This week's new Indiana library jobs
Info Services Librarian (Intralibrary Loan)
Hammond Public Library
Electronic Resources Librarian
Indianapolis Public Library
Librarian, Youth Services
Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Adult Services Librarian
Johnson County Public Library
Community Engagement Librarian, Childrens
Monroe County Public Library
Director
Monticello-Union Township Public Library
IU digitization initiative moves to second phase
Indiana University Library
Celebrate summer is style in Southern Indiana this weekend
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
'First Families' project honors early settlers
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
Library is ready for summer reading
New Castle-Henry County Public Library
Indiana Black Legislative Caucus makes town hall tour stop in Terre Haute
Vigo County Public Library
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The Indiana Memory – Digital Public Library of America (IM-DPLA) Fest is set
for Sept. 8, 2017 at the Indianapolis Public Library Central Branch and proposal applications are now being accepted.
Proposals to participate with a lightning talk or poster session need to be submitted by June 30, 2017. See the IM-DPLA blog for more information about submitting a presentation, lightning talk or poster.
Click here for more information about IM-DPLA Fest, including the keynote speaker and how to register.
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 A graffiti work by the stealth artist Banksy known as "Haight Street Rat," shown here at a San Francisco art gallery in 2015 after being removed from its original wall, will be on display at the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library beginning Aug. 4. Photo courtesy of Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle
Beginning on Aug. 4, 2017 "Haight Street Rat," an original piece of artwork by elusive British street artist Banksy, will be on display at the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library (KHCPL). KHCPL will be the first library in the world to host an original Banksy piece. The 12-foot tall, 420-pound stencil will be unveiled at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, during Kokomo’s downtown First Friday.
When he was in San Francisco in 2010 for the release of the "Exit Through the Gift Shop" documentary, Banksy stenciled the "Haight Street Rat" on the side of a bed-and-breakfast. Art collector Brian Greif paid more than $40,000 to the
bed-and-breakfast’s management to cover repairs to the structure in order to
take down the wall. Art-restoration specialists mounted the wall slats on
corrugated aluminum. Grief then put "Haight Street Rat" on tour, providing the host site be free to the public
and promote the value of street art.
“One of our employees, Trina Evans, branch assistant, learned all about
it by watching the documentary 'Saving
Banksy',” said Lisa
Fipps, director of marketing and community engagement at KHCPL. “Library leaders talked about it and loved the idea.
There was only one concern: Would the city fear a rash of graffiti? We talked
with Mayor Greg Goodnight and Deputy Mayor David Tharp and they showed nothing
but excitement about the idea of the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library hosting
a Banksy. The city welcomes more street art mural projects on various building
and along trails.”
“If sold, it would likely bring in more than $1 million,” Fipps said. “Each piece he creates is titled, but people regularly
refer to any of his work simply as ‘a Banksy.’ Whenever people hear of Banksy
being in a location, they flock to the area and watch for a Banksy to pop up.
When it does, there’s a media and social media frenzy, and people try to remove
pieces of the Banksy to keep – even if it means removing walls bit by bit."
For more information, contact Lisa Fipps.
Suzi Parron, author of "Following the Barn Quilt Trail" will be speaking tonight at the Elkhart Public Library, 300 South Second St. in Elkhart, Ind. at 6:30 p.m. Cost of this program is free.
Parron will talk about her travels on the Barn Quilt Trail. For over a decade, Parron has collected photos and written words about these quilts. Parron along with her love Glen and their dog, Gracie, traveled 13,000 miles across 30 states to gather the stories behind these colorful barn quilts.
Parron's first book, "Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement" was published in 2012.
For more information on Parron's visit to the Elkhart Public Library, click here.
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Symposium will be held in Louisville, Kentucky from Nov. 3-5,
2017.
YASLA is seeking three librarians to partner with with three authors for "The Future Is Us: Who Are We?," a program hosted by the American Library Association – Children’s Book
Council Joint Committee. The authors are Erika L. Sanchez, ("I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter"), Mitali Perkins, ("You Bring the Distant Near") and Donovan
Mixon ("Igottahandleonit").
