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Information Systems & Technology Services Technician
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Disaster Preparedness
3pm-5pm
When: Monday, January 25
Where: Webinar
Metadata for Digitization and Preservation
2pm-4pm
When: Wednesday, February 3
Where: Webinar
Caring for Originals during Digitization Projects
2pm-4pm
When: Thursday, February 11
Where: Webinar
Security in and with Collections in Libraries, Archives and Museums
2pm-4pm
When: Tuesday, February 16
Where: Webinar
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The Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award is an initiative of the Indiana Center for the Book. This state award is administered by the Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Committee made up of professionals in Indiana including teachers, librarians, caregivers, and project coordinators; all of whom are involved in early childhood development. 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.
The 2016 Nominees are as follows:
• Nose to Toes, You Are Yummy! by Tim Harrington
• Two is Enough by Janna Matthies
• I Got the Rhythm by Connie Schofield-Morrison
• Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
• Hooray for Hat by Brian Won
Votes are collected at Indiana’s Public Libraries and other voting locations. New this year, every public library in Indiana will receive 15 print copies of the ballot through the support of TeachingBooks.net. You will receive your print ballots by mid February. All locations who wish to collect votes are welcome to print out as many ballots as they wish from the website. Patrons should be instructed to turn their votes in to their participating local public library. Libraries may collect their votes however they wish, but, efforts should be made to allow each child to vote only one time. The ballot is attached to this email. If your ballot was scrubbed from the email, feel free to email me and I’ll send you a fresh one.
Other locations like schools, day-cares, and bookstores may collect votes as well, however efforts should be made to ensure that each child is voting only one time. Voting ends at midnight on May 1, 2016. On May 2, please tally the votes from your location for each of the 5 Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award Nominees. Send those tallies in an email to Suzanne Walker at suwalker@library.in.gov. Emails from locations with tallies will be accepted from May 2nd to May 20th. On May 23rd, the award will be announced.
Who can vote? Children who are under age 6 as of May 1, 2016 may vote for the 2016 Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award. It is expected that most children will require help from a parent, caregiver, or librarian. Children should circle their favorite Firefly Nominee on their ballot and turn it into their local voting location. Children may also vote as a group by raising hands or pointing to their favorite. Children may vote one time only if at all possible. Libraries are encouraged to provide access to the books, have special Firefly storytimes, have voting programs, and promote the awards as they see fit. Feel free to share your celebrations with the Indiana Center for the Book.
Please let me know if you have questions! Thank you to the 2016 Early Literacy Firefly committee:
Nicole Brock / Indiana Youth Institute
Pamela Martin Diaz / Allen County Public Library
Angela Dubinger / Indiana State Library
Christy Franzman / Indiana Young Readers Center
Sherry Gick / Rossville Consolidated Schools
Shirley Mullin / Kids Ink
Beth Munk / Kendallville Public Library
Charles Pieri / Elkhart Public Library
Kristal Rada / Crown Point Public Library
Staci Terrell / Anderson Public Library
Andrea Tiley / Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation
Suzanne Walker / Indiana Center for the Book
For more information on the award, please visit us here.
Thank you to TeachingBooks.net who is supporting our print ballots and who put together additional Indiana Early Literacy Firefly Award book information here.
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It’s 2016—which means the Indiana Bicentennial is finally here! In need of ideas to celebrate at your school or library—or just curious to see what’s going on around the state? Join Suzanne Walker, Director of the Indiana Center for the Book, Leah Nahmias, Director of Programs and Community Engagement at Indiana Humanities and Lindsey Beckley, Book Shop and Outreach Manager at the Indiana Historical Bureau for an hour-long webinar full of program ideas for the upcoming Hoosier Bicentennial. We’ll share quick ideas that are easy to implement, as well as suggestions for more ambitious projects. Ideas for every community size and budget will be discussed. We’ll also provide a quick snapshot of what’s happening across Indiana and provide a sneak peek of what’s ahead, as well as tips for how to keep up with Bicentennial happenings in 2016.
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern
Type of Training: Webinar / Live Online
Eligible for 1 LEU
Click here to register.
At its December 4, 2015 meeting, the Indiana Library and
Historical Board voted to keep the Public
Library Access Card (PLAC) fee at $65 for 2016.
The PLAC
statewide library card program was enacted by the Indiana General Assembly in
1993 (Indiana Code 4-23-7.1-5.1) to allow individuals to purchase a card
which permits them to borrow materials directly from any public library in
Indiana.
Any individual holding a valid Indiana public library card may purchase a PLAC
card. The cost of the PLAC card is $65.00 and each card is valid for 12 months
from the date of issue. The revenue from the sale of these cards is distributed
back to libraries on the basis of net loans.
On December 4, 2015 the Indiana Library & Historical Board (ILHB) voted
unanimously to keep the cost of the PLAC at $65 for the second year.
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The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in Boston.
A list of all the 2016 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
“Last Stop on Market Street,” written by Matt de la Peña, is the 2016 Newbery Medal winner. The book is illustrated by Christian Robinson and published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
Three Newbery Honor Books also were named: “The War that Saved My Life,” written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC; “Roller Girl,” written and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC; and “Echo,” written by Pam Muñoz Ryan and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Click here to read the rest of the results.
Cindy Hein at Rockville Public Library was the first to complete the 2015 Annual Report for Indiana Public Libraries on Monday, January 4th. Congratulations, Cindy! The reports are due February 1st, 2016.
Melissa Merida will be the new director at New Albany-Floyd County Public Library as of February 1, 2016. You will be able to reach her at mmerida@nafclibrary.org
Talking! Singing!
Reading! Writing!
Playing!
Discover why these are the building blocks to early literacy in the Every Child Ready to Read 2.0 training session. There is no prerequisite to take this session.
Learn how to implement ECRR 2.0 in your library programs, spaces, and collections. Join the Children's Services Consultant out of the Indiana State Library for a hands-on workshop that will provide you with concrete examples for using ECRR 2.0 in your library. This training is worth 4 LEUs. You must register to attend. This workshop is free.
We are currently offering two training options:
January - Trafalgar
Date: 1/29/16
Start Time: 9:00 AM Eastern
End Time: 1:00 PM Easter
This workshop will be held at the Trafalgar branch of the Johnson County Public Library. The address is 424 S. Tower Street, Trafalgar, IN 46181.
February – New Carlisle
Date: 2/16/16
Start Time: 9:00 AM Eastern
End Time: 1:00 PM Eastern
This workshop will be held at the New Carlisle-Olive Township Public Library. The address is 408 Bray St, New Carlisle, IN 46552.
CLICK HERE to register.
As many of you know, there have been many exciting changes to INSPIRE. Librarians are encouraged to attend one of the following webinars to get familiar with the new additions to INSPIRE and how they can help patrons search for materials.
Click below to register for the following webinar:
Tuesday, January 19 at 10 a.m.
The Indiana State Library is now accepting applications for 2016 LSTA Technology and Digitization grants. All public, academic, school, institutional or special libraries in the state are welcome to apply for these grants.
• The 2016 grant guidelines and application materials are now available here.
• Applications must be submitted by 4:00 PM EST on Friday, March 11th, 2016. One copy must be emailed to the LSTA Consultant and another must be mailed and postmarked by that date.
• Return grantees: Please make note of the new reporting forms for 2016 Grantees. IMLS is requesting more specific financial and activity information and we have modified our report forms to capture this information.
Please contact LSTA Consultant Jen Clifton if you have any questions or need assistance at (800) 451-6028 or jclifton@library.in.gov. There will also be an Application Assistance webinar posted to the LSTA Website in early 2016 to assist applicants with the process.
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