 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Assistant Manager, Reference/Local History Department
Crawfordsville District Public Library
Information Services Librarian
Hammond Public Library
Youth Services Librarian or Assistant Librarian
Vigo County Public Library
Teen Services Manager
Wells County Public Library
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Bedford Chamber Of Commerce award ceremony available to watch online
Bedford Public Library
Evergreen Book Club creates online readers group
Evergreen Indiana and Ligonier Public Library
Shawswick 4th-grader wins state essay contest
Indiana State Library
Challenge Match raises more than $1.8M for 49 nonprofits
Morrisson-Reeves Library
NCPL Central Branch to be vaccine site
Noble County Public Library
RPL becomes an Evergreen library
Rushville Public Library
Local library to have computers available for taxes
Tyson Library
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 The submission deadline for the 2020-21 Indiana Letters About Literature writing contest is Monday, Jan. 11. Letters About Literature is a letter-writing contest for students in Indiana in grades four through 12. Students are asked to read a book, poem or speech and write to the author - living or deceased - about how the book affected how they see themselves or how they see the world.
The contest is divided into three levels: Level I for ages four through six, Level II for grades seven and eight and Level III for grades nine through 12. In each level, the first-place winner receives $100, the second-place winner receives $50 and the third-place winner receives $25. There is also a $150 teacher award for the teacher who has gone the extra mile to support their students in entering the contest and a $50 award for the highest-scored letter. All Indiana winners will be announced in late March and will receive an invitation to the virtual awards ceremony, as well as a prize pack.
Click here to read the complete rules, including word count limits, formatting requirements and submission instructions. Click here for more information about Letters About Literature.
Letters About Literature is made possible by the James and Madeleine McMullen Family Foundation and the Indiana State Library Foundation.
 The Indiana State Library would like to congratulate Mykola Zabarenko, winner of the 2020 Statehood Day Essay Contest.
Each year, the Indiana Statehouse Tour Office, in conjunction with the Indiana Center for the Book, holds an essay competition to commemorate Indiana Statehood Day. The competition is open to fourth-graders from public or private schools or who are homeschooled.
Zabarenko, a student at Shawswick Elementary School in Bedford, won the essay contest with his "Diversity in Indiana" essay, which can be read here.
The program is administered by the Indiana Statehouse Tour Office and Indiana Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. The essays are judged by a panel of Indiana State Library staff and volunteer educators. Read more here.
 The Midwest Collaborative for Library Services is offering a host of online library workshops and webinars this month.
On Jan. 12-14, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., MCLS is offering "Assigning Library of Congress Call Numbers: Basic," a three-day online course that will help attendees learn the basics of creating Library of Congress call numbers and cutters. Presenter Autumn Faulkner, who supervises copy catalogers at Michigan State University Libraries, will discuss the basic principles of using LCC schedules, choosing class numbers, creating cutters and shelflisting for a local collection. The course is eligible for six LEUs for Indiana library staff. Cost is $99 for MCLS members and $199 for non-members. Click here to register. Group registration is available.
Also on Jan. 12-14, MCLS is offering "MARC: An Introduction," aimed at giving attendees an understanding of MARC, how to use it and how to create and enter new records. This three-day course will take place from 2-4 p.m. each day. Presenter John Sterbenz, executive director of the Detroit Area Library Network, will discuss how MARC tagging and coding of cataloging data is used in bibliographic records. The course is eligible for six LEUs for Indiana library staff. Cost is $99 for MCLS members and $199 for non-members. Click here to register. Group registration is available.
On Jan. 20, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., MCLS will present "Leveraging Disruption: Building INTRApreneurial Skills to Thrive in a Changing Environment," a one-day course that will help attendees learn "INTRApreneurial" skills that will help them thrive in uncertain times. Mary Ellen Bates, owner of Bates Information Services, will identify the key skills and approaches that enable entrepreneurs to thrive in highly uncertain times, and will teach how librarians can apply these principles in "intrapreneurial"
settings. This workshop has been approved for two non-library related LEUs for Indiana library staff. Cost is $59 for MCLS members and $119 for non-members. Click here to register. Group registration is not available for this course.
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Virtual Tails & Tales CSLP 2021 Training/Roundtable
When: Jan. 11, 1-2:30 p.m.
Where: Webinar
What's Up Wednesday - Get INSPIRED - Introduction to INSPIRE
When: Jan. 13, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Virtual Tails & Tales CSLP 2021 Training/Roundtable
When: Jan. 26, 10-11:30 a.m.
Where: Webinar
What's Up Wednesday: Facilitating a discussion about facilities
When: Jan. 27, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Leap into Science - Light & Shadows virtual training
When: Feb. 4, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Leap into Science - Light & Shadows virtual training
When: Feb. 4, 1-3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Leap into Science - Light & Shadows virtual training
When: Feb. 10, 12-2 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Welcome to the Government Information Minute. Every other 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.
 The Indiana State Data Center at the Indiana State Library occasionally gets requests for historical weather data. Sometimes it's for an exciting reason, like when someone is trying to verify the details of a crime that was committed or when they’re gathering information about a natural disaster. Sometimes the request is tame, like when data is being collected for historical context about in relation to a past news story. Whatever the reason, it’s fascinating to look at previous weather patterns and it’s beneficial to all that local weather data is available going back more than a century. One might wonder where the State Data Center finds the data.
The United States National Weather Service provides this data. Those interested can go directly to their local NWS forecast office website for a broad range of statistics. The Climate Data Online Search can also be used to create a customized report of local daily weather going back more than a century. For an additional fee, reports can be certified by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Indianapolis records can be found here. The weather report in Indianapolis during the first week of the new year in 1921 called for snow! Happy New Year!
 The Indiana State Library has released information about the January What's Up Wednesday webinar that will take place on Jan. 27 from 10-11 a.m.
"Facilitating a discussion about facilities" will feature a panel of directors from across the state who will discuss issues related to facilities management. The panelists will discuss facilities management, including what new directors can do if they suddenly find themselves with more responsibilities for their system's facilities.
The discussion about facilities management is for libraries of all sizes and in all regions of Indiana. Those who have specific questions relating to facilities that they would like to see covered during the webinar can submit their inquiries using this form.
Panelists include Nancy Disbro of the Andrews-Dallas Township Public Library; Winnie Logan of the New Castle Henry County Public Library; and Scott Kinney of the Evansville Vanderburg Public Library.
The webinar is eligible for one LEU for Indiana Library Staff. Click here to register.
The State Library would also like send a reminder that beginning in January, What's Up Wednesday webinar series will expand to include additional INSPIRE-related training sessions. On the second Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m., What's Up Wednesday: Get INSPIRED will cover a topic or issue related to the INSPIRE collection of resources and databases. Click here for more.
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