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Allen County Public Library
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Living Books of Goshen brings stories to life at library
Goshen Public Library
Library hosts 10th annual volunteer fair
Hancock County Public Library
Jeffersonville residents invited to create bicentennial puppet show
Jeffersonville Public Library
Library to collect and preserve historical documents
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Lilly Library receives new collection
Lilly Library, Indiana University
Burning through the pages
Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library
Time to get involved in the Bicentennial
Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library
Civic League undertakes mural at library
Putnam County Public Library
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The
Indiana State Library has selected 13 projects to receive $229,510 in LSTA
funding for the 2016-2017 grant year. Using grant funds, public, academic and
special libraries will be contributing collections with a uniquely Indiana
focus. This year’s projects will feature a number of topics, including
Indiana’s automobile and limestone industries, LGBTQ histories, the Harmonists,
newspapers, court records, architectural drawings, Hanover College history, and the USS LST Ship Memorial. Three collections
will be focused on the histories of African Americans in the state, including South
Bend, Bedford, and
Indianapolis’s Bethel
AME Church. The Indiana State Library will also continue their
collaboration with Indiana State University to establish InDiPres, a
statewide digital preservation solution for digital collections.
Many
of the projects will invite Hoosiers to contribute materials during
scan-a-thons held throughout the Bicentennial year. All materials digitized
through the projects will eventually be available on Indiana Memory, the state’s digital
library, and the Digital Public Library of America.
For questions about the grants or Indiana Memory, please contact Connie
Rendfeld at (317) 232-3694 or crendfeld@library.in.gov.
Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding is made possible by The Institute of
Museum and Library Services, the primary source of federal support for the
nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums. The Institute’s mission is to
inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and
cultural and civic engagement. Their grant making, policy development, and
research help libraries and museums deliver valuable services that make it
possible for communities and individuals to thrive. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov and follow IMLS on Facebook and Twitter.
Cinda May
Indiana
State University honored seven educators during its annual Faculty Recognition
Banquet Thursday.
President
Dan Bradley presented the President’s Medal — the university’s highest award
for faculty — to Cinda May, chair of Special Collections at Indiana State’s
Cunningham Memorial Library.
“It is
such an honor to be selected as a recipient of the President’s Medal — and
totally unexpected,” May said. “To be recognized for my accomplishments and
contributions to ISU and librarianship is very gratifying. But I would be
remiss not to acknowledge all of the people who have believed in me, encouraged
me, and even challenged me throughout my career. Without them I would not have
explored the range of my abilities, or plumbed the depths of my
resourcefulness. From them I learned resilience, commitment and the importance
of being true to oneself. Every day I aspire to pass these lessons on to
others, especially students, who are just commencing their life journeys.”
May
earned her bachelor’s in English from the University of New Orleans. She holds
three master’s degrees — in English from the University of Texas at Austin, in
information and library science from the University of Michigan and in history
from Indiana University.
May
joined the Indiana State faculty in 2006 as the coordinator of Library Digital
Initiatives. She was appointed to her current role in 2010.
While
she has led and planned numerous initiatives, projects and events, May said
serving as project director for Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital
Memory Project — now in its 12th year — is one of the most rewarding
experiences of her career at Indiana State.
“Being
the project director of Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Digital Memory
Project has been the most meaningful experience for me,” she said. “With
20-plus community partners across six counties in west central Indiana, the
Visions Project has afforded me the opportunity to work with other cultural
heritage professionals to document, preserve and provide access to the history
and culture of the region. It has also given ISU students interested in
pursuing careers in public history or special collections librarianship a
chance to directly participate in the collection, creation and management of
local history resources.”
Other
awards and their recipients were:
•
Caleb Mills Distinguished Teaching Award: Keri Yousif, professor of French.
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Community-Based Learning and Scholarship Award: Colleen Haas, instructor of
African and African American Studies.
•
Theodore Dreiser Distinguished Research and Creativity Award: Kevin Bolinskey,
associate professor of psychology, Rusty Gonser, professor of biology, and Kit
Kincade, professor of English.
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Faculty Distinguished Service Award: Richard Lotspeich, professor of economics.
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) hosted their biennial conference in San Francisco last week and thanks to the Indiana State Library Foundation, the Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library was on hand. There are many exciting developments on the way for both patrons and NLS libraries around the country, including ambitious plans for book delivery through the cloud (though this is many years away). Some things happening in the more immediate future include:
That All May Read—NLS has launched their new media campaign, That All May Read, as well as a newly designed logo. Librarians around the country voted on the campaign slogan and the consensus was to stick with the historic “That All May Read” slogan. Upcoming promotion plans include the creation of an NLS television commercial, which will be their first foray into that medium. Their campaign depends on people who know about the service to help spread the word, which you can do so by liking their Facebook page and sharing their information.
