In This Issue
Youth Services Librarian (Full-Time)
Mooresville Public Library
Library Director
New Albany Floyd County Public Library
Librarian
Ivy Tech Community College
Head of IT
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Youth Services Librarian (Part-Time)
Vigo County Public Library
Library Specialist
Hallett Movers
Marketing and Communications Manager
Johnson County Public Library
Associate Director
Monroe County Public Library
To see the complete list of current openings listed on the ISL Continuing Education Jobs page click here.
Culture Shock: The Library is going Netflix
Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library
Central Indiana companies create active workplaces
Fishers Public Library
Indiana County More Coordinated, Better Prepared for Emergency Due to Training, Tech
Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library
Schmidt-Staten engagement
Johnson County Public Library
Former PT photographer loved his craft
LaPorte County Public Library
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz visits Linton-Stockton Schools
Linton-Stockton School Library
Library's new hang-out space designed 'for teens by teens'
Monroe County Public Library
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Every year public libraries across the US and Canada are invited to submit their data to the Public Library Association's PLDS survey. The PLDS is an important resource for planning, advocacy, management, benchmarking, trend and comparative analysis. This year’s survey includes a special section related to the work being done by the Performance Measures Task Force (PMTF). Any library who has not received, or who has misplaced, their PLDS login info, can request access using this link and entering their info.
More information on submitting to the PLDS can be found at http://pla.countingopinions.com or by emailing plasupport@countingopinions.com
The Survey closes March 31, 2015.
The open access journal, Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy has posted a call for papers for a special issue: Sustainability and the Library. Go to the following link for more information.
This special issue aims both to review how the LIS community has to date sought to advance sustainability and to chart a course for the next generation of effort. We are looking to identify contributions that bring forth new and innovative solutions and/or challenges focusing on issues such as:
• Assessing the strategic role of library and information science in environmental protection, social equity, and economic development
• Identifying the ways in which information research and information practices link to sustainability through, for example, access to information, intellectual freedom, literacy
• Designing sustainable information
• Greening the library
• Measuring the environmental impact of different resources that libraries provide
• Making sustainable decisions that help to positively address climate change and respect natural resources
• Creating healthy indoor and outdoor environments through sustainable building practices
• Motivating libraries/librarians to be change leaders
• Evaluating the role of libraries in pursuing local sustainability through programs and services for public education and local policy/government
Download this flyer (pdf) for complete information
Call for Abstracts Deadline: May 1, 2015
Evergreen Indiana Annual Conference
3:00pm - 10:00pm
When: April 9, 2015
Where: Fort Benjamin Harrison Inn
Teaching Books Webinar: Summer Reading Program Supports
9:00am-9:50am
When: Tuesday, April 21
Where: Webinar
Teaching Books Webinar: Summer Reading Program Supports
4:00pm-4:50pm
When: Tuesday, April 21
Where: Webinar
Privacy Workshop
9:00am-4:00pm
When: Wednesday, May 27
Where: Indiana State Library
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Library design is forward-thinking by nature, yet the idea of the library—as a gateway to learning, a public space open to all, a place to find what you’re looking for—is iconic. Today’s public libraries are re-imagining services, space, collections, and programming in ways that engage communities and celebrate creativity. Their design reflects a changing reality, yet also needs to stand the test of time. LJ’s New Landmark Libraries initiative identifies the top new libraries to look at for ideas and inspiration. The 2015 New Landmark Libraries will focus on public libraries that have completed new construction, expansion, or significant renovation within the last four years (2010–2014).
We are accepting submissions online now through the March 31 deadline.
LJ identified its first round of New Landmark Libraries in 2011, featuring 20 newly built or renovated public libraries that best met the demanding criteria.
With this 2015 round, LJ hopes to continue to offer library leaders and designers inspiration for the changes they want to make, and a new vocabulary to work from.
A panel of six judges—architects, designers, and librarians—will choose eight to ten buildings that demonstrate excellence in (1) design and construction, (2) response to community context and constraints, (3) sustainability, (4) functionality, (5) innovation, and (6) beauty and delight. The 2015 New Landmark Libraries, as well as a selection of Honorable Mentions, will be announced in the September 15issue of LJ and showcased in more depth in the Fall issue of Library By Design.
Emily Puckett Rodgers, special projects librarian and the entrepreneurship program manager at the University of Michigan, will spearhead this round of NLL. “I am pleased to be participating as the project lead in this year’s Library Journal New Landmark Library series focusing on public libraries,” she said. “I’m passionate about libraries as places and spaces that actively build community and inspire creativity by thoughtfully developing spaces that complement their staff expertise, programming, services, and collections. I started my career in public libraries. I believe public libraries are able to play an important and active role in lifelong education and in cultural expression in the 21st century.”
In her work, Rodgers has focused on designing experiential learning opportunities and understanding how spaces can foster active learning and discovery. She is also actively involved in her local maker community as a coordinator the Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire every year, and has co-written a nonfiction book on maker spaces aimed at grades 4–8.
“The New Landmark Libraries project provides librarians, architects, and planners with the contemporary champions of our field,” Rodgers added. “The libraries featured are exemplars not only of building design, but also of community engagement, forward-thinking perspectives, and the ways in which our cultural institutions continue to strengthen the fabric of our cities, towns, and regions in the 21st century. Through the New Landmark Libraries, we can reflect on successes and prepare for future investments.”
If you are proud of your recent library design, or know of a library that deserves to be celebrated for its innovative construction or renovation, let us know! The public libraries featured in LJ’s New Landmark Libraries 2015 edition will serve as guides for the libraries of today and tomorrow.
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