 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Information Services Manager
Anderson Public Library
Information Services Manager
Brownsburg Public Library
Library Systems Specialist
Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University
Adult Engagement Coordinator
Hamilton East Public Library
Program Director 2 – Reader Advisor
Indiana State Library
Program Director 2 – Reader Advisory and Outreach
Indiana State Library
Senior Information Assistant
Monroe County Public Library
Technical Services Department Head
Shelby County Public Library
Reference and Instruction Librarian
University of Saint Francis
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.
Poetry reading with Matthew Graham
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
History programs feature unique stories
Franklin County Public Library District
Honda gives library $12,000
Greensburg-Decatur County Public Library
Library spotlights African American family trees
Hammond Public Library
'Black Panther' graphic novel discussion at the library
Indianapolis Public Library
Poetry in Color brings art and poetry together
Jasper County Public Library
Meeting: Jasper Public Library Board
Jasper-Dubois County Public Library
Festival Country Indiana awards $32,038 in tourism grants
Johnson County Public Library
KHCPL offers 3D printing, creates digital den for teens, adults
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Inside the world's only public collection of mechanical puzzles
Lilly Library at Indiana University
Lilly Library exhibit showcases erotic, previously-censored materials
Lilly Library at Indiana University
Library gets specific with patron conduct policy
Noble County Public Library
Email your news links for inclusion in the Wednesday Word's "In the news" section.
If you would like to be featured in the Wednesday Word, please email a press release and a photo.
 Follow the Indiana State Library's blog for weekly posts covering all aspects of the state library. Visit the blog here.
If you are an Indiana library employee and would like to contribute a guest blog, please send us an email here with your idea.
Back issues of the Wednesday Word are available here.
|
 Angi Porter recently joined the Indiana State Library as the department’s newest genealogy librarian.
Previously, Porter has worked in public libraries and museums, including the Genealogy and Local History Department of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library in Ohio and the Monroe County History Center in Indiana. Most recently, she was employed as children’s librarian with the Indianapolis Public Library.
An "Indiana girl," born in Henry County and raised in Wayne and Delaware counties, Porter earned her bachelor's degree, with an emphasis in elementary education, from Ball State University. She completed her Master of Library Science degree at Kent State University. When not working on her personal genealogy, she enjoys reading non-fiction and traveling. Porter says she “descends from ‘good’ Quaker stock” and is somewhat of an Anglophile.
She may be reached via email.
 Near Mount Vernon, Washington. Photo by Marsha Williamson Mohr.
On Friday, May 3, 2019, the Frankfort Community Public Library will celebrate the family farm, old barns and "the blooms that brighten our days" with "Barns and Blooms." The Friends of the Frankfort Public Library invite the public to attend this event that commemorates the approach of summer, warm weather, flowers and planting.
Fair Oaks Farms will kick things off outside of the library at 4 p.m. with their traveling dairy exhibit. At 5 p.m., a garden reception, the opening of the vendor booths and an art exhibit will take place inside of the library.
The exhibition and sale is comprised of the works of photographers Marsha Williamson Mohr and Cherri Flora and of paintings by Rena Brouwer and the adult students from her painting class. Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, author of the weekly column "Hoosier Gardener" in the Indianapolis Star, will demonstrate planting spring containers. Indianapolis gardener and author, Carol Michel, will present “The Secrets to Happiness in Your Garden.”
The event is generously produced in cooperation with the Clinton County Visitor and Tourism Commission. More information, including a complete list of more than 20 vendors, schedule and sponsors, can be found here. The library is located at 208 W. Clinton St. in Frankfort.
 On Thursday, March 28, 2019, a unique recognition activity was held for a special group of offenders at the Rockville Correctional Facility library. The select group of nine women had never received a report of conduct action, a distinction that none of the other 1,200 offenders at the facility can claim. The reports are used throughout the Indiana Department of Correction to encourage self-discipline and self-control and assist in preparing the offender for re-entry into the community.
