Circulation Manager
Avon-Washington Township Public Library
Library Director
Cambridge City Public Library
Technical Services Manager
La Porte County Public Library
Community Engagement Librarian
Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
Library Director
Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library
Park, library team to host Story Walk Read-A-Long
Avon-Washington Township Public Library
Congratulations to Alison Stankrauff, recipient of grant from IU Bicentennial Office
Franklin D. Schurz Library
Indiana authors at library Saturday
Garrett Public Library
Genealogy librarian can help with research
Indiana State Library
IU Kokomo faculty earn promotion, tenure
Indiana University Kokomo Library
Indiana Pacers' summer reading tour to start in June
Indianapolis Public Library
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Longtime library employee, Matt Bowers, was named Wakarusa Public
Library’s newest library director at the March 10, 2017 board
meeting. The position took effect on April 22, 2017.
Bowers has worked as the children’s librarian for 17 years and
previously worked as a full time circulation clerk from 1996 to 2000. His Wakarusa Public Library career
also includes some part-time work during his high school and college years.
Bowers graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bethel College in
1995 and a Master of Ministries degree in May of 1997 from the same
college. More recently, in 2015, he finished up his library certification
which is accredited through the state of Indiana.
Upon acceptance of his new position, Bowers stated, “I look forward to
serving the Wakarusa community and the library’s many patrons.” One of
his favorite quotes comes from Lloyd Alexander’s “The Golden Dream of Carlo
Chuchio:” “And what a joy to match the perfect book with the perfect
reader.” “My intention is to work alongside the rest of our staff to meet
that goal: to match the perfect book with the perfect reader and to extend that
philosophy to the other media and services the library has to offer,” Bowers said.
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The Talking Book
and Braille Library is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Pearl will fill the
newly created role of public awareness coordinator. Elizabeth will be traveling
around the state to various organizations, including public libraries and
nursing homes, to spread the word about the Talking Book program and the
Indiana State Library's (ISL) other resources.
Originally from
the Chicago suburbs, Pearl currently lives in Meridian Park on the Northside of Indianapolis. Before joining ISL, she worked as a reporter
in Lebanon and a readers' advisor at the Carmel library. She enjoys traveling,
pretending the White Sox don't exist and annoying her cats, Sadie and Tom Jane.
The public awareness coordinator position is funded by the Indiana Stare Library Foundation.
The Indiana State Library is thrilled to announce that the Indiana Young
Readers Center will provide free youth programming this summer. June
is going to be packed with fun storytimes for younger kids and engaging
workshops for older kids. All programs will take place at the Indiana
State Library, located at 315 W. Ohio Street in Indianapolis.
Between June 10, 2017 and June 28, 2017, children will have the opportunity to attend a total of two storytimes and four workshops, ranging from hearing "All About Clifford!" to writing and reciting jazz poetry.
Click here for a complete list of program descriptions, dates, age ranges and registration information.
Ewing in 1945
Dan Ewing reports for duty every week as a Talking Book
Repair Program volunteer, but his tour actually began on May 9, 1945 when he
enlisted in the US Navy to serve in World War II.
Upon discharge from the Navy in1946, he enrolled
in electrical engineering at Michigan Tech. After graduation, he was hired by General Electric and assigned to the
Electrical Motors Division in Fort Wayne, Indiana where he spent his entire
career.
At retirement, in the summer of 1999, he was encouraged
to visit the Talking Books Repair Lab, then at the GE Taylor Street Plant, to
see what the folks there were doing. That repair lab, a service of the Indiana
State Library’s Talking Book and Braille Library, is now the Talking Book
Repair Program Workshop located at the Allen County Public Library’s DiSalle
location.
Ewing and 10 other retired engineers coordinated their
efforts with The Library of Congress’s National Library Service for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped.
Ewing, accompanied by his daughter, Carol Ewing, and 84 other
veterans participated in the Fort Wayne’s 23rd Honor Flight to
Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2017. The Honor Flight Network is a nonprofit
organization created solely to honor America’s veterans for all their
sacrifices by flying them to Washington, D.C. to reflect at their memorials.
Through Navy training and education, Ewing gained the
expertise needed to repair talking book machines that thousands of U.S. citizens who are
unable to read or use standard printed materials depend upon every day for
access to books and other materials.
Registration for the 2018 Indiana Poetry Out Loud (POL) contest is now open.
