This week's new Indiana library jobs
Assistant Manager-Readers’ Services
Allen County Public Library
Human Resource Manager
Anderson Public Library
Children’s & Youth Services Senior Assistant (20 hrs/week)
Carmel Clay Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
LaGrange County Public Library
Library Director
Porter County Public Library System
Youth Services Assistant (part-time)
Putnam County Public Library
Library Director
Westchester Public Library
If you would like your Indiana library job posting to be listed in the Wednesday Word, the position, and its description, must be submitted to the Indiana State Library. Click here for submission guidelines and to submit.
STEM Learning grants to benefit local programs
Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library
‘Friends of the Library’ has deep roots in community
Brazil Public Library
Former Central College President William Wiebenga passes away
Carmel Clay Public Library
CDPL going for gold with Winter Olympics display
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Tri Kappa Week observed locally
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Saint Mary’s library transitions to new book-sharing program
Cushwa-Leighton Library - Saint Mary's College
'March Madness' had roots in Indiana before Illinois or the NCAA began using the phrase
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Hancock County Library releases 120 years of history
Hancock County Public Library
Fun history program planned
Hartford City Public Library
McVeigh to perform Irish songs at Hussey-Mayfield
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
Immersive "Frankenstein" weekend retreat to bring together scholars and readers
Indiana State Library
North Knox native hired as new director; Roger Stremming to lead library's combined youth, teen dept.
Knox County Public Library
Muncie Public Library featured in national magazine
Muncie Public Library
LST relocation, Willard Library, Kids Kingdom 2 boosted by CVB
Willard Library
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 In honor of INSPIRE's 20th anniversary, the
Indiana State Library is pleased to announce a new homepage interface for
INSPIRE. The new interface is powered by EBSCO Stacks and will go live on Monday, March 5, 2018.
A new, tiled homepage will make finding databases easier, while also showcasing some of INSPIRE's lesser-known features and most-loved features, such as the TERC database and Consumer Reports. Featured databases will be displayed as necessary.
Outside of the new front page, the basic search and functionality will remain the same, so the learning curve should be minimal. The state library plans on releasing some short “how-to” videos in the near future and completing the FAQ page.
inspire.in.gov will still be the main INSPIRE web address.
Please contact John Wekluk, communications director at the Indiana State Library, with any questions.
This year's annual library staff support conference, The Difference is You, will be held on Friday, July 20, 2018 at the Indiana State Library. The 2018 theme is Be Inspired!, in honor of INSPIRE's 20th anniversary as a service of the Indiana State Library.
For those interested in presenting at this year's conference, the proposal form can be found here. Proposals are due by March 19, 2018. For a list of previous presentations, see last year's schedule here. Watch a video of 2017 highlights here.
Contact Kimberly Brown-Harden, northwest regional coordinator at the Indiana State Library, for more information.
On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the popular Genealogy for Night Owls event returns to the Indiana State Library. The free Night Owls event features expanded library hours, orientation tours and sessions with genealogy experts. The extended library hours are 4:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Sessions will be available with experts from the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Indiana Chapter of Palatines to America, the Indiana African-American Genealogy Group, the Genealogical Society of Marion County, professional genealogist Betty Warren and the Central Indiana DNA Interest Group.
Registration is required by April 16, 2018. Click here to register.
The former Rockville Public Library has formally changed its name to the Parke County Public Library (PCPL) after a resolution was passed in early February of 2018.
The name change is an attempt to clear up confusion among patrons who thought library service was limited only to residents of the town of Rockville.
Libraries lending to PCPL via InfoExpress or interlibrary loan, please make sure to note this change in order to avoid inadvertently shipping items to the Rockville Correctional Facility.
Visit PCPL's website for more information.
 The proposal submission deadline for the 2018 Discovery to Delivery (D2D) VIII conference is 3 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2018. For those interested in developing and sharing a presentation, please complete and submit the proposal form located here.
Suggested topics include INSPIRE (20th anniversary in 2018), acquisitions, collaborations, best practices, copyright, customer service, E-books, E-resources licensing, Evergreen Indiana marketing, open access, patron-driven services, professional development, scholarly communications, SRCS, statistics and more.
Presentations should be approximately 30-35 minutes in length with an additional 10 minutes at the end of each session for questions and discussion. This year’s theme is about thinking about resource sharing as part of the bigger picture. Not just interlibrary loan of materials, but sessions about sharing expertise, information, access and other platforms are encouraged.
This year’s conference will be held on Friday, May 11, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Indiana State Library located at 315 W. Ohio Street in Indianapolis.
The Discovery to Delivery (D2D) VIII conference, hosted by the Academic Libraries of Indiana and the Indiana State Library, is a free one-day resource sharing conference open to all Indiana libraries. This year’s theme will be The Bigger Picture: Resource Sharing with a Broader Brush!
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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
The Role of Public Libraries in Healthy Communities
When: March 7, 2018, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
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
INSPIRE - Gale: Books & Authors
When: March 12, 2018, 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Webinar
TeachingBooks: Supporting Book Clubs
When: March 13, 2018, 3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Where: Webinar
The Center for Black Literature & Culture (CBLC) - Foundation and Future
When: March 14, 2018, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Outdoor Learning at the Library: It's Only Natural
When: March 15, 2018, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Libraries Rock! CSLP 2018 Training & Roundtable (All Ages)
When: March 16, 2018, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Pulaski County Public Library
Block Play: Building a Foundation of Early Learning in the Library
When: March 21, 2018, 10 a.m - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
How to Conduct a Community Needs Assessment (CNA)
When: March 28, 2018, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
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.
 For those in of need financial aid to help pay for college,
completing the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) form is required. The Indiana deadline for filing your
2018-2019 FAFSA is April 15, 2018 by 11 p.m. Eastern time. While the
process can be arduous, there are several government resources available to
make the process easier to complete. FAFSA is a service provided by the office
of Federal Student Aid, the largest provider of student financial aid in the
country. Federal Student Aid is authorized under Title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 to manage the student financial aid programs like FAFSA.
For first-timers filing a FAFSA, the U.S. Department of
Education has published a helpful blog post titled 7
Things You Need Before You Fill Out the 2018–19 FAFSA Form. The Federal
Student Aid has compiled a list with links, blog posts, factsheets, videos,
webinars, websites and forms to help students and parents with FAFSA. In
addition to providing information about filing the FAFSA, the Federal Student
Aid also includes helpful
resources on college preparation, loan information, consumer protection and
financial literacy. Students and parents can learn about all the available options
to help pay for college or a career school.
Government Information Day 2018: Be sure to register
for GID18, featuring keynote speaker Laurie Hall, superintendent of documents,
Government Publishing Office.
In March, the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) will host three free World Café Conversations for Indiana librarians.
All library staff are welcome to join these two and a half hour conversations and multiple attendees from each library system are encouraged to attend. MCLS states that their purpose is to "gain knowledge of and identify barriers to library services in Indiana and to devise strategies and solutions to begin to overcome those barriers."
For a true representation of Indiana libraries, input is needed from libraries of all types, sizes and geographic areas. Read more about the World Café Conversations here.
Up to 50 participants will be accepted for the conversations and each conversation is worth one LEU for Indiana staff. All times local. Register via the below links:
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Lake County Public Library
1919 West 81st Avenue Merrillville, IN
Time: 10 a.m.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library
110 East Main Street
Greensburg, IN
Time: 10 a.m.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Evansville, IN
Time: 10 a.m.
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