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Issues in Youth Services Management II
When: February 19
Where: Webinar
Graphic Design for Librarians
When: February 19
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Project Outcome – Looking Back, Looking Forward: Project Outcome’s latest article in Public Libraries Online, written by Carolyn Anthony, Director Skokie (Ill.) Public Library, focuses on the first year of Project Outcome and what a field-wide shift towards outcome measurement actually means. Project Outcome aims to help libraries make the intersection between community needs and libraries’ ability to respond to those needs as successful as possible by providing free online tools and resources for libraries to measure, assess, and take action using their results.
On Friday, June 24, at the 2016 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) brings you "Metadata Madness!! An Unconference On Anything You Want To Learn." This all-day preconference (8 a.m. – 4 p.m.) will provide participants with a unique opportunity to propose their own session topics on anything related to metadata. Register through the 2016 ALA Annual Conference website. The price to register is: $99 for ALCTS members; $139 ALA for members; $179 for non-members. Event Code: ALC2
To read the entire click here.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, Monroe County Public Library and the Friends of the Library are honored to present The Art of Maurice Sendak, a retrospective of 50 original paintings and illustrations by Sendak, along with activities and programs for all ages.
The Art of Maurice Sendak is a free exhibit hosted at the Main Library in downtown Bloomington from February 12 through March 26. The exhibit hours are Mondays–Thursdays 3–8 p.m.; Fridays 3–6 p.m.; and Saturdays–Sundays Noon–6 p.m.
In support of the exhibit, the Library also invites the public to “Go Wild” through a variety of activities. Fourteen programs are planned during the six-week exhibit, from an illustration workshop with local artist Joe Lee to a lecture on the life, art, and influence of Maurice Sendak. The full list of programs can be found in the special program guide available at any Library location, or online at http://mcpl.info/sendak.
At the exhibit, kids of all ages will “Go Wild” making arts and crafts inspired by Sendak, find monsters hiding in the Library, snap a photo at the Selfie Station, and take home a free commemorative bookmark.
The exhibition is part of a national tour that began in 2013, the 50th anniversary of Where the Wild Things Are’s original publication. It includes works in a variety of media, and offers highlights of Sendak’s career and the diverse art forms in which he is renowned. From children’s literature to Broadway and the opera, from animated film to young adult textbooks—Sendak remains an iconic American illustrator and author, acclaimed around the world for his genius and insights.
Accompanying the exhibit are 50 quotes from presidents, illustrators, friends, and celebrities—all deeply inspired by Sendak. Writer and actor Stephen Colbert says, “Maurice Sendak was strikingly honest. His art gave us a fantastical but unromanticized reminder of what childhood truly felt like. We are all honored to have been briefly invited into his world.”
The Library is also pleased to welcome second-grade classes from Monroe County Community School Corporation and Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation to special viewings of the exhibit. During their visit, students will participate in an interactive telling of Where the Wild Things Are.
Original artwork by MCCSC elementary students, inspired by Where the Wild Things Are, will also be on display at the Library.
Partners with Monroe County Public Library and the Friends of the Library include MCCSC and Indiana University’s Lilly Library. Special thanks to the lenders of the exhibition and to AFANYC for their support.
The annual Bookmark Design Contest is back at the Indiana State Library.
Students grades K-3 are encouraged to design their own bookmark with the possibility of winning a prize for their school.
The first place winner's school will receive INfo Express delivery free for one year starting on July 1, 2016 and have the student's bookmark printed for distribution. Four honorable mentions will also be printed for distribution.
For more details and to sign up, please click here.
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The Indiana State Library, in partnership with Net Literacy, is offering free, rebuilt public access computers. These computers are available to any Public or Institutional library in Indiana (sorry, no schools at this time).
These refurbished computers are all running Windows 7 Professional and have a minimum of 1GB ram, 100GB or larger hard drives, DVD drives, Ethernet cards, and antivirus software. A few of the machines have SD Memory Card readers. The machines arrive internet ready and are equipped with flat screen monitors, keyboards and mice.
Net Literacy is a student-run, Indiana-based organization, started in 2003 when a central Indiana middle school student, Dan Kent, was asked to teach a group of mobility-impaired senior citizens how to use the Internet. From that seed, Net Literacy was born. Today Net Literacy boosts over 3,500 student volunteers who spend 100,000s of hours to rebuild donated computers and provide them to retirement homes, community centers, and since 2011, to public libraries all over the state.
In the fall of 2011, Dan Kent approached the Indiana State Library to see if they could offer their computers to public libraries. Since that time, Net Literacy and the State Library have made over 750 free computers and monitors available to public libraries. As the middle school student that founded Net Literacy said, “while one person can make a difference, at Net Literacy, together we can change the world.”
Quantities are limited and priority will be given to recipients that can make arrangements to pick the computers up at the Indiana State Library between March 1 and May 1, 2016.
To request computer(s) for your library, please complete this short online questionnaire. Awardees will be contacted by email to schedule a pickup date.
Please visit Net Literacy’s website (http://www.netliteracy.org) to learn more about the organization and their efforts to improve Digital Literacy nationwide. Contact Steven Schmidt from the Library Development Office (steschmidt@library.in.gov) if you have any questions about the State Library's program.
The Indiana Women's Conference is a one day conference that will explore and expand knowledge of women's contributions to Indiana through their labor via speakers, presentations, and panel discussions March 26, 2016.
Registration
All attendees/participants must register for the meeting. The Conference Registration Form is available HERE. Registration includes attendance at all sessions and keynote luncheon featuring Dr. Nancy Gabin, historian of labor and gender studies. Dr. Gabin will be presenting, “Bossy Ladies: Toward a History of Wage-Earning Women in Indiana.”
Schedule
The conference opens at 8:30 AM, Saturday March 26, 2016 at the Indiana State Library, 315 W. Ohio Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
A draft of the Schedule of Sessions and Speakers is available HERE.
General schedule follows:
Registration: 8:30-9:00
Session One: 9:00-10:15
Session Two: 10:30-11:45
Lunch w/ Keynote Speaker, Dr. Nancy Gabin: 12:00-1:30
Session Three: 1:30-2:45
Plenary Session: 3:00-4:00
Questions and More Information
General: Dani Pfaff, DPfaff@history.IN.gov or Marcia Caudell, MCaudell@library.IN.gov
Registration: Jeannie Regan-Dinius, JRDinius@dnr.in.gov
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