The ideal presenter is comfortable
presenting, is planning to attend
the YALSA Symposium and has proven
experience/affiliation with collection development or programming as related specifically to diversity and diverse titles.
Interested librarians should contact Casey O'Leary of the Mooresville Public Library. For information on the YALSA Symposium, click here.
Central Indiana DNA
Interest Group (CIDIG) will hold a free DNA genealogy session at the Hamilton East Public Library - Fishers Library on Saturday, July 8, 2017, from 10-11:30 a.m.
The program is titled "Communicating
with your DNA Matches." Steven Frank, one of CIDIG's team leaders, will
moderate a roundtable discussion. Participants are invited to share some
of their DNA testing experiences with the group. CIDIG wants to hear your
success stories and current DNA testing experiences.
Click here for more information about the program and future programs at the Fishers Library.
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Book Processing Party & Round Table Discussion
When: July 7, 2017, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Interlocal Agreements
When: July 26, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Book Processing Party and Round Table Discussion
When: July 27, 2017, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Train the INSPIRE Trainer
When: Aug. 1, 2017, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Westfield Washington Public Library
Just Ask: Partnerships that Provide Funding and Opportunity
When: Aug. 9, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Train the INSPIRE Trainer
When: Aug. 10, 2017, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Crown Point community Library
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0
When: Aug. 11, 2017, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Pike County Public Library
Maker Space Petting Zoo
When: Aug. 21, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Where: Jennings County Public Library
Graphic Design for Libraries Series: Elements of Design
When: Aug. 23, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Graphic Design for Libraries Series: Introduction to GIMP
When: Aug. 30, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.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.
According to a June 21, 2017 press release, the Epidemiology
Resource Center (ERC) of the Indiana State Department
of Health (ISDH) has unveiled a new data portal that Hoosiers can use to review
county and state-level birth and death data from 2011-2015. The data portal is
a complement to Stats
Explorer, which ISDH
unveiled in April and includes data related to the opioid epidemic and other
health indicators. The new portal incorporates information from written
natality and mortality reports into an interactive dashboard that allows
visitors to examine five-year live birth counts, fertility rates, birth
outcomes and causes of death by county of residence, age group, gender and race
and ethnicity.
Birth outcome data includes
percentages of women who received prenatal care in the first trimester, those
who were breastfeeding when they were discharged from a birthing facility,
those who smoked during pregnancy and those who delivered babies with low
birthweights. All of these factors have been shown to impact Indiana’s infant mortality rate.
The mortality dashboard lists rates of deaths from 39 selected causes included in the National Vital
Statistics Report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). They include
cancers, HIV, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, suicide,
motor vehicle accidents and homicide. The most current year for
final data is 2015. Prior years’ data that is not included in the interactive
portal can be accessed via the Annual Reports and Data Sources webpage.
Another free
data resource with the latest statistics on health across the state is Indiana INdicators, a
collaboration between the Indiana State Department of Health, the Indiana
Hospital Association and the Indiana Business Research Center.
The Indiana
Early Literacy Firefly Award is an initiative of the Indiana Center for the
Book. This state award, administered by the Indiana Early Literacy
Firefly Committee, highlights picture books for young children because the books serve an important role in the first years of the life of a child. The purpose of this award is to encourage parents, caregivers and very young
children to interact together with exceptional picture books.
Indiana librarians who work in either in a school or with youth in a public library are eligible to nominate picture books for the
award from June through the beginning of October each year. Librarians may nominate as many titles as they wish.
To nominate, simply send an email to the Indiana Center for the Book. Include title, author, illustrator and publication date, as well as the following
justification: "In 100 words or less, please tell us why this book is
special with an emphasis on how it supports at least three of the ECRR®
practices. In layman’s terms, does the book make you talk, sing, read,
write or play with the children, ages 0-5, with whom you are sharing the book?"
For more details on the nomination process, visit the Indiana Center for the Book's Firefly Award website.
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