Public information officer April Bonomo, who has been at the library for 12 years, got the idea after seeing public libraries around the state putting on mini-golf events. “When reading about the various activities that take place at the public libraries, I like to imagine ways to make them work in a correctional library setting. The mini-golf idea was one that worked out perfectly,” Bonomo said.
The offenders were rewarded for their good behavior with an opportunity to participate in the library's mini-golf tournament. With golf clubs made of rolled-up newspapers and old library cards and overturned bookends acting as the holes, the participants played through two rounds of five challenging book-themed holes. The Recreation Department also provided chips, candy bars and canned soft drinks.
More information about the Rockville Correctional Facility can be found here.
 On May 24, 2019, at 10 a.m., the Wells County Public Library will host the next Northern Indiana Computer Consortium for Libraries-sponsored IT round table.
With no set topic, NICCL encourages attendees to bring their ideas for future discussions and to bring something to share with the group. NICCL wants to see and hear about the latest gadgets, toys, devices and ideas currently being used in a library setting.
NICCL will be providing lunch. Please RSVP to Rich Weiland.
|
Where's My Cape? Managing a Youth Services Department
When: April 24, 2019, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0
When: April 29, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Jeffersonville Township Public Library - Clarksville Branch
SRCS Training - What's New in V6 and ILL Refresher
When: April 30, 2019, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
SRCS Training - What's New in V6 and ILL Refresher
When: May 1, 2019, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Central Time
Where: Crown Point Community Library
SRCS Training - What's New in V6 and ILL Refresher
When: May 2, 2019, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0
When: May 3, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Indianapolis Public Library - Library Services Center
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.
 How far would a dollar go in previous generations? Travel back to the 1920s with the CPI inflation calculator from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Enter a month and year between January 1913 and March 2019, and view the buying power of any denomination of U.S. money.
For example, $1.50 in 1920 had the same buying power as $19.36 today – a 92% jump in 99 years. The BLS consumer price index webpage explains what the CPI is and what it measures. The main idea behind the CPI is that the BLS takes a "market basket" of items that families and individuals actually bought and uses the prices of these items to estimate the average change in price over time. It’s a way to determine how inflation will affect the consumer. Happy counting!
The Indiana State Library's Statewide Remote Circulation Service, also known as SRCS, is receiving an update scheduled to arrive mid-May. Highlights include a new, more efficient search engine; faster retrieval of results; and easier home page design and customization.
Prior to the implementation of the next version of SRCS, the state library has set up three in-person training opportunities around the state at the following locations:
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Eastern
Indiana State Library, Room 401
315 W Ohio St
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Register for in-person
Register for webinar
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Central
Crown Point Community Library
122 N Main St
Crown Point, IN 46307
Register here
Thursday, May 2, 2019
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Eastern
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
180 W Spring St
New Albany, IN 47150
Register here
The Indianapolis session on April 30 will be available as both a live and recorded webinar.
The ILL workflow for staff will not be changing, but the training will include time for a refresher and Q&A with state library and Auto-Graphics staff. Registered attendees are eligible to earn up to three TLEUs.
Please contact Nicole Brock, resource sharing coordinator at the Indiana State Library, with any questions.
 On March 18, 2019, campus leaders of the PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning program attended a workshop facilitated by the Open Textbook Network to learn how to roll out this open educational resource program on their campus. Attendees from eight of PALNI’s supported institutions were trained to encourage the faculty adoption of open educational resources in the classroom, and in doing so maximize student success.
This was the second and final train-the-trainer workshop led by OTN. In the future, PALNI’s PALSave System Leaders and campus ambassadors will continue the outreach and training at locally-hosted PALSave workshops. Though still in the early stages, the PALSave program is proving successful with over a third of the PALNI institutions hosting workshops. Faculty have written 34 open textbook reviews and several have indicated their choice to adopt OERs in the classroom.
For more information about PALSave: PALNI Affordable Learning or PALNI’s membership in OTN, contact PALNI Scholarly Communications Director Amanda Hurford or view the PALSave website.
|
