This week's new Indiana library jobs
Materials Handler (part-time)
Monroe County Public Library
Head of Adult Services
New Castle-Henry County Public Library
Interlibrary Loan Manager
Valparaiso University-Christopher Center 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.
Draft report on assessment of Allen County Public Library branches recommends replacing two branches, major work at others
Allen County Public Library
'Spread kindness and charity' Community foundations inspire philanthropy
Batesville Memorial Public Library
Clinton library exhibit
Clinton Public Library
Celebrate and protect Earth
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Imagination Library key to developing future workforce
Dolly Parton Imagination Library - St. Joseph County
Longtime Recorder friend and historian dies
Indianapolis Public Library
New Make & Take Project available at Kendallville library
Kendallville Public Library
Montpelier’s summer reading program kicks off May 12
Montpelier-Harrison Township Public Library
Honey Creek Middle School wins Vigo's Battle of the Books
Vigo County Public Library
Vigo County unveils bicentennial flag
Vigo County Public Library
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Trustees and directors are invited to attend "How to do Public Library Bookkeeping" at the Indiana State library on Friday, June 1, 2018 beginning at 10 a.m. This workshop's primary benefit is to small and medium-sized Indiana public libraries that do not have full-time bookkeepers or accountants. The course’s main focus is on basic accounting principles and transaction recording. The purpose of the course is to provide guidance to directors and library trustees and library staff in understanding State Board of Accounts accounting requirements as outlined in the manual.
Participants may register using this link. The workshop will cover posting entries to the “Library Financial and Appropriation Ledger,” utilizing required forms and working with a partner. There will also be presentations on funds accounting, bookkeeping and accounting and an introduction to forms.
Attendees are responsible for their own lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please contact Karen Ainslie of the Indiana State Library with any questions.
Registration is now open for the 2018 Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference taking place on June 7 and 8 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, Ohio.
In the keynote address "Promises and Pitfalls of 21st Century Resource Sharing," George Needham will discuss the roots of interlibrary loan in the early 20th century, consider the impact of technology in the forms of the MARC record, OCLC, and the web and then look at what forms resources sharing may take in the years to come.
The conference registration fee is $125; $150 after May 29, 2018. Registration includes all sessions, as well as the reception on Thursday and breakfast and lunch on Friday.
Visit the conference website for more information.
Why does the Indiana State Library ask for your email address when applying for library certification? What does the library do with it?
The Indiana State Library asks for your email address for the purpose of following up with you quickly if there are any questions about your certification application. The library also uses the email address on your application to contact you when your certificate has been issued. The state library sends your renewal notice and your certificate by mail, but if that mail is returned an email is sent to verify your mailing address. Finally, you are notified via email if your certificate has expired. Your email is not used for spam or to sign you up to any mailing lists.
Emails sent from the library are usually pretty important, so please submit an email address that you check regularly.
Does the Indiana State Library want your work or home email address?
As long as it is an address that you check regularly, it doesn't matter if you submit your work or home email address.
Should you transition your email address from work to home when you retire?
When you get ready to retire it would be a great idea to make sure the state library has a current home address for you and an email address that will reach you after you leave your library job. That way you can be notified when it's time to renew your certification or when your certificate expires. If you no longer need certification, whether it
is because you are not working or have moved out of state, feel free to ask the
state library to remove you from the contact list and to stop sending you emails. People often have a little time left on their certificate when they retire. The Indiana State Library will generally allow your certificate to continue until it expires and then contact you about renewing it. If you prefer, you can ask the state library to terminate your certificate when you retire and you will not be contacted again.
The library doesn't want to hassle you if you have moved on to another career or a different stage of life. By the time your certificate expires, the information on your last application will be five years old. When you retire, if you know that you won’t renew your certificate after this one expires please send the state library an email that can be put in your file documenting your decision to close this chapter of your career. It will save time trying to track you down to determine whether or not you want or need to renew your certificate.
Please contact Cheri Harris, certification program director and legal consultant at the Indiana State Library, with any questions.
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Above and Beyond: Developing a Culture of Organizational Citizenship
When: May 10, 2018, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual conference
Discovery to Delivery VIII
When: May 11, 2018, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Getting to Know You: Connect with Patrons Experiencing Homelessness
When: May 16, 2018, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Curating Your Unusual Collections: Lending Nontraditional Items at the Library
When: May 21, 2018, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Evergreen Indiana Advanced Cataloging - Part I
When: May 22, 2018, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Evergreen Indiana Advanced Cataloging - Part II
When: May 23, 2018, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Government Information Day 2018: Advocacy, Research, & Collaboration
When: May 24, 2018, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
How to do Public Library Bookkeeping
When: June 1, 2018, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
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.
Across Indiana, May 10, 2018 is the deadline for paying
semi-annual property tax bills. Individual property tax bills are calculated by
the county auditor and mailed by the county treasurer. Property taxes assessed
for a year are due in two equal installments on May 10 and November 10 of the
following year. The county treasurer may mail or transmit the tax statement one
time each year at least 15 days before the date on which the first or only
installment is due.
If taxpayers have questions about when they will receive
property tax bills or have other questions related to tax bills, it is best to contact
the county treasurer or the county auditor. To find contact information for
local officials, please see the Officials
Database Search on the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF)
page. DLGF also provides an online search form to look up and view current and past
years’ property tax bills.
Use the Indiana
Gateway for Local Government Units to access information about how taxes
and other public dollars are budgeted and spent by Indiana's local units of
government. For more information, contact the Indiana Department of Local Government
Finance.
Nominations for the 2018 Difference is You Award close at the end of this month on May 29, 2018. The nomination form can be found here.
Individuals may nominate friends, co-workers, colleagues and even themselves. The Difference is You encourages the nominations of library support staff who inspire their library community. Last year's winner was Trina Evans from the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library.
Registration for the 2018 The Difference is You: Be INSPIRED conference is also officially open. The conference will take place at the Indiana State Library on Friday, July 20 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Click here to register.
This annual conference is a day of learning, networking and fun for Indiana library support staff and paraprofessionals. For more details about the conference, click here.
Registration is $25, which includes lunch. Once the registration form is filled out, an invoice from the Indiana State Library with payment details will be accessible. Credit card, check or money order is accepted. Limited parking will be available at the Senate Avenue Parking Garage. Early arrival and/or carpooling is encouraged.
Tours of the Indiana State Library will be available from 8:30 - 9 a.m. for those who register early. Please sign up in advance. Email
Kimberly Brown-Harden of the state library to register for the tour or for more information.
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