Youth Services Librarian (part-time)
Hamilton East Public Library (Fishers)
Security Technician (part-time)
Monroe County Public Library
Director
Otterbein Public Library
Administrative Assistant
Vigo County Public Library
West Branch Librarian
Vigo County Public Library
Library to support DeKalb eLearning
Eckhart Public Library
Library to host event on gerrymandering, HB 1014
Hussey-Mayfield Public Library
Heritage support grant digitization project
Knox County Public Library
Faith Brautigam: Join us at library for STEM events
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Head to the library to discover tech
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Library to close temporary branch
La Porte County Public Library
Plein-air art exhibit at Archabbey Library Gallery
Saint Meinrad Archabbey 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.
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 Runner-up Joshua Fisher and state champion Shelby Newland (with trophies) pose with judges (l to r) Martha Jane Ringel, Kyle Craig, Elizabeth Whiteacre, Suzanne Walker and Jill Black
The Poetry Out Loud state championship competition was held at the
Indianapolis Public Library's Central Branch on Saturday, Feb. 18,
2017. Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide poetry reading competition. The Indiana state championship portion was co-hosted by the Indiana State Library and the Indiana Arts Commission.
Joshua Fisher of Warsaw Community High School in Warsaw, Ind. was voted runner-up for his recitations of poems by William Blake and Robert Lowell. Fisher won a $100 cash prize and $200 for his school.
Shelby Newland of Bloomington High School South in Bloomington, Ind. earned the honor of being named the 2017 Poetry Out Loud state champion. She recited poems by Adam Zagajewski and Billy Collins. Newland won an all-expenses paid trip to Washington D.C. to compete in the national finals on April 25-26, 2017, in addition to a $200 cash prize and $500 for her school to be used to purchase poetry books.
The Poetry Out Loud state championship competition will return to Indianapolis in 2018.
The Public Library Access Card (PLAC) FAQ brochure can be downloaded from this location. Note: When you print select "Flip on short edge," otherwise the inside pages will be upside down.
General PLAC information can be found here.
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Want to help your patrons get
ahead of the curve at work and in the classroom? Need help
teaching your patrons about INSPIRE? No idea on how to
start? Look no further. This hands-on training will give
you the tools needed to teach your library patrons how to get the most out of
INSPIRE, Indiana’s free virtual library. You will be provided
with a basic PowerPoint presentation, sample script and lots of tips on how to
adapt this presentation for many different groups. We want to empower you
to train your patrons and students on INSPIRE.
It is recommended that you bring a laptop
to this training and that you view the new, 32-minute Introduction to INSPIRE
Webinar which can be found the Indiana State Library's archived training
page prior to the training. Just watching the webinar allows you to earn one
TLEU over and above what you will earn by attending the training. The
webinar is available for anyone to watch. The training sessions run between two and three hours and will be available throughout the state from April to October of this year.
The first training session will take place at the Noble County Public Library on April 24, 2017 at 10 a.m. You may register here.
A total of seven addition training sessions are available on April 25, May 3, May 10 (two sessions), Aug. 1, Aug. 10 and Oct. 11. For a complete list of locations, times and registration links, click here.
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.
Indiana's Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court is the highest court in the judiciary branch of state government.
The history of the state Supreme Court goes back to 1816 with
Indiana’s first constitution. Governor Jonathan Jennings
appointed three judges (John Johnson, James Scott and Jesse L. Holman) to
seven-year terms. View a historical listing of all of Indiana’s Supreme Court justices
here. Later, the new state
constitution of 1851 reorganized the court and called for elected justices with
six-year terms. By 1881 the caseload of the Indiana Supreme Court had increased
more than could be handled and an amendment to the state constitution led to the
creation of a lower court, the Appellate Court of Indiana, in 1891. Read more
about the history of the Indiana Supreme Court here and the Appellate
Court of Indiana here.
Both the Supreme Court and the Appellate Court judges were subject to party
nominations and elections every four years until a 1970 amendment to the state constitution
changed the process to a 10-year term of appointment with a yes-or-no retention
question to Hoosier voters. The current Indiana Supreme Court consists of a
Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. There are 15 Judges of the Indiana
Court of Appeals, formerly the Appellate Court of Indiana, which is the
second-highest court in the state.
