indiana school district library that is an MCLS member. Non-member libraries may fill out an MCLS membership application to become eligible.
• Only one application per school district will be accepted.
• Awards will be based on need.
Deadlines
• The Application deadline is December 30, 2015.
• We will send notification and mail a check to grant recipients (payable to the school district) by January 15, 2016.
The application
• Download the MCLS Indiana Grant Application
• Applications should be emailed to Michelle Bradley, Community Engagement Librarian at bradleym@mcls.org.
Questions
Questions regarding the grant should be sent to Michelle Bradley, MCLS Community Engagement Librarian, at bradleym@mcls.org, or call her at 800-530-9019 ext. 125.
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ALA Publishing announces a new iteration of its popular eCourse Using and Understanding Library of Congress Classification. Robert Bothmann will serve as the instructor for this four-week facilitated eCourse starting on Jan. 19, 2016.
Robert Bothmann’s expert cataloging instructions offers you a comprehensive grounding in Library of Congress Classification (LCC) principles and practice. Starting with the basics, this eCourse will teach you how to assign LCC numbers with correct meaning in hierarchy, build numbers using tables and apply numbers that help patrons browse your library.
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If you were unable to attend the Active Shooter Training at ILF last week, you can learn more about it on the Indiana State Police website. You may also contact the State Police for a live training at your library. If you have any questions, please contact Connie Bruder at cbruder@library.in.gov.
On Tuesday, November 24, Southeast Region Coordinator Beth Yates starts her new position at the Indiana State Library. For 12 years, Beth worked as a Children’s Services Librarian at the White River Branch of the Johnson County Public Library. She served as the Children’s Services Department Manager the last seven of those years. Beth is a graduate of DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts & Sciences. She also earned her Master of Library Science at Indiana University in Bloomington.
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.
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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