Focus on Indiana Libraries: Volume 72, No. 2

Focus on Indiana Libraries :

Volume 72 Number 2, February 2018

President's Column

I recently returned from ALA’s Midwinter meeting in Denver, where I was honored to represent ILF as your elected president. Libraries all over the country are facing many of the same challenges that we in Indiana are experiencing. From funding concerns to the threat of losing our school librarians, to working to define the future of librarianship as a profession. Read More

In This Issue

President's Column
ILF Events
School Library Census
Advocacy
Help with Communications
Kids Count Data Book
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award
Virtual Exchanges
Great Things in Libraries

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Still catching up in the new year? ILF has posted the entire 2018 calendar . Be sure that your calendar is marked for Conferences, meetings, virtual exchanges and more.

Don't miss important Deadlines

Submit your Proposal idea for a session at one of 8 conferences. If not you, we welcome your speaker and topic recommendations. See combined CALL FOR PROGRAMS.
Help us complete the School Library Census (article below).
Nominate yourself or a colleague for an ILF Award. Write a support letter for a student applying for an ILF academic scholarship. Deadline is June 30.

Save the dates and budget for CONFERENCES:

5 Regional Conferences in April/May - 4/4 in Ft. Wayne, 4/13 in Merrillville, 4/20 in New Albany, 5/15 in Terre Haute and 5/18 in Kokomo. Budget about $40-75, depending upon membership and distance. NOTE that each will have a special keynote and "hands on" sessions in computer labs.
Youth Services Conference - Aug. 19-20 in Muncie. Budget about $200-$450, depending upon membership, distance and hotel nights.
Annual Conference - Nov. 12-14 in Indy; note that IPLA will hold a pre-conference on Nov. 12. Budget about $200-$700, depending upon membership status, distance and hotel nights.

Virtual Exchanges - See article below or link .

Update on the ILF School Library Census Survey

Great partnerships with public libraries. STEM activities. Stressed out librarian after colleague retired and was not replaced. These are just a few of the things we learned in the survey.

Thanks to over 143 volunteers, we are about 36% complete toward our goal of documenting the staffing and features of nearly 2,000 school libraries.

We especially need help in the following 31 counties : Bartholomew, Carroll, Cass, Clark, Clinton, Daviess, Floyd, Greene, Knox, Lake, Marshall, Martin, Miami, Montgomery, Newton, Ohio, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, St. Joseph, Starke, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Wabash, Warrick, Washington and White.

This School Library Census/Survey project is critical to our advocacy for school libraries, as well as outreach to new librarians and other school library personnel. Email us to volunteer .

ILF invites all ILF members to a special end of session virtual update . The virtual meeting will be held Friday , March 16, at 11amET . During this session, you will learn about the bills that passed and what you can do to prepare for the 2019 budget year.

RSVP here .

Halfway point in Statehouse

Bills either died or moved to the second chamber of the Indiana General Assembly last week.

Be sure to read our weekly Advocacy Updates --usually issued on Fridays--to stay informed about policies that affect libraries. In addition to ILF Policy Priorities 2018 , we include dates for Third House sessions around the state and updates about specific bills, such as the ISL-IHB merger.

Members may also access special members-only content, such as bill tracking lists and updates from Bose Public Affairs (at bottom) , our contracted legislative advocate, through login and password.

ILF works with award-winning Top Dog PR Agency

ILF is pleased to work with Top Dog public relations agency from UIndy. The student-led team is providing pro bono services in branding, research and message development for ILF's statewide communications campaign.

Trustee List

We now have 393 out of 622 public library trustee names from member libraries. If your library is an ILF member, we need a list of your current trustees. Please send names and email address of your trustees to Tisa Davis . If you are not sure if you have sent yours in, please contact the ILF office.

Tweet, tag, repeat.

As the statewide messaging campaign is being developed, here are ways you can help to expand our collective reach:

Friend and Like Indiana Library Federation on Facebook
Follow @ilfonline on Twitter
Tag @ilfonline in your tweets
Email Tisa who in your library is responsible for social media, a photo, story or 10-second video from your library.
Add Tisa to your print or email newsletter distribution, including from your Friends.
Download and use one ILF Libraries Transform Because statements that aligns with your current work.

School Librarians, did you know?

School library budget funds MAY be used to pay for professional membership fees with permission of the Principal or appropriate Administrative personnel, according to ILF Board member Diane Rogers after research with her administration. The school library staff member would request to transfer money from their 22220 640 account to a new 22220 810 account and pay the membership fees from that account number. Or, a principal can approve the school PD funds be used to cover the membership cost. The decision is at the building level.

