This week's new Indiana library jobs
Reference Librarian
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Library Director
Fort Branch-Johnson Township Public Library
Teen Services Clerk (part-time)
Frankfort Community Public Library
Circulation Supervisor
Huntington City-Township Public Library
Critters, concerts among big draws for these 5 Fort Wayne venues
Allen County Public Library
Fright Night 2017 set to keep up scary fun tradition
Allen County Public Library
Bloomfield library board discusses survey feedback and holiday closings
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene Public Library
Alumnus' gift of thousands of historic word books establish the ISU collection as finest in Western Hemipshere -- rivaling Oxford's selection
Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University
Launch Fishers grows beyond co-working space
Hamilton East Public Library
The Center for Black Literature & Culture as window and mirror
Indianapolis Public Library
Indy to serve as Grow With Google launch site
Indianapolis Public Library
Library accepts historical collection from local family
Jennings County Public Library
Registration open For 4th Annual KHCPL Rudolph Family Fun 5k Run/Walk
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Bloomington celebrates the end of Hispanic Heritage Month
Monroe County Public Library
Black Civil War vets on historic cemetery tour
Muncie Public Library
Military exhibit continues at IUSB
Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend
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Standard registration for the 2017 Indiana Library Federation (ILF) annual conference closes this Friday, Oct. 20. Late registration for the conference extends to Monday, Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. Click here to view registration rates.
This year's conference will be held on Nov. 13-15 at the Indianapolis Marriott East. The 2017 conference, themed Creating Our Tomorrow, will feature keynote speaker Maggie Stiefvater, writer, artist, musician and the New York Times bestselling author of "Shiver."
The conference will also feature author talks, poster sessions, breakout sessions and a silent auction. Click here for a complete itinerary.
The Boomerang Sisterhood has awarded the Peru Public Library their top 2017 grant prize. According to the Northern Indiana Community Foundation, "This year’s grant recipients were selected from a pool of nine applicants. The grant committee of the Boomerang Sisterhood reviewed all submissions and selected the Peru Public Library, St. Vincent DePaul Society, Miami County Worth Remembering and the Peru Circus Festival Band to give presentations before the entire group. All finalists receive grant dollars."
The Peru Public Library borrowed robots from the Indiana State Library's Robot Petting Zoo kit to use as part of their presentation. Library Director Maryann Farnham and Michelle Spangler, children's program coordinator, exhibited the robots that they will purchase with the $1,500 award.
Women interested in joining the Boomerang Sisterhood should contact Connie Cutler, director of development for the Miami County Community Foundation at (765) 475-2859 or via email.
New York Times bestselling author Jamie Ford is coming to Indiana and giving a free talk as part of Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) and the Friends of the Library’s bi-annual "Power of Words" author event. The event is Friday, Nov. 17 at the historic Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington.
With mesmerizing and evocative storytelling, Ford’s work explores the themes of family, racism and love and loss with poignant, heartfelt prose. Ford discusses his novels, including "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," and his experiences as a biracial Chinese American growing up in a multi-cultural family.
MCPL has partnered with Indiana University’s (IU) Lifelong Learning program to offer a special two-part course. The course, "Immigrants and the Power of Words," is an exploration of the immigrant experience in the United States through American literature.
In session one, "American Literature and the Immigrant Experience," MCPL's Elizabeth Gray takes a look at the history of immigrant fiction in American literature and how it shapes our culture, as well as a discussion on the portrayal of immigrants in Ford’s "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" and Celeste Ng’s "Everything I Never Told You."
In session two, "The Great American Melting Pot: Myth or Reality?," Indiana University’s Ellen Wu explores the various ways Americans and newcomers have treated migration as both a problem and a solution.
The IU Lifelong Learning course costs $65 and includes one ticket to "The Power of Words: An Evening with Jamie Ford" and admission to the author gala reception following the event. The course is approved by the Indiana State Library for six general library education units (LEUs). Contact Bara Swinson for more information and requirements. Learn more, including how to register for the course, at the Big Read website.
If you choose not to register for the IU Lifelong Learning course, you can still earn two LEUs by attending "The Power of Words: An Evening with Jamie Ford," a free ticketed event. Learn more, including how to register for your free ticket, at the Big Read website.
Ford’s visit is part of the Friends and Monroe County Public Library’s NEA Big Read grant initiative. With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Friends and the library are supporting a community-wide read of Celeste Ng’s novel "Everything I Never Told You," including various arts and culture programming and book discussions. The NEA Big Read runs through April 2018.
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Serving Patrons with Disabilities: Talking Books and Beyond
When: Oct. 19, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
How to Create a Successful Staff Day
When: Oct. 20, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
It’s Not Just Packing a Cardigan: How to Attend a Conference to Get the Most out of Your Experience
When: Oct. 24, 2017, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Robot Petting Zoo
When: Oct. 24, 2017, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: St. Joseph County Public Library
School & Public Library Partnerships: Easy Ideas and Best Practices
When: Oct. 24, 2017, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Wix Wizardry: Free Websites in a Flash
When: Oct. 25, 2017, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0
When: Oct. 27, 2017, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Jackson County Public Library
Evergreen Indiana Fall Cataloging Roundtable
When: Oct. 27, 2017, 10 a.m. -12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Genealogy and Local History Fair
When: Oct. 28, 2017, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
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to the Government Information Minute. Every week government information
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This month the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) is encouraging all Hoosiers to take
steps to make sure households and workplaces understand the best cybersecurity
practices. View the full IDHS press release here. Learn about the latest cybersecurity efforts
across America at “Stop. Think. Connect.” Stop; make sure security measures are
in place. Think; about the consequences of your actions and behaviors online.
Connect; and enjoy your devices with more peace of mind.
The State of Indiana has already taken proactive steps to combat hacking
and cyber-attacks on individuals and organizations. Governor Eric J. Holcomb
convened the Indiana Executive Council on Cybersecurity in summer 2017 with representatives from leaders of
state government agencies, state security officials and information technology
and computer security experts from the private sector.
Job seekers interested in cybersecurity careers should consider attending
the Cybersecurity
Wants You! career fair, Thursday, Oct. 26, 8:30-11:30 a.m., 302 W. Washington
Street Indianapolis, IN 46204, Indiana Government Center South,
Atrium/Conference Room C, RSVP at EventBrite.
For more information about National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2017, visit here.
Recruitment for Connecticut (CT) State Library’s Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant project, EXCITE Transformation for Libraries, opened Oct. 1, 2017.
EXCITE is an intensive team-based experiential learning program that will teach collaboration and innovation skills, result in programs and services that respond to community input and demonstrated needs, lead to cultural change at libraries and sustain project impact through extended training.
The CT State Library was thrilled to receive a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians grant from IMLS this fall. The library is trying to spread the word as widely as possible about the project for the library workforce, including public, academic and special libraries. While their marketing efforts are aimed largely at the Northeast states, teams from any state can participate. CT State Library is providing up to $2,000 per team to help offset travel and substitute staffing costs and the training is tuition-free.
Click here for complete details. Contact Maria Bernier of the CT State Library with any questions.
Correction: In last week's issue of the Wednesday Word, the Ladoga-Clark Township Public Library was incorrectly identified as the Lagoda-Clark Township Public Library. The Wednesday Word apologizes for the error.
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