 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Area Resource Manager
Indianapolis Public Library
Supervisor, Computer Instruction
Indianapolis Public Library
Youth Librarian
La Porte County Public Library
Children’s and Teen Community Engagement Librarian
Monroe County Public Library
Adult Reference Assistant (part-time)
Putnam County Public Library
Youth Services Assistant (part-time)
Putnam County Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
Youth Services Librarian
Vigo County 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.
Digital archive helping people trace family history through Holocaust
Allen County Public Library
Attend free class about internet safety at library
Brown County Public Library
'Indy Windy' exhibit on display at Gary library for another two weeks
Gary Public Library
Event to feature Grissom program
Greentown Public Library
Blair Pointe student wins 2019 statewide Letters About Literature competition
Indiana State Library
Jeffersonville Township library to close for several days
Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library needs $300K this month for new space
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library to host annual Community Job Fair
Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library
PCPL’s Zerkel, Briscoe to be featured in Community Conversation May 14
Putnam County Public Library
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 The 2019-2020 InfoExpress renewal period is now open. Libraries must renew their registration before July 1, 2019 to continue to receive uninterrupted service. Payment will be due by July 31, 2019. Service will be suspended effective August 1, 2019 if payment is not received in full by July 31. The 2019-2020 service year runs from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. A 2% surcharge will apply to all payments made electronically or postmarked after July 31.
The Indiana State Library will continue to offer a convenient flat-fee annual subscription model and has increased subsidies for the service as much as feasible, but the costs for this service will increase for the first time in five years. The annual subscription cost for InfoExpress service will be $910 per delivery day. The Indiana State Library will provide an upfront subsidy of $610 for the first delivery day for qualifying libraries, making one-day-per-week service available for $300. Public libraries not meeting standards and corporate libraries are not eligible for this subsidy. This subsidy is limited to one library per system. Branches are not eligible for this subsidy. The cost for non-subsidized libraries is $910 per service day annually.
Additionally, select libraries may qualify for an additional $210 resource sharing rate subsidy if they subscribe to a second day of service. In order to qualify for this second day subsidy, a library must meet one of the following criteria: subscribe to five-day-a-week InfoExpress service; subscribe to OCLC ILL system; participate as a member of Evergreen Indiana; participate in SRCS; or be a net lender.
InfoExpress service may be renewed here. Please contact InfoExpress with any questions about the service or the renewal process.
 The Indiana Library Federation has announced the winners of the 2018-2019 Young Hoosier Book Awards. In 2018, the ILF Board approved changing the grade levels for YHBA books. The new categories are picture books, for grades kindergarten through second grade; intermediate books, for grades three through five; and middle school books, for grades six through eight. This year, Indiana librarians and staff submitted 54,177 total votes. The winners are as follows:
"This is My Book!" by Mark Pett received 6,686 votes in the picture book category.
"Maxi's Secrets" by Lynn Plourde received 591 votes in the intermediate grade category.
"Scythe" by Neal Shusterman received 181 votes in the middle grade category.
According to ILF, "The purpose of the Young Hoosier Book Award Program is to stimulate recreational reading among elementary and middle school and junior high school children." Read more about the awards here.
 Registration is now open for the Discovery to Delivery IX resource sharing conference. This year's theme is "To Boldly Go!"
The D2D9 conference, hosted by the Academic Libraries of Indiana and the Indiana State Library, is a free, one-day resource sharing conference that is open to all Indiana libraries. The conference will be held Friday, June 7, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Indiana State Library located at 315 W. Ohio Street in Indianapolis.
Click here to register. To guarantee registrant materials and lunch, attendees must register before May 30, 2019. Click here to view a newly-posted conference program. Please contact the conference committee with any questions.
 The Indiana SirsiDynix User Group’s annual conference will take place on August 9, 2019 at the Hamilton East Public Library in Fishers. Presentation proposals for the conference are now being accepted and must be submitted by June 14, 2019.
Presentations are being sought in relation to the use of MarcEdit and any of the SirsiDynix product lines. INSIRSI encourages proposals associated with any aspect of using these products, including those related to public services, library instruction, technical services and systems. Presentations should last approximately 45 minutes. Chosen presenters must agree to provide INSIRSI copies of their presentations for posting on their website, if requested. Notification regarding acceptance of proposals will take place by June 28, 2019.
Proposals may be submitted to any, or all, of the following INSIRSI officers: Denise Wirrig of the Bartholomew County Public Library; Larissa Sullivant, of Indiana University; Hannah Alcasid, of Indiana University; or Molly Mrozowski of the Hamilton East Public Library. Questions about the conference may also be submitted to the officers.
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Circulation in Evergreen Indiana
When: May 13, 2019, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Holds & Transits in Evergreen Indiana
When: May 13, 2019, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Making a Mini Makerspace
When: May 15, 2019, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
More Than #MotivationMonday: Motivating Your Team Any Day of the Week
When: May 16, 2019, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Women in Leadership: What the Science Says and How to Move Forward in the Era of #MeToo
When: May 22, 2019, 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Community Engagement: Beyond the Buzz
When: May 30, 2019, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
So You Want to Start a Library Podcast?
When: June 5, 2019, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
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 Birch Bayh
With the passing of two Hoosier political legends, former U.S. senators Birch Bayh and Richard Lugar, within two months of each other, it's an apt time to reflect on their achievements and historical influence on international, national, state and local government.
Birch Evans Bayh Jr. served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981. First elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1954 as a Democrat from Vigo County, in 1958 he became the youngest Speaker of the House in the state's history. In 1962, he won a seat in the United States Senate. As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, Bayh authored both the Twenty-fifth Amendment - dealing with presidential vacancy and disability - and the Twenty-sixth Amendment - the reduction of the voting age to 18. Bayh authored Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972 which bans gender discrimination in higher education institutions that receive federal funding. He also authored the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, which provides funds to states that follow federal core protections on the care and treatment of youth in the justice system.
Richard Green Lugar served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. After serving on the Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners, he was elected to two terms, beginning in 1968, as a Republican mayor of Indianapolis. During his tenure, the consolidation of city and county government, known as UniGov, initiated a transformation of Indianapolis into today’s metropolitan center. Elected to the United States Senate in 1976, Lugar was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1985-87 and 2003-07. Much of Lugar's work was toward the dismantling of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons around the world. With co-sponsor Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn, the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 (Nunn–Lugar Act) and its Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program has led to the deactivation of more than 7,500 nuclear warheads. President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Lugar on Nov. 20, 2013.
Both Senator Birch Bayh and Senator Richard Lugar leave enduring legacies, tangible and intangible. In 2003 the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office building in Indianapolis was renamed The Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in honor of U.S. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana. On Oct. 3, 2018, Indiana University announced the naming of the Lee H. Hamilton and Richard G. Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
 The American Library Association Public Programs Office is looking for stories from libraries who have done, or are doing, community engagement work. ALA is interested in learning what that experience has looked like in library setting and what the results have been for the library's institution and community.
Take the survey here.
Submissions may be used as an example in a forthcoming book. If a library's story is selected, they will receive acknowledgement credit in the book or on the relevant website. Contact ALA’s Public Programs Office with any questions.
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