Circulation Clerk II
Avon-Washington Township Public Library
Library Director
Berne Public Library
Bookmobile Driver (part-time)
Fayette County Public Library
Adult Community Engagement Librarian
Monroe County Public Library
Assistant County Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
A day in the life of a public library director
Alexandrian Public Library
Allen County Public Library's top books of 2016
Allen County Public Library
Central Was The First exhibit opens downtown library
Allen County Public Library
Community forums series designed to enlighten local, state and national leaders
Allen County Public Library
Design work at plaza to give Columbus a lift
Bartholomew County Public Library
Celebrating a century: 100 years later, library still focused on providing resources
Greenwood Public Library
Public invited to nominate Indiana authors for award
Indianapolis Public Library
Social library, homelessness edition
Johnson County Public Library
Region libraries refuse to be shelved
Lake, LaPorte and Porter County Public Libraries
LaPorte County libraries getting upgrades
LaPorte County Public Library
Bridges teaches children about uncommon languages, cultures
Monroe County Public Library
Tracing Roots: NA-FC Library to host free class to research African-American genealogy
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
New Albany-Floyd County Library honors historic school
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
Avilla library will host Heart Gallery
Noble County Public Library
Genealogy Society to explore county-level research
Vigo County Public Library
Pat Wilkinson to speak at genealogy society meeting
Vigo County Public Library
Sexual exploitation Lunch and Learn garners big crowd, follow-up planned
Washington Carnegie Public Library
Kids have chance to hang with K-9 search dogs at Westfield Washington Public Library
Westfield Washington Public Library
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If you would like to be featured in the Wednesday Word, please email a press release and a photo.
 Follow the Indiana State Library's blog for weekly posts covering all aspects of the state library. Visit the blog here.
If you are an Indiana library employee and would like to contribute a guest blog, please send us an email here with your idea.
Back issues of the Wednesday Word are available here.
Would you like to implement outcome measurement in your
library? Join us for this free
Project Outcome Regional Training, a full day, in-person workshop on March 23, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (check-in at 8:30 a.m.) in Plainfield, Ind. at the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library. At this workshop,
a Project Outcome trainer will facilitate a deep-dive into outcome measurement
using Project Outcome tools.
You may now register up to three people from a single library system by emailing Indiana State Library's Director of Statewide Services Wendy Knapp.
More information on Project Outcome can be found here. Please visit the Project Outcome website for even more details.
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Recently, Southeast Regional Coordinator Courtney Allison had the
opportunity to get to know Muncie Public Library's new
director, Akilah Nosakhere. Here's what she had to say:
I recently sat down with Akilah Nosakhere, new director at the Muncie
Public Library. Akilah grew up in Muncie, Ind. and graduated from Ball
State University. She moved to Atlanta, where she earned a Master of
Library Science from Atlanta University. She said she really discovered
her love affair with information while living in Atlanta. She went on to
be library director at New Mexico State University, before returning to
Muncie. Akilah’s first day as the director of the Muncie Public Library
was January 3, 2017. She was really interested in the position because
she was genuinely impressed with the public library, the public service
they provided and their work within the community. I had a couple of
questions for Akilah.
What’s your favorite thing about working in libraries?
Free access to information from all sources.
What’s one thing coming up at your library that you’re really excited about?
The Community Garden Pavilion and our author event with Peter Kageyama.
What are you reading right now?
“For the Love of Cities” by Peter Kageyama.
We chatted a bit about these exciting events. The Community Garden
Pavilion is a project by a group of Ball State students, looking to
build and expand on the library’s green space. The group just presented
their literature review for the project and have a community planning
event on Feb. 8, 2017 at the library where community members can express
their ideas about the pavilion. Building begins on April 7, 2017 and
will be completed by the end of the semester with a showcase on May 1,
2017.
The library is also partnering with other community organizations on
Love Where You Live: An Evening with Peter Kageyama, the author of “For
the Love of Cities.” This event takes place on March 15, 2017.
You can learn more about the Muncie Public Library here.
Southeast Regional Coordinator Courtney Allison also had the opportunity to get to know Franklin Public Library District's new director, Susan Knight. Here's what she had to say:
I recently sat down with Franklin County Public Library District’s new
director, Susan Knight. Susan’s first day in the library was Jan, 2,
2017. She comes from a school background, spending the last 12 years as a
media specialist in the Greensburg school system.
The library has some exciting plans on the horizon. They break ground
for an expansion in April that will double the size of the building. The
project is expected to take about a year, will expand their heavily
used genealogy section and create a meeting space for the community.
When I visited, I just missed National Pie Day. This is an annual event
celebrated at the library with many pie themed activities for all ages
and pie is served when the library opens until all the pie runs out.
This year they served 688 pieces of pie!
I had a few questions for Susan:
What is your favorite thing about working in libraries?
Meeting people and serving the community.
What’s one thing coming up at your library that you’re really excited about?
I was looking forward to Pie Day, which just happened. Also, the library expansion. That’s a big one.
What are you currently reading?
Board minute packets, the Indiana State Library website and the new director packet.
To learn more about the Franklin County Public Library District, you can visit their website here.
For more pictures, click here.
