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When: January 25 - February 19
Where: Webinar
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When: January 25 - March 4
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Issues in Youth Services Management II
When: January 25 - February 19
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When: January 25 - February 26
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Mayors, county executives, school superintendents, and library leaders from approximately 50 cities and counties are meeting in Washington, DC, today as part of a national initiative to connect students to public library system resources. These communities are among the 60 communities that have answered the call of President Obama’s ConnectED Library Challenge to put a library card in every student’s hand through partnership initiatives.
The “ConnectED Library Challenge: Answering the Call” convening is hosted by the White House with the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It is both a strategy session and a celebration of the community leaders who accepted the President’s challenge last April. Both the Urban Libraries Council (ULC)(link is external) and American Library Association (ALA)(link is external) are contributing to this important initiative.
Click here to read the entire release.
Day of Dialog is an annual librarian-only gathering which gives a close-up look at upcoming books and the latest trends in the library and publishing worlds. There are 2 separate professional development events for the library and school library communities. The SLJ event is geared towards school and children’s librarians and LJ’s event targets adult librarians. Both provide attendees with high content panels on trends in books, technology and publishing, access to exclusive author signings, free ARCs, and an opportunity to network with colleagues from around the country in an intimate library-centric setting. Both events sell out year after year and as we move from our home base in NY to Chicago this May, we are hoping for an equally stellar turnout this year!
See more about the events online and note that our program and speaker line up will soon be announced.
LJ Day of Dialog
SLJ Day of Dialog
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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The final deadline for submitting a letter of intent to participate in the initial phase of SRCS is this coming Sunday, January 31, 2016.
As of today, we have 150 libraries who have submitted letters of intent to join SRCS. That group includes: 17 Class A Public Libraries, 43 Class B, 41 Class C, 47 Academic libraries and the Indiana State Library. This broad pool of libraries includes fourteen of the most popular ILS in the state, including AG Verso, Evergreen Indiana, ExLibris Aleph, Alma & Voyager, Millennium, Polaris, Sierra, Koha, OCLC WMS, Horizon, Symphony and TLC Library Solutions with a combined catalog of 34 million items.
On Monday, February 1 we will turn over all of the names and contact information from the libraries who have submitted a Letter of Intent over to Auto-Graphics. They will then approach each of participant with a specific set of questions based upon their local ILS.
We are posting a link of the January 5 WisCat demonstration, along with a transcript of the session and Q & A based upon the chat questions. The recommendations of the Resource Sharing Committee are still undergoing review, but we hope to get those posted soon.
A reminder to you all of Collaborative Summer Library Program trainings and webinars slated to support your planning for summer 2016!
CSLP TRAININGS
As before, these live trainings will all include 4 hours of training; 2 for the Early Literacy / School Age group and 2 for the Teen / Adult group. You may choose to attend for all four hours or just the 2 hours that work best for you. They will be worth 4 LEUs total. Please see the Indiana State Library’s Calendar of Events (linked below) to register for each training as well as view additional information.
January 21st – St. Joseph Co. Public Library – South Bend – 9:00-1:00 pm Eastern time
February 1st – Pike County Public Library – Petersburg – 9:00-1:00 pm Eastern time
February 23 – Crown Point Community Public Library – 9:00-1:00 pm CENTRAL time
CSLP WEBINARS
January 6th – Get in the Game: Read – CSLP 2016 Teen Ideas – 10:00-11:00 am Eastern – (with guest – teen librarian Krystal Stanich)
January 6th – Exercise Your Mind: Read – CSLP 2016 Adult Program Ideas – 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern
January 14th — On Your Mark, Get Set, Read – CSLP 2016 Early Literacy Ideas – 10:00-11:00 am Eastern
January 14th — On Your Mark, Get Set, Read – CSLP 2016 School-Age Ideas – 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern
You may now sign up for live trainings and webinars.
CSLP/UPSTART WEBINARS
CSLP and Upstart are offering free webinars to help you plan your 2016 summer program with the theme of health and wellness. You’ll have the opportunity to spend an hour with two CSLP experts, Amanda Moss Struckmeyer and Cheryl Brown. As editors of the CSLP manuals, their insightful tips will help build excitement for the 2016 program and provide a great start as you begin your planning. All the sessions are free but registration is required; click here for more info and to register.
This is just a friendly reminder that the 2015 Annual Report for Public Libraries is due on Monday, February 1st! If you have already submitted your report, thank you!
Login Information-
If you did not receive your login information (sent via email on 12/15/2015), please contact me.
Signature Page reminder-
If you have already completed the report, don’t forget to mail in your signature page. This form needs to be signed by the library director and board president and dropped in the mail by 2/1/2016.
Did your board update its bylaws in 2015?
If so, be sure to send us an updated copy. An email attachment is fine.
Best wishes to all as you complete your reports! Let us know if you have any questions.
Jen Clifton - jclifton@library.in.gov
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.
March – New Carlisle
Date: 3/29/16
Start Time: 9:00 AM
End Time: 1:00 PM
This workshop will be held at the New Carlisle-Olive Township Public Library. The address is 408 Bray St, New Carlisle, IN 46552.
Register here
CLICK HERE to register.
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