This week's new Indiana library jobs
Branch Manager
Allen County Public Library - New Haven Branch
Addison Agen’s first concert post-“The Voice” sells out; show added
Allen County Public Library
Nonprofit in library to shutter
Allen County Public Library
New Batesville library director named
Batesville Memorial Public Library
Library ribbon cutting set for Jan. 27
Gary Public Library
Free Legal Aid Clinic to be held at library
Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library
Stories of mountain climber to fill libraries
Jennings and Shelby County Libraries
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 The Indiana State Library and the Indiana DNR, after two years, will not be moving forward with the park pass checkout program in 2o18. Public libraries will also not be able to buy individual passes for their libraries, as the passes are nontransferable. The partnership is what allowed the exception for the program.
However, there are still ways DNR can work with public libraries. Interpretive naturalists around the state are generally available to libraries for programs. Program registration forms can be found here. DNR has also worked with individual libraries on a small scale to provide one-day passes as prizes for summer reading programs. If libraries have friends groups or another associated non-profit, DNR can do a “buy one-we’ll donate one” approach with annual passes for fundraising auctions or giveaways for those groups.
Visit the Indiana DNR website for more details.
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is offering a four week Building Basic Leadership Skills e-course, beginning on Jan. 22, 2018.
Josie Watanabe will instruct this course that focuses on self-leading and leading others. Weekly topics include "Expanding personal leadership abilities," "What is leadership and how to be a leader even when you aren't an administrator" and "Collaboration with colleagues, creativity in leadership and highlighting the work of others as a leader."
This course is recommend for library school students, library staff in school or public libraries, library administrators and youth development workers supporting teens. Cost of the course is as follows: $130 for YALSA members, $175 for ALA members, $210 for non-ALA members and $100 for student members and retired members.
Click here for more information. contact. Linda W. Braun, YALSA CE consultant with questions.
Teachers and school officials have until Jan. 31, 2018 to submit the names of the winners from their schools via student registration form in order for the winners to be eligible to compete in the Indiana Poetry Out Loud state finals. One student winner will represent their school at the state finals and compete for the chance to represent Indiana at the National Finals in Washington, D.C. in April.
The Indiana State Library and the Indiana Arts Commission partner to present the Indiana portion of the nationwide Poetry Out Loud competition. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation are supporting partners to Poetry Out Loud, a free high school program that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This program helps high school students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, learn about their literary heritage and compete for college scholarship funding.
The 2018 state finals competition will take place on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 at the Indiana State Library. Click here for more information about Poetry Out Loud in Indiana. For information and questions, email Poetry Out Loud State Coordinator Angela Downs or call (317) 232-3692.
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Libraries Rock! CSLP 2018 Training & Roundtable (All Ages)
When: Jan. 5, 2018, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
CSLP 2018 Webinar - Early Literacy/School Age
When: Jan. 10, 2018, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
CSLP 2018 Webinar - Teen/Adult
When: Jan. 10, 2018, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Bibliostat Connect Training
When: Jan. 11, 2018, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Libraries Rock! CSLP 2018 Training & Roundtable (All Ages)
When: Jan. 12, 2018, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Washington Carnegie Public Library
TeachingBooks: Supporting Summer Reading Programs
When: Jan. 16, 2018, 2 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Libraries Rock! CSLP 2018 Training & Roundtable (All Ages)
When: Jan. 17, 2018, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Johnson County Public Library
Robot Petting Zoo
When: Jan. 18, 2018, 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Where: Anderson Public Library
Libraries Rock! CSLP 2018 Training & Roundtable (All Ages)
When: Jan. 26, 2018, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Did Someone Say Free Piggy Banks? Financial Literacy for Kids @ Your Library
When: Jan. 30. 2018, 11 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Miss Manners: You Might be Sabotaging Your Career
When: Jan. 31, 2018, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0
When: Feb. 2, 2018, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Putnam County Public Library
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to the Government Information Minute. Every week government information
librarians at the Indiana State Library cover current resources on governmental
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The month of January holds two United Nations anniversaries.
On Jan. 1, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the phrase ‘United
Nations’ in the document later known as the Declaration
of the United Nations, signed by himself and British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, Maxim Litvinov (then USSR), and T. V. Soong (China). Twenty-two more
nations added signatures the following day. Their partnership pledged “to
employ its full resources, military or economic” in “the struggle for victory
over Hitlerism.”
Three years later, delegates from fifty nations representing
over 80 percent of the world’s population were invited to create the document which
became the Charter
of the United Nations, signed on June 26 1945 and ratified by October 24 of
that year. The charter established the purpose and structure of the UN and
guidelines for its members.
Next Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 is the anniversary of the first
meeting of the UN General Assembly in London in 1946. That year, there were
representatives from 51 countries. Today, there are 193 UN member states.
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