Registration for Indiana’s Statewide Remote Circulation
System (SRCS) training is now open.
This training is intended for the front line staff who will be
managing and processing interlibrary loan requests in SRCS. Space at
these initial training sessions is limited, therefore preference will be
given to libraries participating in phase two of SRCS.
This
is a BYOD (bring your own device) workshop. Attendees are encouraged
to bring a wireless laptop or tablet so they can follow along with the
presenter. A small number of laptops will be available for people
without a device of their own.
Attendees will
receive 4 TLEUs via email from the Library Development Office (LDO) within 30
days after the workshop. Attendees will be given a one hour break for
lunch on their own.
You can register for one of the following training sessions here (all times Eastern, unless noted):
When: Monday, March 13, 2017,9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central time
Where: Lake County Public Library, Merrillville, Ind.
When: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: North Manchester Public Library, North Manchester, Ind.
When: Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Newcastle-Henry County Public Library, New Castle, Ind.
When: Thursday, March 16, 2017, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Putnam County Public Library, Greencastle, Ind.
When: Friday, March 17, 2017, 9 a.m. t0 4 p.m. Central time
Where: Perry County Public Library, Tell City, Ind.
Limited additional training will be offered at a later date.
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Simplified Technology Training for the Public
When: Feb. 9, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual conference
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Children's)
When: Feb. 10, 2017, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Where: Greensburg-Decatur Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Teen/Adult)
When: Feb. 10, 2017, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Greensburg-Decatur Public Library
TeachingBooks webinar: Integrating & Supporting Diverse Books
When: Feb. 23, 2017, 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m
Where: Webinar
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Children's)
When: Feb. 24, 2017, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Where: West Lafayette Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Teen/Adult)
When: Feb. 24, 2017, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Where: West Lafayette Public Library
"Check Out" STEAM Kits
When: Feb. 27. 2017, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Libraries and Civil Discourse
When: Feb. 28, 2017, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Children's
When: March 3, 2017, 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Where: Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Teen/Adult)
When: March 3, 2017, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Jeffersonville Township Public Library
CSLP 2017 Webinar (Early Literacy/School Age)
When: March 8, 2017, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Where: Webinar
CSLP 2017 Webinar (Teen/Adult)
When: March 8, 2017, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Webinar
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Children's)
When: March 13, 2017, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Where: Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Teen/Adult)
When: March 13, 2017, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
The call
for proposals for the support staff conference, The Difference is You, is now
open. Do you have an idea you’d like to share? Interested in presenting at a
conference with your peers?
The theme
this year is The Difference is You: Staff Transform Libraries.
We’d love to see programs that elevate and transform your libraries. Submissions will be accepted now through March 27, 2017.
Submit your proposal by filling out this survey.
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 government information 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 government information updates on Facebook and Twitter.
First 100 days
Observing the first 100 days of the American presidency has
been a tradition since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency. The
White House’s website
about Roosevelt states, “In his first ‘hundred days,’ he proposed, and Congress
enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture,
relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes, and
reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee Valley Authority.”
The first 100 days has since acted as a standard for accomplishment in the
White House. You can find a time table of the first 100 days of Roosevelt
(March 4, 1933 through June 16, 1933) on the NPS website of Springwood,
his estate on the Hudson River in New York. The PBS NewsHour featured this
topic last month in a podcast discussion, “Why
100 days is a benchmark for presidential performance.” The Bureau of International Information Programs, of the U.S.
Department of State, launched a federal website, ShareAmerica, which currently features an article entitled “Here's why a new president’s first 100 days matter so
much.” For the current federal
administration, you can search GovInfo.gov
for current federal budget documents, presidential documents, congressional
hearings and reports, and more, including the Federal Register and Congressional Record,
which are records of the current daily activities of the U.S. Government.
African-American
History Month
In 2015, an estimated 36 percent of African-American men in
the United States 65 years old and above were U.S. veterans. The U.S. Army
celebrates African-American contributions to the nation’s military on its
website, African-Americans in
the U.S. Army. View a timeline which begins with Crispus Attucks in March
of 1770 in Boston and continues through the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I
to today’s era of the Persian Gulf War and the war on terror, during which
African-American soldiers made up over 20 percent of the total U.S. Army.
The U.S. Archives Library Information Center provides
resources for Blacks
in the Military which include lesson plans on African-American soldiers in
the Civil War, articles about the Buffalo Soldiers and Tuskegee Airmen, and
profiles and websites about experiences of African-American men and women in
the U.S. military. They also provide a black
history section which links to NARA, federal and non-federal websites,
state and local research and more.
See the collaborative African-American History Month website for a calendar
of events and a wealth of online exhibits and special collections. Find more online resources
there for teachers and the public. You’ll also see a link to the video of Dr.
Carla Hayden’s swearing-in
ceremony and selected
images from the Library of Congress and the White House.
Lastly, take a look at the African-American Heritage website
maintained by the National Park Service, which celebrates the American parks
celebrating African-American history and culture. Visit the Robinson House and
view the Robinson
Papers online. Use the NPS Archaeology
Program website to support patrons’ and students’ African-American history
research.
For more statistics about African-American History Month,
see the Census Bureau’s fact files here
and find facts going back to 2013 here.
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