This week's new Indiana library jobs
Operations Manager
Kendallville Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
Peabody Public Library
Circulation Services Clerk (part-time)
South Whitley Community 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.
Heartland Sings paints Celtic landscapes with Irish musical traditions
Allen County Public Library
Arts Council getting new home
Bartholomew County Public Library
Indiana Society posts new data
Covington-Veedersburg Public Library
Indiana-Armenians commemorate Sumgait and Baku Pogroms
Greenwood Public Library
Kinsey Institute Library offers chance to explore sex-related art, history
Kinsey Institute’s Library & Archives
Academy Award nominated director to film in Rolling Prairie
LaPorte County Public Library
Lilly Library offers rare books, puzzles, exhibits
Lilly Library at Indiana University
March workshops at Cornerstone Center for the Arts
Muncie Public Library
Students welcome to join writing contest, workshop
Peabody Public Library
Plainfield Library hosts fairy tea party
Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library
Bright Young Librarians: Matt Bird
Vigo County Public Library
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The third annual Hoosier Women at Work Conference presented by the Indiana Women's History Association, the Indiana State Library, the Indiana Historical Bureau and the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, will be held on Friday, April 6, 2018, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Harrison Center for the Arts in downtown Indianapolis. This year’s symposium will focus on the history of Indiana women in the arts.
Art historian Abbey Chambers will deliver this year’s keynote address. Art exhibitions and a First Friday reception will follow the day’s events. View a draft of the program here.
Registration is currently open from now until April 5, 2018. Registration fee is $20 per person and $15 for students. Click here to register and to read more about the conference.
The Indiana State Library is pleased to announce Kara Cleveland as the new Professional Development Office (PDO) supervisor.
Kara comes to the state library via Bradie Shrum Elementary School in Salem, Indiana where she served as school librarian for eight years. Prior to that position, she was the school media specialist at Clarksville High School for over a decade. She began her library career as the children’s librarian at the Salem Public Library.
She received her Master of Library and Information Science degree from Indiana University in Bloomington.
Kara has one daughter, Chelsea, and in her free time she likes to read, watch movies, take walks, eat out and travel. One thing that most people don’t know about Kara is that she did her student teaching on the Navajo Nation reservation.
Please contact Kara via email with any professional development questions or to welcome her to her new position.
On Saturday, April 21, 2018, the Indiana Historical Society (IHS), the Indiana State Library and Indiana State Archives will host this year's Preservation Week Road Show (PWRS), a "road show" style event designed to help the public learn the value of their historic objects and how to best care for and preserve these items.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center in the IHS building, guests will be able to meet with an appraiser or conservator for up to 15 minutes.
The event will also include free programs on family heirlooms, identification and preservation of photographs and textile preservation.
Guests will also have an opportunity to work with IHS digitization staff to receive free digital scans of their items.
The event is free, but registration is required. To register for this event, or to learn more about PWRS, including program times and participating professionals, visit the Preservation Week Road Show event page or call (317) 232-1882. Guests are limited to two 15-minute appointments and registration includes parking.
 Join Cheri Harris, certification program director and legal consultant at the Indiana State Library, on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 10 a.m. for Legal Research Basics for Librarians.
This webinar will help library staff answer legal research questions from patrons and will also help staff assist patrons who are doing their own legal research. Starting with an overview of different types of legal authority, the session will distinguish between primary and secondary authority. Tools for finding state and federal statutes, regulations and case law will also be covered, as will demonstrating how to use a variety of free websites to conduct legal research online, with a focus on Indiana materials. Tips for how to stick to conducting legal research and avoid providing legal advice will conclude the webinar.
Register here. Click here for more info. The webinar is eligible for one LEU.
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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
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INDOT
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) recently announced the launch of INDOT4U, making it
easy to contact the agency and get questions answered and problems resolved. Motorists now have a single point of contact to report a concern,
obtain information or provide feedback to INDOT via phone at 1-855-463-6848, online, by email or by using the free INDOT mobile app, available
in the iTunes App Store and the Google Play store for Android. Drivers
can report concerns to INDOT about any roadway hazards, repair needs or issues
encountered on the roads. Hoosiers can also request information about all Indiana
interstates, U.S. highways or state highways that INDOT maintains.
Daylight saving
time begins
Don’t
forget to “spring forward” by setting clocks forward one hour this weekend.
Daylight saving time (DST) begins Sunday, March 11, 2018 at 2 a.m. and will be
in effect through November 4, 2018. DST adjusts the official local time forward
by one hour from the official
standard time during
spring and summer months. View a list of past and future start and end dates for daylight
saving time from
the U.S. Naval Observatory. The National Map has a Standard Time Zones map of the United States to download
in GIF or PDF. The Library of Congress has a blog post explaining the World War I origins
of daylight saving. The Centers for Disease Control offers “Suggestions to help workers adapt
to the time change.”
It is recommended fire safety practice to check the batteries of smoke alarms
when re-setting clocks twice a year.
The Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library Arts Gala committee has chosen printmaker and fine artist Becky Heimann to be honored at Arts Gala: "Impact" on April 27, 2018.
“We are so delighted to have Becky Heimann join us as our Signature Artist. This year her piece, ‘The Wave,’ is a magnificent visual representation of our Arts Gala theme ‘Impact,’” explains Laura Appleby, gallery manager.
Heimann is a printmaker and book maker from Indianapolis. She graduated from Ball State University in 2007 with a bachelor's in fine art and an emphasis in printmaking and book arts. She teaches fourth grade at St. Monica School in Indianapolis. She is a member of the Indianapolis Arts Council and Nickel Plate Arts. This is her first year at Arts Gala.
The event opens to the public Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 29, 1 - 5 p.m., with various artist demonstrations throughout the day.
For more information about Arts Gala, or how you can become a Patron of the Arts, click here. The library is located at 1120 Stafford Road, Plainfield, Indiana.
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