 This week's new Indiana library jobs
Access Services Assistant (part-time)
Hamilton East Public Library
Public Services Assistant (part-time)
Hamilton East Public Library
Assistant Director
Hammond Public Library
Circulation Assistant
Harrison County Public Library
Youth Services Assistant
LaGrange County Public Library
Children’s Librarian
Middlebury Public Library
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Hartsville poet selected for publication
Indiana State Library
Indy Public Library interim CEO talks about plans to build relationships, trust
Indianapolis Public Library
Library display focuses on 9/11
Ligonier Public Library
Library launches vertical garden with grant
Oakland City Columbia Township Public Library
St. Joseph County library makes decades of Tribune photos available to the public
St. Joseph County Public Library
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 The Indiana State Literacy Association has announced Sept. 16 and 18 as the dates for its 57th Annual Conference. This year's conference will be entirely virtual, held via Zoom. The ISLA encourages participants to learn, grow and network with Indiana educators.
This year's conference features 15 presenters, including Edith Campbell of the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University; Lisa Fipps of the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; and Darcy Armstrong of the Eckhart Public Library. The conference covers a wide range of topics, with sessions such as "TeachingBooks Tools for a Culturally Responsive Classroom;" "Defending the Right to Read: Handling Materials Challenges in Classrooms and Libraries;" "We’re Here, We’re Queer, Make a Place for Us;" and more.
Online attendee registration is $20 for ISLA members and $35 for non-members. Click here to register. Click here to see the full schedule with session descriptions.
Please contact Kristin Patrick, technology integration coach at Noblesville Schools, with any questions.
 The American Library Association has announced a new grant for libraries designed to spark conversations about American history and culture through an examination of the women’s suffrage movement.
To qualify for this grant, the applying institution must be a library - public, tribal, school, academic or special - residing in the U.S. or U.S. territories. Read the grant guidelines and frequently asked questions.
Through Let’s Talk About It: Women’s Suffrage, participants will read a series of books curated by humanities scholars and discuss the people and events from this often under-taught part of U.S. history.
Twenty-five libraries will be selected to receive a $1,000 stipend to support programming costs, 10 copies of five themed books, access to programming guides and support materials, virtual training on the LTAI model, a suite of online resources and more.
Applications will be accepted from Sept. 1 through Dec. 1. Library workers can apply online.
Please reach out to ALA with any questions.
 On Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., the Haughville branch location of the Indianapolis Public Library will host the Near West Job Fair, in partnership with the Hawthorne Community Center. The fair will help Hoosiers find employment opportunities. Participating employers include Goodwill Industries, Nelbud Services, IUPUI, EmployIndy, Sunshine Maintenance, Amazon, Job Corp, Cintas, Crown Services, United States Postal Service and First Student.
The Career Center at the Haughville branch will be open during the job fair to provide free one-on-one assistance with creating a resume, searching for a career online or filling out job applications.
Last year, due to the economic impact of COVID-19, Indiana reached its highest unemployment rate since the recession of 1982. Many Hoosiers are still struggling to get back on their feet and find adequate employment opportunities. IndyPL has several free job centers at their branch locations with staff available to assist patrons with resume building, interview prep, proofreading, creating an email and job searching assistance. For example, IndyPL's Lawrence location will host monthly job center sessions from September through December. Each session will offer one-on-one assistance for to up to four patrons.
For information on the Near West Job Fair and Career Center click here. For information on the job center at the Lawrence branch click here. Read the press release here.
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Difference is You Conference
When: Sept. 17, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: Virtual Conference
Content Creation for Your Library
When: Sept. 22, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
What’s Up Wednesday: Navigating Fiscal Body Approval for Library Bonds
When: Sept. 29, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Library Programming for Parents with Infants: What, Why, and How? with Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen of Mother Goose on the Loose
When: Sept. 29, 1-2:15 p.m.
Where: Webinar
Video Game Development for Library Activities and Outreach
When: Oct. 6, 4-5 p.m.
Where: Webinar
What's Up Wednesday - Get INSPIRED: Using ISL Digital Collections through INSPIRE
When: Oct. 13, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
Where Do We Go From Here? Reaching Young Patrons Post-Pandemic
When: Oct. 19, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Where: Webinar
What’s Up Wednesday: Gameschooling - Using Board Games in the Classroom
When: Oct. 27, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Webinar
What’s Up Wednesday - Get INSPIRED: Live Demo/Q&A with Paula Newcom
When: Nov. 10, 10-11 a.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.
 Founded around 1908 by an education reformer named Edward Rumely, the Interlaken School in LaPorte, offered a unique take on traditional education for boys. Influenced by the New School movement in Europe, the school combined classic academic training with rural manual labor. Students and faculty alike toiled together at farming, gardening, and traditional educational pursuits with the ultimate aim of making students self-sufficient.
This prospectus for the school - available in the Indiana State Library Digital Collections - opens with a quote from Leo Tolstoy which tidily summarizes the school’s principles: “Let them do all they can for themselves; carry their own water, fill their own jugs, wash up, arrange their own rooms, clean their boots and clothes, lay the table. Believe me, that unimportant as these things may seem, they are a hundred times more important for your children's happiness, than a knowledge of French or of history.” The school closed in 1918.
 This month, the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services is offering virtual MARC and RDA training classes.
On Sept. 14-16, MCLS is offering "MARC: An Introduction." The instructor will present an overview to MARC records and related terminology, such as the fixed and variable fields, tags, indicators, subfields and International Standard Bibliographic Description punctuation marks.
Also on Sept. 14-16, MCLS is offering "Original Cataloging of Digital Resources Using RDA." This hands-on workshop teaches participants how to original catalog digital resources using such tools as the RDA toolkit and the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy Statements.
On Sept. 21-23, MCLS is offering "Copy Cataloging of Sound Recordings Using RDA." This workshop teaches participants how to do copy cataloging of physical sound recordings - CDs, MP3s and cassettes, both musical and nonmusical - using such tools as RDA and OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards.
Each course is approved for six LEUs for Indiana library staff. Registration for each course is $100 for MCLS members and $200 for non-members. Click the above hyperlinks to register for each course, to read in-depth descriptions and to view class times and prerequisites.
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