BARD Media Manager—BARD Media Manager will drastically improve the user experience of patrons using BARD on their home PCs. It will remember your BARD password and log you in automatically each time you use the system. It will also have the ability to download multiple books at a time, unzip them automatically, and transfer them to your storage device. The BARD media manager should be available for patrons to download sometime in the summer.
New Search Engine for BARD—The long awaited new search engine for BARD will be more modern and will produce more relevant results for patrons based on the NLS catalog.
Success of Commercial Titles—By including commercial titles in the NLS collection, patrons now have access to over 1000 more books per year than they did before. NLS has the ability to add these commercial titles to BARD within weeks of their initial release, lessening the wait time for hot new releases. These books are still unrated though, so patrons should keep that in mind when ordering commercial audio books.
To read more about these and other exciting changes coming to the Talking Book library, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, which you can do by clicking “subscribe for e-mail updates” on our homepage.
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Hello, and welcome to the Government Information Minute.
This bi-weekly column is brought to you by the Government Information Librarians at the Indiana State Library. We cover current resources on Govt Info at local, state, national, and international levels. It’s all for you, to keep you updated and well-informed! Suggestions and comments welcome. Check out more Indiana Govt Info updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Indiana’s Indiana State Data Center Program is a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau, the State of Indiana, and several Indiana-based Affiliate organizations. The agreement for the program has been in place since 1978 and ensures public access to data and training for state agencies, academics, non-profits, non-government organizations, and the public. We use historical and current sources to answer statistical requests from around the world and provide training on site and online.
The Indiana State Library houses the State Data Center’s historical collection of original Census volumes, statistical resources from Indiana government agencies, U.S. and Indiana demographic materials, and much more. We also work closely with the Indiana Business Research Center @ IU’s Kelley School of Business, Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development, and the Indiana Geographic Information Council. Together with these organizations, we help provide the public with access to the most recent data from national, state, and local sources.
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 Donna Schuster (left) receives the Volunteer of the Year Award from Andrea Glenn (right)
On April 15th, the Indiana State Library held its
annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, honoring the many volunteers who donate
their time to work on library projects.
In 2015, over 50 individuals volunteered at the State Library, working
in many departments, including the Indiana Library and Historical Board, the
Indiana State Library Foundation Board, Indiana Voices, Genealogy, Rare Books
and Manuscripts, Cataloging, and the Indiana Division. Projects included processing manuscript
collections, data entry, editing catalog records, and recording and
proofreading audio books for the blind and visually impaired.
Donna Schuster received the Volunteer of the Year Award in
honor of her work in the Indiana Division organizing boxes of state documents
and other materials that were in storage.
Rare Books and Manuscripts volunteer Nikki Schofield and Talking Books
volunteer Sarah Benz were also honored for their work processing manuscripts
and proofreading audiobooks, respectively.
We would once again like to extend its thanks to the many
volunteers who contribute to the Indiana State Library and whose work allows
the Indiana State Library to better serve the citizens of Indiana.
If you are interested in volunteering at the Indiana State
Library, please check out the Volunteering
page on our website or contact the Volunteer
Coordinator at islvolunteers@library.in.gov.
To view the pictures from this event click here.
Open Forum on Digital Preservation
When: April 21, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Where: Allen County Public Library
ILF District 6 Conference
When: April 22
Where: Jackson County Public Library
TeachingBooks.net Summer Reading Support Webinar
When: April 26, 8:00 - 8:30 am
Where: Webinar
Tools/Tips/Trends: Public Library Trends
When: April 26, 2:00 - 2:35 pm
Where: Webinar
TeachingBooks.net Summer Reading Supports
When: April 26, 3:00 - 3:30 pm
Where: Webinar
ILF District 4 Conference
When: April 28
Where: Avon Washington Township Public Library
ILF District 2 Conference
When: May 6th
Where: Morton Community Center, West Lafayette
Ask an Expert: The Bicentennial is Here!
When: May 9, 9:30 - 11:00 am
Where: Webinar
ILF District 1 Conference
When: May 10th
Where: Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City
Deweyless, No Regrets! Life Without Dewey
When: May 12, 10:00 - 11:00 am
Where: Webinar
ILF District 5/7 Conference
When: May 13
Where: Vincennes University in Vincennes
Tools/Tips/Trends: Infographic Tools
When: May 24, 2:00 - 2:35
Where: Webinar
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