 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Children’s Programmer
Dunkirk Public Library
Bookkeeper
Hancock County Public Library
Outreach Services Department Head
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
Clerical Assistant
Indiana State Library
Librarian – Talking Books and Braille
Indiana State Library
Program Specialist (school age)
Indianapolis Public Library
Public Services Librarian (two openings)
Indianapolis Public Library
Children’s Librarian
Johnson County Public Library
Head of Human Resources
Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
Assistant Library Director
Putnam County Public Library
Programming Director (part-time)
Sheridan Public Library
Head Technical Services Librarian
Tippecanoe 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.
Library's Lincoln Collection to be displayed
Allen County Public Library
Emerick retiring from Monticello-Union Township Public Library
Monticello-Union Township Public Library
Opening a community pantry at the NMPL
North Manchester Public Library
RCCF announces first quarter grant recipients
Tyson Library
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 InfoExpress renewal submissions are now being accepted for the 2021-22 service year. This year's earlier renewal deadline is June 1, but participants will have until July 31 to submit payment.
The Indiana State Library's contract with NOW Courier calls for a 2.5% increase in cost for each of the upcoming two service years. For 2021-22, the State Library is choosing to subsidize the increased cost for all participating libraries. It is anticipated that the rates for libraries will increase by 2.5% in 2022-23. A 2% late surcharge will be added to payments postmarked after Friday, July 31. Service will be suspended effective Monday, Aug. 2 if the full payment is not submitted by July 31. The 2021-22 service year runs from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
For the 2021-22 service year, the subsidized annual subscription cost to libraries for one day of service per week will remain $300. This subsidy is limited to one library per system. Branches are not eligible for this subsidy, nor are corporate libraries or public libraries not meeting standards. The cost for non-subsidized libraries is $910 per service day annually. See the current rates here.
The State Library will continue to offer a resource sharing rate subsidy to qualifying libraries if they subscribe to a second day of service. In order to qualify for this subsidy, the library must meet one of the following criteria: Subscribe to five-day-a-week InfoExpress service; subscribe to an OCLC ILL system; participate as a member of Evergreen Indiana; participate in SRCS; or be a net lender.
Click here to sign in and renew. Renewals must be submitted before June 1 to ensure continuation of service. School libraries are on a modified timeline to accommodate the academic calendar. School renewal requests should be submitted by Sept. 1, and payment is due by Sept. 30 to avoid the suspension of service as of Oct. 1 and a 2% surcharge.
Please contact the InfoExpress coordinator via email or at 317-232-3699 with any questions.
 On Wednesday, May 19 from 2-3 p.m., the Indiana State Library will host "What Does Climate Change Mean for Indiana?" This webinar will put global changes into local perspective by exploring specific ways changing climate patterns affect Indiana.
Presented by Melissa Widhalm, operations manager with the Purdue Climate Change Research Center in West Lafayette, the webinar will also provide strategies for improving climate change literacy and supporting climate conversations in formal and informal educational settings.
"What Does Climate Change Mean for Indiana?" is eligible for one LEU for Indiana library staff. The LEU certificate will be available to download at the end of the webinar. Click here to read more about the webinar and click here to register.
Please contact George Bergstrom, Southwest regional coordinator at the Indiana State Library, with any questions about the webinar or registration.
 Registration is open for the Indiana State Library's 2021 Annual Public Library Budget Workshop.
The Budget Workshop is recommended for public library directors, business managers, bookkeepers, treasurers and library trustees. Fred Van Dorp of the Department of Local Government Finance and Todd Caldwell and Susan Gordon of the State Board of Accounts will review changes and share information on federal and state legislative actions and financial and budgetary changes that are helpful in the public library budgetary planning process.
This year's workshop will be held on Thursday, May 27 and repeated on Wednesday, June 2. The schedule for both workshops will go as follows: Fred Van Dorp of the Department of Local Government Finance speak from 9:30-11:30 a.m; a lunch break will occur from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m; Todd Caldwell and Susan Gordon of the State Board of Accounts will present from 1-3 p.m; and the day will end with announcements from the Indiana State Library.
Both sessions will be held virtually via Zoom and each session will be worth four general LEUs for Indiana library staff. Library staff should only attend one of the two workshops.
Click here to register for the May 27 workshop or click here to register for the June 2 workshop.
Please contact Hayley Trefun, public library consultant in the Library Development Office at the Indiana State Library, with any questions about the Annual Budget Workshop.
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What Does Climate Change Mean for Indiana?
When: May 19, 2-3 p.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
What’s Up Wednesday - Get INSPIRED: Business Databases in INSPIRE
When: June 9, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
What's Up Wednesday: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Public Library Social Service
When: June 30, 10-11 a.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.
 National Prevention Week is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, mental health and substance use disorders. The Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration of the U.S. Health and Human Services provides a public education platform that promotes prevention year-round through providing ideas, capacity building, tools and resources to help individuals and communities make substance use prevention happen every day.
SAMHSA provides resources to help teens get smart about harmful substances, and the very real consequences of misusing them, with their Tips for Teens series that contains downloadable fact sheets for display. One can also learn underage drinking prevention strategies for colleges or universities in the College Drinking: Prevention Perspectives video series. The newest guide for parents with teens from SAMHSA’s “Talk. They Hear You” campaign is about the risks associated with misusing prescription pain medications, alcohol and substance use, marijuana and vaping.
SAMHSA provides downloadable brochures and pamphlets. One can also order large quantities for public programming. There are toolkits, promotional materials and webinars to help communities get involved with National Prevention Week.
 The Indiana Library Federation has announced the 2020-21 Young Hoosier Book Award winners.
"Can I Be Your Dog" by Troy Cummings won the picture book category with 5,961 votes; "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold won the intermediate book category with 519 votes; and "New Kid" by Jerry Craft won the middle grades book category with 169 votes. Overall, more than 40,000 votes were submitted for the 2020-21 Young Hoosier Book Awards.
According to ILF, the Young Hoosier Book Award Program is designed to stimulate self-selected reading among elementary, middle and junior high school children.
Please visit ILF's Young Hoosier Book Award website to learn how to participate and how to nominate a book. The website also contains information on the selected books and a video highlighting the voting process.
"A Trauma-Informed Approach to Public Library Social Service" has been announced as the Indiana State Library's What's Up Wednesday session topic for June. The webinar will take place from 10-11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30.
This session presents replicable steps in providing library services, designing and implementing policies and supplying holistic training for staff utilizing a trauma-informed lens. As libraries are asked to do more with less, this session highlights easily attained methods of becoming trauma-informed and establishing a system which reflects the assets of the community and organizational values.
Presenters will be Trudi Green, assistant director for public services, Athens Regional Library System; Jennifer Elkins, associate professor, University of Georgia School of Social Work; and Valerie Bell, executive director, Athens Regional Library System.
Click here to register. One LEU is available for Indiana library staff.
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