This week's new Indiana library jobs
Teen Librarian
Franklin County Public Library District
Collection Management Librarian
La Porte County Public Library
Children’s/YA Assistant (part-time)
Starke County Public Library
Children’s/Youth Services Librarian
Whiting Public Library
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The Hoosier Gardener: Seed swaps, libraries help gardeners grow
Indianapolis Public Library
This Indianapolis librarian isn’t afraid to get rid of classic books
Indianapolis Public Schools
'The opposite of lost': IU library claps back at The New Yorker over Sylvia Plath story
Lilly Library at Indiana University
Indianapolis' Vonnegut museum is closed for now. Here's what we know about its future.
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
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 The Indiana State Library would like to remind InfoExpress users that there will be no courier service on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 due to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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 Edythe "Edie" Huffman, 67, of Indianapolis passed away on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. For nearly two decades, from 1992-95 and from to 1998-2013, Edie was an employee of the Indiana State Library. During her time in the Library Development Office, one of her primary responsibilities was administrating the public library annual report. After her retirement in 2013, Edie worked as a part-time processing assistant in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, significantly reducing the division's backlog. She was also instrumental in the state library’s effort to relocate the reading room as part of the state’s bicentennial celebration.
"Edie was a caring and warm person who was passionate about libraries. She was a great friend and colleague and will be dearly missed by the Indiana library community," said State Librarian Jacob Speer.
Often referred to as a librarian who "knows everything," Edie earned a bachelor's degree in English from Indiana University in Bloomington and an MSLS from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Throughout her long career, she held positions at six different state library systems: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin.
A memorial service for Edie was held on Jan. 13, 2019 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis.
 The Indiana State Library is currently seeking a Librarian 1 for the Genealogy Division. The librarian will operate independently at a senior subject specialist level, providing advanced research expertise within the Genealogy Collection. This position also serves as the digital coordinator to ensure that family bible records, photographs, mortality schedules, pamphlets and other documents from the collection are accessible online.
Duties include, but are not limited to: responding to in-person, telephone, email and chat reference questions while staffing division’s reference desk; participating in acquisition, processing, preservation, digitization, promotion and use of the division’s resources and services; and guiding patrons in use of library’s collections by recommending materials and resources appropriate to their information needs, explaining library policies and assisting with computers and library equipment.
The position requires a Master of Library Science (MLS) degree from an accredited institution plus one year full-time professional experience as a librarian. Candidate must also be eligible to be certified by the Indiana Library and Historical Board as a Librarian 3, or above, before being granted permanent status. Additionally, candidate must have experience working with collection management systems, general knowledge of all collections and resources within the library’s collections and experience working in a special collections or digital collections environment.
Click here for a full list of requirements and duties and for instructions on how to apply. Interested applicants must apply by Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.
Save the date for the annual Indiana library support staff conference, The Difference is You. This year's theme is "We are Community!" The conference will be held at the Indiana State Library on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Registration will be announced at a later date.
The annual conference is a day of learning, networking and fun for Indiana library support staff and paraprofessionals. A recap of last year's conference, which was themed "Be Inspired," can be found here.
Please contact Kimberly Brown-Harden, northwest regional coordinator at the Indiana State Library, with any questions.
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A Universe of Stories! CSLP 2019 Training & Roundtable (all ages)
When: Jan. 18, 2019, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Central Time
Where: Newton County Public Library - Roselawn Branch
A Universe of Stories! CSLP 2019 Training & Roundtable (all ages)
When: Jan. 25, 2019, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Clinton Public Library
Beyond the Orientation Checklist: Documented Training for Improved Results
When: Jan. 30, 2019, 2 p.m - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
A Universe of Stories! CSLP 2019 Training & Roundtable (all ages)
When: Feb. 1, 2019, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Jackson County Public Library
Community Engagement: You CAN do it!
When: Feb. 6, 2019, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Trustee Training
When: Feb. 20, 2019, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Where: Frankfort Community Public Library
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 The Indiana Civil Rights Commission and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Indiana Holiday Commission hosted the opening events of the 28th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Indiana Holiday Celebration on Jan. 9 and 10, 2019. This Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, will continue a time-honored tradition of serving the legacy of Dr. King during the 8th Annual Dr. King Day of Service. On-site registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Watkins Park Family Center.
According to MLKDay.gov, legislation signed in 1983 marked the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a federal holiday. In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with leading this effort.
In 1996, the Indiana General Assembly established legislation for a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Indiana Holiday Commission. The law said that the Indiana Civil Rights Commission shall furnish the necessary staff support and that the King Commission shall commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with programs or activities that honor Dr. King’s life and works and reflect Dr. King’s philosophy and dream of freedom, justice and racial equality through nonviolent social change.
 The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana, Inc. is developing collaborative instances of two open-source institutional repository platforms, Islandora and Hyku, via partnerships with the Washington Research Library Consortium and the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. The work will include analyzing and improving the functionality and capacity of the software to support collaboration. To benefit the wider community, all developments from the partnerships will be openly available for adaptation.
Both projects support PALNI’s collaborative and community approach on four levels by:
1. Sharing scholarship and digital content from our institutions with the world.
2. Developing open-source, community-owned tools.
3. Collaborating to host and maintain tools in shared server space.
4. Sharing expertise in metadata, mapping, user experience design, workflow design and collections across consortia participants.
Institutional repositories perform a valuable function by creating open access to campus scholarship, and by doing so demonstrating library value and the value of the institution as a whole, however only 15 percent of PALNI’s supported institutions currently have an IR system.
Read the full press release here.
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