 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Customer Service Assistant (part-time)
Brownsburg Public Library
Adult and Teen Librarian
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Experience Manager
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
Maker Librarian
Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library
CATS Production Assistant (part-time)
Monroe County Public Library
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Call for authors for local author fair
Batesville Memorial Public Library
Garrett library hosting traveling exhibit
Garrett Public Library
Digital tours to explore early history in Clark County
Jeffersonville Township Public Library
Greater Lafayette libraries offer physical and online resources
Purdue Libraries and Tippecanoe County Public Library
Wabash Valley Community Foundation gives 120 nonprofits $573,000 in grants
Sullivan County Public Library and Vigo County Public Library
Tyson Library seeking artists
Tyson Library
Vigo library features clay works by Terre Haute artist on YouTube
Vigo County Public Library
Walton library offering State Parks passes
Walton-Tipton Township Public Library
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 Voting for the 2020-21 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award is open and will close on May 7. Participants may read about and vote for any of the 25 nominated books here by clicking on the book cover and then clicking on the Vote Here box to the left of the book cover image that comes up for each title. There is no minimum number of books that students must read in order to rate a Rosie book nominee.
Under the umbrella of the Indiana Library Federation, the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, also known as the Rosie Award, is chosen annually by students across Indiana in grades nine through 12. Students at participating high schools, public libraries or homeschoolers who read any of the approximately 25 nominated books are eligible to rate each book they've read. The votes are tabulated each May, and the winner is announced.
The purpose of the Rosie Award is to encourage independent reading among high school students. It also promotes cooperation between school administrators, media specialists, teachers and public librarians in broadening reading programs. Rosie promotes reading across the curriculum. Click here to learn more about the Rosie Award, including how to participate and how to nominate a book.
 On May 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library and the Central Indiana DNA Interest Group will present a "Virtual DNA Workshop." This free event will take place virtually via Zoom. Registration is now open.
The workshop will focus on using various DNA tools to understand how people are connected to their DNA matches. Speakers from CIDIG will cover topics on understanding genetic genealogy; reviewing DNA results; comparing shared matches; building family trees based upon DNA matches; and using various DNA tools to analyze matches. Using the Zoom chat feature, attendees will be able to submit questions during the sessions and during the panel discussion at the end of the program.
Three sessions will be featured during the event. Denise Anderson-Decina will present "Your DNA Test Results Arrived – What’s My Next Step?," Andrea Ackermann will present "Shared Matches and Genetic Networks" and Angela Guntz will present "Ancestry Tools: Putting it all Together in Your Family Trees." Click here to read session descriptions and to register.
Please contact Jamie Dunn, Genealogy Division supervisor at the Indiana State Library, with any questions.
 On Tuesday, May 4 from 1-2:30 p.m., the Indiana State Library will host its second "Summer Reading 2021 Roundtable," a discussion about summer reading programs across the state. The free roundtable will be held virtually via Zoom.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their questions, concerns, ideas and anything else related to summer reading in 2021 to the discussion. The roundtable will offer participants an opportunity to crowdsource answers and suggestions from their peers as the landscape for this year's summer reading programs comes into focus. This second roundtable also offers attendees a chance to discuss last-minute summer reading program preparations.
Beth Yates of the Indiana State Library will facilitate the discussion, but the roundtable will be driven by participants and the materials they share and discuss.
All Indiana public library staff who touch summer reading programs are welcome, including but not limited to organizers and frontline staff serving any age groups. Discussion will not be limited to the Collaborative Summer Library Program, or their 2021 "Tails and Tales" theme, and will cover all aspects of summer reading. Anyone involved in summer reading programs is welcome to join the discussion.
The roundtable is eligible for one LEU for Indiana library staff holding a standard five-year certification. Please note that up to 10 LEUs per five-year certificate period may be earned for attending professional roundtable meetings. LEUs can only be earned for attending a roundtable live.
Click here to register and for more information.
Please contact Beth Yates, children's consultant at the Indiana State Library, with any questions about the "Summer Reading 2021 Roundtable."
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Advanced Cataloging in Evergreen 3.4 - Part 2 - Adding Bibliographic Records
When: April 22, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Where: Webinar
GIS in the 1700s! Indiana's Historic Land Record Field Notes Digitized into Online Maps
When April 22, 2-3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
What's Up Wednesday: Mental Maintenance
When: April 28, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Summer Reading 2021 Roundtable Discussion
When: May 4, 1-2:30 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Critical Hit: Using Dungeons and Dragons to Gamify Training and Evaluation
When: May 11, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
What’s Up Wednesday - Get INSPIRED: Live Demo/Q&A
When: May 12, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Libraries Will Save the World! Implementing Sustainability at Your Library
When: May 26, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
2021 Public Library Budget Workshop and Legislative Update
When: May 27, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
2021 Public Library Budget Workshop and Legislative Update
When: June 2, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Where: Webinar
 Welcome to Digital Collection Highlights. Every other week, librarians at the Indiana State Library share images from the library's ever-growing digital collections. Visit the Digital Collections page to view the latest additions.
 This small map of Marion County packs a mighty punch. The physical map is only about 2 square feet. Digitized, one can zoom in on details of interest. It is helpful to start with the map key, located in the upper right-hand corner. Many types of transportation are identified: steam railroads, electric railroads, gravel roads, mud roads and interurban stops. It is a bonanza of transportation history in one image. The electric railroads, or interurbans, are a prominent and unique feature of this map.
Electric interurbans crossed the state at the turn of the century. They didn’t last long but local historians and railroad hobbyists often research the impact they had on communities. Almost every city with a decent-sized population had an electric line connection: Peru, Lafyette, Richmond, Muncie and Ft. Wayne, for example.
Why were they so popular? As shown on the map, many of the roads connecting neighborhoods are designated as “ordinary or mud roads;” not even gravel, and certainly not paved. The electric rail was a much more comfortable and reliable mode of travel than a wagon or early automobile. What led to their demise? Improved roads and comfortable automobiles.
One can easily find interurban maps of the state and region online, such as this map. However, it’s more difficult to find a map of the city and the details offered in this map. The details might be important to neighborhood historians and curious train enthusiasts. For instance, this map shows some stops along Pendleton Pike being named Apple, Days, Springer, which can be traced to landowners in the area. Toward Greenwood we see the stops numbered. If Stop 11 Road near the Johnson County line sounds familiar, it’s because that road took the name from the interurban stop.
Here’s another neat map from the collection, it doesn’t show the detail of the stops but it has red lines more clearly indicating the web of electric rail lines around the city – 1910 Mendenhall.
All the maps that the Indiana State Library has posted online may be downloaded at no charge. View more of the Map Collection here.
The Jasper County Public Library has partnered with the Indiana State Library to bring its patrons a rotating collection of large print items. The Rensselaer library has 60 large print titles on loan from the State Library for all JCPL patrons to enjoy. Every three months, the State Library will rotate the items out with 60 different large print titles.
This new program is made possible through the Talking Book and Braille Library at the Indiana State Library.
Learn more about the Talking Book and Braille Library here.
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