Poetry Out Loud is a national recitation contest presented by the National Endowment for the Arts that is open to all high school students and conducted in all 50 states.
The Indiana portion of the event is sponsored by the Indiana State Library and the Indiana Arts Commission.
Participation is free. POL builds students' speaking skills, helps develop appreciation for poetry and increases self-confidence and poise. POL also provides scholarship prizes.
Schools can register here.
The Indiana State Library (ISL) will host the Indiana
Genealogy and Local History Fair on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 in downtown
Indianapolis from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission is free and the fair is
open to the general public.
Genealogy and local history organizations, as well as
commercial vendors and libraries, are invited to share information about their
available resources, promote membership, recruit volunteers and sell their
publications and products. There is no exhibitor fee. To apply contact
Stephanie Asberry. Visit the library's event page for more information on the Genealogy and Local History Fair.
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Serving Immigrant Communities
When: May 22, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Robot Petting Zoo
When: May 26, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Andrews-Dallas Township Public Library
Budget and Legislation Webinar
When: May 31, 2017, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Budget and Legislation Webinar
When: June 6, 2017, 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Evergreen Indiana Basic Circulation
When: June 7, 2017, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Evergreen Indiana Holds Training
When: June 7, 2017, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Evergreen Indiana - Local Administration
When: June 8, 2017, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Evergreen Indiana - Basic Cataloging
When: June 8, 2017, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Library Trends and Hot Topics: Services to LGBTQ
When: June 13, 2017, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Welcome
to the Government Information Minute. Every week government information
librarians at the Indiana State Library cover current resources on governmental
data at the state, national and international levels; all to keep public
well-informed. Follow the Indiana State Data Center on Facebook and Twitter and feel free to leave comments
and suggestions.
The National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has an informative website with facts,
videos and statistics about many types of risky driving, from drunk driving and
speeding to distracted driving and drowsy driving. The following
statistics show that all of these actions can lead to injury or death of the
driver, a passenger, a pedestrian, or someone in another vehicle.
• Drunk driving: 10,265 deaths in 2015
• Speeding: 9,262 deaths in 2014
• Distracted driving: 3,477 deaths, 476 of these had a cell phone in use in
2015
• Drowsy driving: 846 deaths in 2014
That means just 14 percent of distracted-affected crashes
with fatalities happen when a cell phone is in use. What causes the other
crashes? Fiddling with the stereo or navigation system, talking with passengers
in the vehicle and eating and drinking. Routine, ordinary activities can take
your mind off the task of safe driving. The NHTSA website gives an example
showing that when going 55 mph, sending or reading a five second text would
take the driver’s attention off the road for the length of a football field.
And while there are people who don’t use their cell phone while driving, would
the results be that different if the five seconds of inattention occurred
because the lid came off the driver’s mug of coffee?
Registration for this year's "The Difference is You: Staff Transform Libraries" conference is now open. The conference, which features sessions on elevating and transforming libraries, will be held on July 20, 2017 at the Indianapolis Public Library’s
Central Library at 40 E. St. Clair Street in Indianapolis from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. EST.
Registration data, including name, email address, mailing address and library/institution information can be emailed to Kimberly Brown-Harden of the Indiana State Library. The cost of this one-day conference is $25, which includes lunch.
For session information, and to make a nomination for the annual Difference is You Award recipient, visit the conference information page here.
 Earlier this month, the Indiana Library Federation (ILF) announced the winners of the 2016-17 Young Hoosier Book Awards (YHBA).
The 2016-17 YHBA winners are "Dog vs. Cat" by Chris Gall, with 11,490 out of 49,256 votes
in the picture books category; "Sisters" by Raina Telgemeier, with 1,764 out of 8,649 votes
in the intermediate category and "The Selection" by Kiera Cass, with 316 out of 1,941 votes in the middle grades category.
According to ILF, "The purpose of the Young Hoosier Book Award Program is to stimulate recreational reading among elementary and middle school and junior high school children."
Click here to read more about the YHBA.
ILF also announced "All the Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven as the 2016-17 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award winner.
Also known as a Rosie, the award is chosen annually by students across Indiana in grades nine through twelve. Students who read any of the nominated books may rate each book they've read. In May, the votes are counted and the winner is announced.
Read more about the Eliot Rosewater award here.
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