This week's new Indiana library jobs
Collection Development Librarian
Ball State University Libraries
Reference Department Head
Elkhart Public Library
Youth Services Librarian IV/Specialist III
Michigan City Public Library
Library Director
Putnam County Public Library
Assistant Professor, Director of Metadata Services (revised)
Valparaiso University
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Northeast Indiana takes the lead in workforce development, musical instruments
Allen County Public Library
Conference highlights preservation of Mid-Century Modern landmarks
Bartholomew County Public Library
Entrepreneur launches local charity to support women-owned businesses
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Meeting: Huntingburg Public Library Board
Huntingburg Public Library
Markle librarian wants to get to know her people
Huntington City-Township Public Library
New executive director eager to join Zionsville library
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
Gardening Classes being presented by the La Porte County Master Gardeners
La Porte County Public Library
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The Indiana Library Federation (ILF), in collaboration with the Indiana State Library (ISL), is presenting a virtual exchange, "Supervised Visits in the Library," on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 2 p.m. EST. Online registration is available until March 1st.
ILF initiated a collaboration with the Department of Child Services (DCS) and key contractors in order to create a shared understanding about challenges and best practices for children, parents, caregivers, libraries and DCS administrators relating to supervised child visits in public libraries. Click here for more detailed information.
Beth Yates of ISL, and also a member of the ILF Youth Services Division Leadership Team, will help facilitate this session.
A virtual exchange is an online, facilitated discussion. Participants will be able to watch and listen, and to participate via chat box, microphone or phone line. Contact Lucinda Nord at 317-257-2040 ext. 101 for more information.
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This year's Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year is David W. Lewis, dean of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library.
As winner of the award, Lewis will collect $5,000 and be presented a plaque at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on June 23, 2018.
The award, sponsored by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO, acknowledges achievements such as service to the organized profession, significant and influential research on academic or research library service and publication of a body of scholarly and/or theoretical writing contributing to academic or research library development.
Read more about the award and Lewis' career accomplishments here.
 Brayden Truman and Azucena Diaz, kindergarten students at Coesse Elementary School, examine an electronic device allowing them to operate one of the many robot activities available during a robotics program Wednesday afternoon. Post & Mail photo / Rachael Rosfeld
Reprinted from the Post & Mail. By Rachael Rosfeld
COLUMBIA CITY — Excitement, activity and, most importantly, learning was what the students at Coesse Elementary School experienced Wednesday afternoon.
The students were visited by Beth Gaff, technology trainer at Peabody Public Library. She brought with her several activities for a robotics program at the school.
Gaff said that she had been visiting several of the Whitley County Consolidated Schools to give students a chance to learn hands-on, but also get a peek at the robotics classes taught at the library.
“The goal is to gain experience,” said Gaff. “So we take our robots out to the schools and in the library.”
On Wednesday, Gaff set up six stations, each with different robots that allow students to practice different skills.
She noted that technology continues to expand and grow, particularly in the robotics field.
“We are trying to prepare these kids for the future,” she said. “The more we introduce these items, the better opportunities they will have in the future, and they might find a whole subject they want to pursue as a career.”
One of the missions of WCCS is to prepare students for life after graduation, and school leaders are continually searching for new ways to put these lessons into practice and partner with the community. The robotics program provides one such opportunity.
“It’s a great way for our students to get 21st century skills,” said Laura Schmidt, media assistant at Coesse.
Gaff said that the program so far has garnered positive feedback from the staff and students.
Some of the most popular robots are “Cosmo” and “BB-8,” a robot children recognize from the popular “Star Wars” movie franchise.
The robotics program at the library takes place at 6 p.m. every third Tuesday and 1:30 p.m. the last Saturday of the month.
These are open to students of all ages, and each month they work with a new robot and subject. This month’s topic will focus on optical illusions.
“Sometimes we build a robot that they can control with their Iphone, and other times we do a make it and take it where they can take their robot home,” said Gaff.
Gaff said she hopes to continue to take these robots to the classes as a fun way for students to learn.
 On Saturday, April 14, 2018, the Central Indiana DNA Interest Group (CIDIG) will present a workshop titled Advancing Your Genealogy Research Using DNA Results at the Indiana State Library, located at 315 W. Ohio St. in Indianapolis, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
This free workshop focuses on tips for advancing your genealogy research using DNA testing and connecting family trees with DNA results. Sessions include Adding DNA Testing to Your Genealogy Toolkit, presented by Ann Raymont; Building Effective Trees to Connect with DNA Matches, presented by Angela Guntz; Creating Your Own Genetic Communities and DNA Circles, presented by Andrea Ackermann and What’s New in DNA Testing, presented by Denise Anderson-Decina. For librarians, each session is worth either one LEU or one TLEU.
