Digital Systems and Support Associate (Part-Time)
Marian University
Access Services Associate (Part-Time)
Marian University
Children’s Librarian
Johnson County Public Library
Manager, Learning Curve
Indianapolis Public Library
Youth Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
Youth Services Manager
Alexandria-Monroe Public Library
Cataloger- (2 positions)
Indianapolis Public Library
Administrative Assistant (Part-Time)
Hussy-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
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8 northeast Indiana libraries to get Bicentennial 'bookshelf'
Angola Public Library
IU Southeast welcomes top Indiana social studies teachers to Center for Cultural Resources
IU Southeast Library
5 Questions: Indianapolis Public Library CEO calls libraries crucial in the digital age
Indianapolis Public Library
New Castle Library to host Christmas open house
New Castle Public Library
Annual holiday train club’s display at library attracts people of all ages
Seymour Public Library
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When: Wednesday, January 13
Where: Webinar
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The Indiana State Library and Historic Board held a public hearing on Friday, December 4, to consider comments and deliberate on the proposed revisions to Indiana’s public library standards. The hearing was the final culmination of the efforts of the standards committee members who gave so generously of their time to meet and determine appropriate modifications to the existing public library standards.
The public hearing concluded with a motion and unanimous vote approving the revised standards. If the proposed rule is approved by the Indiana Attorney General and Governor’s office, the revised standards will take effect January 1, 2017.
Click here to view the adopted rule # 15-83 regarding public library standards.
The Indiana Center for the Book and Indiana Humanities have awarded 55 libraries, schools and organizations a free Next Indiana Bookshelf set. Awarded organizations span the state, from Aurora to Gary, Evansville to Angola.
The Next Indiana Bookshelf is a set of 13 titles designed to encourage thinking and discussion about the present and future of Indiana during the Hoosier Bicentennial. It features fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry. Each book has a strong connection to Indiana, either set in Indiana and/or written by a Hoosier author. To learn more about the titles featured on the Next Indiana Bookshelf, visit www.indianahumanities.org/next-indiana-bookshelf.
“The Next Indiana Bookshelf has the ability to create powerful conversations around our state as we use the Bicentennial to contemplate not only our past, but also our future” said Keira Amstutz, president and CEO of Indiana Humanities. “With 90 applications from across the state, it’s exciting to see so many communities interested in celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial.”
Click here to read more.
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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The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) invites library staff to encourage teens to “Create it at your library” for Teen Tech Week™ 2016.
This year’s theme, “Create it at your library,” encourages libraries to tailor the theme to show their community exactly how libraries can connect in meaningful ways with teens in order to help them gain STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) skills.
Teen Tech Week will take place March 6-12, 2016. Library staff are encouraged to visit and join the official Teen Tech Week website for free to access to planning and promotional resources and to exchange ideas with fellow library staff.
Click here to read the entire article.
SRCS, the Statewide Remote Circulation System, will allow patrons to search a virtual union catalog and to place unmediated requests to have materials shipped to their local library where they can check them out.
As of today, 42 libraries have submitted letters of intent to join SRCS. That group includes eight Class A Public Libraries, 13 Class B, 13 Class C, seven Academic libraries and the Indiana State Library. This pool of libraries includes libraries running Evergreen Indiana, Millennium, Polaris, Sierra, Koha, OCLC WMS, Horizon, Symphony and TLC Library Solutions with a combined catalog of 6.6 million items.
If you missed the official announcement of SRCS at ILF, the session will be presented twice as a webinar on
• Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 10 am.
• Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 2 pm (Repeat of 12/9 session)
Please join us on either of these dates to hear all about SRCS - What is it, what the requirements are, and how your library can join in!
Questions? Feel free to contact me at steschmidt@library.in.gov
The Indiana State Library Foundation in collaboration
with the Indiana State Library’s Talking Books & Braille Library is seeking
applicants for a new grant supporting patrons with the purchase of assistive
technology devices. The grants will provide monetary reimbursements in an
amount ranging from $50 to $1,000 towards the purchase of an assistive
technology device of the grant recipient’s choosing. These devices remove many
barriers to education and employment for visually impaired individuals and may
include: video magnifiers, optical character recognition systems, speech
systems, etc.
Indiana State Library Foundation Chairman Robert Barcus
stated, “The foundation is pleased to support visually impaired patrons in the
purchase of much needed assistive technology devices. These devices not only
make it possible for the visually impaired to experience the joy of books, they
also provide access to a world of technology that can lead the way to independent
living.”
“For years the Talking Books & Braille Library has
served visually and physically impaired Hoosiers. The technologies grant
program will further the State Library’s mission of serving all Indiana
residents, leading and supporting the library community, and preserving Indiana
history,” said State Librarian Jacob Speer.
To apply for an Indiana State Library Foundation
grant, click here.
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