 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Library Clerk (part-time)
Hamilton North Public Library
Librarian (part-time)
Ivy Tech Community College - Indianapolis
Youth Services Assistant (part-time)
Kendallville Public Library
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League kicks off celebration of women’s suffrage centennial
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Programs to explore ‘Change in Rural America’
Jasper-Dubois County Public Library
'Where the Crawdads Sing' author to visit Kokomo
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Municipal leader: ‘Expect deluge of appeals’ as tax cases head to state review board
Lake County Public Library
Michigan City Public Library announces the 35th season of Writing Out Loud lineup at the Nest
Michigan City Public Library
Jasper County residents recall relatives meeting John Dillinger
Monticello-Union Township Public Library
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 Photo courtesy of Hamilton Heights School Corporation
On Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, the Indiana Historical Bureau, a division of the Indiana State Library, helped dedicate a new state historical marker commemorating Ryan White on the grounds of Hamilton Heights Middle School in Arcadia.
The state historical marker examines White’s battle with AIDS and his commitment to educating others about the disease in the late 1980s. Hamilton Heights High School openly welcomed White in 1987 at a time when discrimination against those with the disease was common. School leadership and the student body fostered a climate of acceptance and trust within the community thanks to their widely-praised educational campaign.
This is the seventh state historical marker in Hamilton County. For more information on other
markers in the county, click here.
State historical markers commemorate significant individuals, organizations, places and events in Indiana history. Read more about the marker program here.
 The fourth Hoosier Women at Work History Conference will take place on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Indiana Historical Society in downtown Indianapolis. The conference committee is now accepting session proposals.
The 2020 theme “Suffrage and Citizenship” is broadly defined and could include examinations of Hoosier women’s work for the vote, equal rights, labor equality, reproductive rights, etc., as well as topics related to equal citizenship for women of color, immigrants and those who identify as LGBTQ. Topics can focus on events from any period in history. They could include, for example, women working for Civil Rights in the 1960s or Native American rights in the 1970s.
Well-developed projects can be presented in the form of a paper or a panel discussion. Projects in the initial phases, or that need additional feedback, can be submitted for a lightning round panel. Academic, student and citizen historians are encouraged to participate. Prizes will be awarded for the three best graduate student papers: $300, $200 and $100 accordingly. Papers should be approximately ten pages and based on original research or a synthesis of scholarship. Summaries of panel discussions and lightning round presentation proposals are welcome as well. PowerPoint or other visual aids are encouraged.
To submit a proposal, email a one-page explanation of your paper or panel, or a paragraph explanation of your lightning proposal, as well as a short biography, to Nicole Poletika by Nov. 1, 2019.
The conference is presented, in part, by the Indiana Historical Bureau and the Indiana State Library. Read more here.
 The Collaborative Summer Library Program is currently seeking volunteers for more than a dozen committees. CSLP is composed completely of volunteers whose hard work and creativity shape both the program and the organization.
While duties vary, committee obligations generally run for one calendar year, and are renewable up to five times. Volunteer sign-ups end on Sept. 27, 2019. All committee work is done virtually; either through email or through phone or online meetings.
CSLP committees include Adult Manual, Early Literacy, Teen Manual, Inclusion, Budget and Finance, Children’s Manual, Child and Community Well-Being, Statistics Committee, School Outreach Committee, Membership, Partners, Vendor, Spanish Early Literacy and Social Media.
Click here to read the prerequisites and to sign-up. Please contact Beth Yates, the Indiana state representative for CSLP, with any questions.
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The Difference is You: We are Community!
When: Sept. 13, 2019, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Consumer Health for Public Librarians
When: Sept. 20, 2019, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: Indiana State Library
Public Libraries in Indiana 101
When: Sept. 23, 2019, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0
When: Oct. 4, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Allen County Public Library
Grants for Youth Services
When: Oct. 16, 2019, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Every Child Ready to Read 2.0
When: Oct. 21, 2019, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Where: Franklin County Public Library - Brookville Branch
Readers' Advisory for Youth Services
When: Oct. 31, 2019, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Central Time
Where: LaCrosse Public Library
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 Tomorrow, Sept. 5, is the 245th anniversary of the convening of the First Continental Congress at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. In 1774, delegates from 12 of the 13 American colonies met to discuss the creation of the Continental Association in response to the actions of the British Parliament. From 1773 to 1774, the British Parliament had passed the four Intolerable Acts, or Coercive Acts, to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. These acts included the Boston Port Bill, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act and a revised Quartering Act.
The Library of Congress provides access to government documents related to the meeting in their online exhibit, “A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875,” including Letters of Delegates to Congress, Continental Congress and diary entries from John Adams and Richard Smith. In LOC’s Digital Collections, one can find images of items dating back to 1774, such as broadsides containing public notices, essays and descriptions of the events of the First and Second Continental Congresses, along with lesson plans for teachers and librarians.
 Entries are now being accepted for the Statehood Day Essay Contest, an annual competition to commemorate Indiana Statehood Day. The contest, presented by the Indiana Statehouse Tour Office, in conjunction with the Indiana Center for the Book, encourages fourth graders to submit an essay reflective of the 2019 theme, "Today is Tomorrow's History."
The contest is open to all Indiana fourth graders. These students are taught Indiana history as part of their fourth-grade curriculum. The essays are judged by a panel of Indiana State Library staff and volunteer educators.
Winners will be invited to read their essays at one of four participating locations on Statehood Day, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019: The Indiana State Library, the Statehouse, the Indiana State Museum or the Indiana Historical Society. Entries must be received by Friday, Oct, 18, 2019.
Click here to view the newly-updated Statehood Day Essay Contest website. The site includes the complete rules, lesson plans for teachers, entry forms and information on how groups of fourth graders can attend the program.
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