Registration is required by April 11, 2018. If maximum capacity is reached before April 11, registration will be closed prior to the deadline. Click here to register.
The deadline for the Collaborative Summer Library Program's (CSLP) Teen Video Challenge is Feb. 28, 2018. The entry form can be found here and the release form can be found here. Contact Beth Yates of the Indiana State Library with any questions. Click here for information on the challenge.
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Civic Literacy and a Civic Lab
When: Feb. 22, 2018, 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Libraries Rock! CSLP 2018 Training & Roundtable (All Ages)
When: Feb. 26, 2018, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Vigo County Public Library
Evergreen Indiana Basic Circulation
When: Feb. 27, 2018, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Evergreen Indiana Holds Training
When: Feb. 27, 2018, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Evergreen Indiana - Local Administration
When: Feb. 28, 2018, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Evergreen Indiana - Basic Cataloging
When: Feb. 28, 2018, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Supervised Visits Virtual Exchange (Hosted by ILF)
When: March 1, 2018, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
INSPIRE - Gale: Science in Context in the Classroom
When: March 2, 2018, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Evergreen Indiana Advanced Cataloging - Part I
When: March 5, 2018, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Evergreen Indiana Advanced Cataloging - Part II
When: March 6, 2018, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0 - Scottsburg
When: March 9, 2018, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Scott County Public Library - Main Branch
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 the public
well-informed. Follow the Indiana State Data Center on Facebook and Twitter and feel free to leave comments
and suggestions.
Many people have recently remarked on how many North Atlantic
hurricanes we are currently having and also on the strength of these hurricanes.
What is causing this to happen? According to the NASA Global Climate Change website,
this phenomena is one of the effects of climate change. Other effects are
rising sea levels and more droughts with the subsequent effect of more
wildfires. The website also details the effects currently visible for different
regions of the United States and how they can affect local infrastructure.
This NASA website includes evidence, causes, effects,
scientific consensus and vital signs. These vital signs include
graphs and data on the increase of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere, the
increase in global temperature and the loss of land ice on the planet. One
graph shows the measurements for Antarctica mass variation since 2002, which
shows a rate of change of a loss of 127.0 gigatonnes per year. The other graph
is for the measurements of the Greenland mass variation since 2002, which shows
a rate of change of a loss of 286.0 gigatonnes per year.
The FAQ page includes answers to questions like “What’s
the difference between the weather and climate?,” as well as information on how global temperatures are studied. The solutions page has areas of
mitigation and adaptation and government resources, as well as energy
innovations. There are images of change, interactives and earth minute videos
on the explore page. The resources page includes sections for educators and
kids; all very useful and informative pages that would be of interest to anyone
looking at climate change.
 Sophia Delgado (left), Poetry Ourselves winner and Joshua Fisher (right) Poetry Out Loud winner.
The Indiana
State Library (ISL) and the Indiana Arts
Commission (IAC) announced today that Joshua Fisher earned the honor of
being named the 2018 Poetry Out Loud Indiana state champion. Fisher will
compete against representatives from all 50 states, plus Washington D.C.,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, for the national Poetry Out Loud title on
April 23-25, 2018 in Washington, D.C. The event will be held at the Lisner Auditorium
at The George Washington University. The semifinals and finals will be webcast
live. The Midwest and South Central round, which includes Indiana, will be held
on April 24, 2018, beginning at 1 p.m.
Fisher, a sophomore at Warsaw Community High School in
Warsaw, qualified for the national finals by winning the Indiana state Poetry
Out Loud championship held on Feb. 17, 2018 at the Indiana State Library. He
edged out 17 other competitors to win the state title. In addition to the
Washington, D.C. trip, Fisher earned a $200 cash prize and $500 for his school
to be used to purchase poetry books.
Fisher recited three poems to qualify for the trip to
Washington D.C.: “Entirely” by Louis MacNeice, “The Author to Her Book,” by
Anne Bradstreet and “I Remember, I Remember” by Thomas Hood.
Runner-up Sophia Delgado of Herron High School in
Indianapolis won the Poetry Ourselves competition in which students submitted
their own written or spoken word poems. Last year’s Indiana Poetry Ourselves
winner, Shelby Newland of Bloomington High School South, went on to place first
in the Poetry Ourselves competition at the national finals in Washington, D.C.
Now celebrating its 13th year of national competition,
Poetry Out Loud is a partnership between the National
Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry
Foundation. The program encourages the study of great poetry by offering
educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high school
students across the country. For more information, visit the Poetry Out Loud website.
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