 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Assistant Director
Carmel Clay Public Library
Mobile Library Assistant (part-time)
Carmel Clay Public Library
Instruction and Access Services Librarian
Manchester University - Funderburg Library
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Two libraries have received 'Historical Sketches of Steuben' donation
Allen County Public Library and Carnegie Public Library of Steuben County
Dillsboro photo contest could put your entries in a traveling Smithsonian exhibit
Aurora Public Library District
The promise of poetry to boost Indiana’s creativity
Indiana State Library
Library closing for Crothersville festival
Jackson County Public Library
Monticello library talk explores life, death of NASA astronaut Gus Grissom
Monticello-Union Township Public Library
Registration open for summer reading club
Washington Carnegie Public Library
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 On May 25, 2019, the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library kicked off its summer reading program at all eight EVPL locations. Themed "Our Summer: Reading is for Everyone," the program is open to preschoolers, school-aged children, teens and adults.
Once signed up, participants will receive a reading log and may track their reading by the number of books read or by the number of hours spent reading. Audio books qualify for the program. For those who would like to track their progress online, EVPL's Beanstack app is available.
At one hour of reading or at one book read, patrons get to spin the prize wheel. At 10 hours, or 10 books, they earn another spin. At 20 hours, or 20 books, participants are entered into a drawing for a grand prize $100 Visa gift card. There is one grand prize for each age group. At 100 hours, or 100 books, the reader earns a second grand prize drawing entry form.
Click here to watch a video detailing the library's summer reading program.
 Library workers are invited to apply to be part of the American Library Association’s Great Stories Club series on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation, a thematic reading and discussion program that engages underserved teens through literature-based library outreach programs and racial healing work. An expansion of ALA’s longstanding Great Stories Club program model, the TRHT series features books that explore questions of race, equity, identity, history, institutional change and social justice. The theme for this round is “Growing Up Brave on the Margins: Courage and Coming of Age.”
Participating libraries will work with groups of approximately 10 teens; provide up to four theme-related books for each participant to keep as their own; and provide opportunities for exploration and discussion of relevant humanities content among peers.
Grantee benefits include 11 paperback copies of up to four books on the reading list; a programming stipend of up to $1,200; travel and accommodation expenses paid for attendance at a two-day orientation workshop in Chicago; and additional resources, training and support from ALA’s Public Programs Office. Up to 35 libraries will be selected.
Public, school, academic and special libraries are eligible. Participating libraries must work in partnership with, or be located within, an organization that reaches underserved teens, such as juvenile justice facilities, alternative high schools, agencies serving teenage foster children or youth-focused community nonprofits.
Project guidelines, including the reading list, may be viewed here. Applications must be submitted by July 15, 2019. Click here for more information about the program.
The Great Stories Club is administered by ALA’s Public Programs Office in partnership with ALA’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services. Funding is provided by the Kellogg Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
 The Collaborative Summer Library Program has announced six official national summer reading champions for the 2019 summer reading theme “A Universe of Stories!” Summer reading champions promote books, reading, and library use during the summer. Most of the champions for this year are affiliated with NASA or space study in some way.
This year's champions are Dr. Kjell Lindgren, NASA astronaut; Dr. Lindy Elkin-Tanton, planetary scientist and professor at Arizona State University; Dr. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute; Dr. Michelle Thaller, assistant director for science communications at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; author Erin Teagen; and Arika Egan, graduate student of astrophysical and planetary sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Click here to watch a video of each champion talking about the program and sharing stories of their own library experiences.
Please contact Beth Yates, children's consultant at the Indiana State Library, with any questions.
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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
Discovery to Delivery IX Conference: Resource Sharing: To Boldly Go!
When: June 7, 2019, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
How Did We Get Here?: Why History Matters and How to Start Researching It
When: June 8, 2019, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
On-Site 2019 Annual PL Budget Workshop & Legislative Update
When: June 17, 2019, 10 :30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Webinar of 2019 Annual PL Budget Workshop & Legislative Update
When: June 17, 2019, 10 :30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Webinar
On-Site 2019 Annual PL Budget Workshop & Legislative Update
When: June 20, 2019, 10 :30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Webinar of 2019 Annual PL Budget Workshop & Legislative Update
When: June 20, 2019, 10 :30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Libraries and the 2020 Census
When: June 25, 2019, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
"Map Reading for Genealogists: When North Isn't" and "Land Records: A Family Historian's 'Bread and Butter'"
When: July 13, 2019, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
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 This past weekend, Americans celebrated Memorial Day, the recognition of the service and sacrifice of the country’s armed forces. The nationwide remembrance of fallen soldiers first occurred with the Memorial Day Order, issued May 5, 1868 by General John A. Logan, which declared May 30, 1868 “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land.” The practice continues today, along with a national moment of remembrance that takes place at 3 p.m. local time.
The first celebrated Memorial Day occurred two years before the official order in Waterloo, New York in 1866. 100 years later, the site was declared by President Lyndon B. Johnson the “official birthplace of Memorial Day.” The federal law officially changed two years later with the observance of the holiday to the last Monday of May, and extended the honor to all American soldiers who died in combat. In Indiana, the Indiana War Memorials work to commemorate Hoosiers who served. While most state sites are closed for Memorial Day, the War Memorials are open.
 The 2019 Discovery to Delivery IX conference, themed "Resource Sharing: To Boldly Go!," and 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. There is no cost to attend. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Tomorrow, May 30, 2019, is the last day to register for D2D9. The conference program can be found here. Please contact the conference committee with any questions.
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