Court vacancies are now filled by a non-partisan
seven-member Judicial
Nominating Commission, and three nominees are submitted to the Governor to
choose an appointee within 60 days. Follow the Judicial Nominating Commission
in action this spring. In January 2017, Justice Robert D. Rucker announced
his retirement after 26 years of service as Indiana’s 105th
Supreme Court justice. A recent press
release notes that the Nominating Commission, chaired by Indiana Supreme
Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush, is accepting applications until March 3, 2017
at noon. The commission will then review applications and interview qualified
candidates in March and April. The interviews, open to the public, will take
place at the Indiana State House in room 319.
Each year, the Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
makes a “State of the Judiciary” speech to the Indiana General Assembly. View
the text of those speeches from 1988-2017 (video from 2002-2017) here. For historical
reference, digitized copies of published case reports from the Indiana Supreme
Court can be viewed from 1817-1847, 1847-1903 and 1904-1921 on Hathi
Trust Digital Library. Likewise, historical case reports from the Appellate
Court of Indiana from 1891-1922
are available. More recent court decisions are available online. To learn more about
Indiana’s judicial branch, with content geared toward grades four through 12, explore
the Courts in the Classroom
educational outreach program of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Teachers' Toolbox
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) issues a
newsletter called the Teachers’
Toolbox, which features information useful
to librarians around the state. If you’re curious about what’s happening in
classrooms and want to design your programs and exhibits around student
academics, check out the resources in this newsletter. Teachers’ Toolbox
originated in February of 2016 and is released about once per month during the
school year. The content is created and compiled by the academic content
specialists and career and technical education (CTE) state program leaders of
the Indiana Department of Education College and Career Readiness Division with
support from the IDOE Office of Special Education. Specialists and state
program leaders include a variety of information ranging from strategies and
ideas to use in the classroom; upcoming professional developments; networking
opportunities for teachers; features of standout or innovative schools, classes
or teachers; resources to use with instruction to ideas and ways to work across
disciplines.
The inception of Teachers’ Toolbox came about in hopes to
create a content-based resource for teachers and instructional coaches at both
the elementary and secondary levels. The first page of each publication is
designed for all levels and all content areas with different features that are
applicable to educators across disciplines. The remainder of the publication is
divided by contents areas and school levels, with typically about one page
dedicated to a content area and/or level. All issues are archived on the IDOE
Teachers’ Toolbox website. Librarians and educators can sign up to receive Teachers’ Toolbox via email. View
the February 2017 issue here.
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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 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: West Lafayette Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Teen/Adult)
When: Feb. 24, 2017, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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
The Real Scoop on Fake News
When: March 1, 2017, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Children's
When: March 3, 2017, 9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Teen/Adult)
When: March 3, 2017, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Jeffersonville Township Public Library
CSLP 2017 Webinar (Early Literacy/School Age)
When: March 8, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
CSLP 2017 Webinar (Teen/Adult)
When: March 8, 2017, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Pests in the Library
When: March 9, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual conference
SRCS Training
When: March 13, 2017, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Central time
Where: Lake County Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Children's)
When: March 13, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Where: Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
Build a Better World: CSLP 2017 (Teen/Adult)
When: March 13, 2017, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
SRCS Training
When: March 14, 2017, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: North Manchester Public Library
Evergreen Indiana Holds Training
When: March 14, 2017, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
SRCS Training
When: March 15, 2017, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: New Castle-Henry County Public Library
Evergreen Indiana - Basic Cataloging
When: March 15, 2017, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m
Where: Indiana State Library
Evergreen Indiana - Local Administration
When: March 15, 2017, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
SRCS Training
When: March 16, 2017, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Putnam County Public Library
SRCS Training
When: March 17, 2017, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Central time
Where: Perry County Public Library
Libraries and Summer Meals: Food, Fun and Friends
When: March 21, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual conference
Video Marketing for Libraries
When: March 22, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
TeachingBooks Webinar: State Reading Lists & Award Winners
When: March 23, 2017, 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Perfect Partners: Libraries and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD)
When: March 24, 2017, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Where: Virtual conference
SRCS Training
When: March 27, 2017, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Mooresville Public Library
Customer Service
March 27, 2017, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Where: Huntington City-Township Public Library
The World War I Centennial: Getting Involved
When: March 28, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual conference
Light Up Your Early Literacy Programs with the Firefly Award
When: March 29, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: virtual conference
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.
Would you like to implement outcome measurements 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 as many people as you'd like from each 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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