Please consider either becoming a member or renewing your ILF membership .

Facts from IYI's Data Book important to Indiana's Libraries

Indiana Youth Institute released its 2018 Indiana Kids Count Data Book . Here are a few factoids that illustrate current or future impacts on libraries.

75 counties lost child population over last 5 years (p10). Share your ideas on school and public library collaborations those counties.
58% increase in children in foster care (p8) over the same period. Public libraries are developing policies and best practices for supervised visits that are happening at the library. See our virtual exchange below.
59% of children in child care are in "informal care" (p46). Share your best practices for reaching these caregivers with story time, STEM activities and programming.

View your interactive county profile for local data.

Nominations are open for the 2018 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award

Now is the time to nominate your favorite Hoosier author for the 2018 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award! Three winners will be selected, each receiving a cash prize, plus a $2,500 grant for their hometown Indiana public library.Visit indianaauthorsaward.org to nominate an author through March 16. Please share this info via email and on social media to encourage other bibliophiles to participate! Follow the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation on Facebook and Twitter for updates on the Indiana Authors Award, and use the hashtag #INauthor to join the conversation.

ILF is launching a series of Virtual Exchanges to engage the library community in learning. A content expert will provide an educational overview of a topic or issue. A facilitator will engage attendees in a robust discussion about the issue, successes, challenges and next steps to advance the work in libraries.

Register for Working with Faculty on 2/28. Thanks to leaders from the IN Academic Library Association Advisory Board for our first sessions.
Register for Supervised Visits on 3/1 and Kid/Teen Programming ideas on 3/8
Management - Managing Different Generations on 3/14 and Running an Effective meeting on 3/21
Note that we are working on additional virtual exchanges about school-public-academic partnerships, Tech Services, Media Resources and Marketing/Outreach.

Great Things

Milford Public Library Offers Virtual Story Time

The Milford Public Library started Virtual Story Time sessions this past fall and post one every week after a Story Time sessions. Read More

Artist's books at the Lilly Library revel in nuance

Rebecca Baumann, assistant librarian at the Lilly Library, unzipped a red zipper on a white book sleeve that read “Lay text.” Inside was a garment bag with two soggy, drooping latex gloves. Read More

Greenwood Public Library integrates multisensory techniques into their programming

The Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity states dyslexia affects as many as 1 in 5 people and represents 80-90% of all learning disabilities. Read More

Tina Baich appointed director of faculty mentoring

Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Margie Ferguson has announced the appointment of Tina Baich as director of faculty mentoring, which became effective Jan. 1. Read More

Historic Vincennes mural moves to Knox County Public Library

A 160-year-old mural of the Wabash River front of historic Vincennes has moved to a new home in the Knox County Public Library. Read More

Goshen Public Library gives students space to create

Once a month, students come to the Goshen Public Library to try their hand at arts and crafts. Teen Services Coordinator Emily Stuckey Weber runs the maker space in the basement of the library every Monday. Read More

Bartholomew County Public Library to roll out voice activated app.

LIBRO, a voice activated app, will be rolled out in mid-February. This exciting technology allows library users to access library account information with voice commands. This includes searching for items, placing holds and renewing items. App will be available for Android and Apple in their app stores.

IU's Lilly Library home to famous authors' hair

Although the antiquated tradition of people sending locks of hair to their loved ones died out in the 20th century, the Lilly Library has acquired notable locks of hair since the library's establishment in 1960. Read More

Indiana University Libraries expands potential of 3D and VR technologies in grant-funded, multi-university partnership

March 2018 kicks off the first of three national, grant-funded forums focused on pioneering new ways of interacting with digital content, thanks to an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership grant awarded to a multi-university partnership in support of three-dimensional visualization and virtual reality technologies. Read More

Goal of VR plan is to let students explore careers

The Bedford Public Library received an $8,000 grant from Hoosier Uplands Economic Development Corporation to use for virtual reality equipment to add to the various technology opportunities the library already supplies to its community. Read More

IUPUI Library opens Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab

The IUPUI University Library recently opened a Guided Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab. It offers the experience of VR with a guide to walk you through this exciting new technology. Read More

Former IU journalism professor receives Lifetime Achievement Award

James Alexander Thom, a former IU School of Journalism professor and lecturer, received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indianapolis Library Foundation, according to a January press release. Read More

Adams Public Library System Celebrates 10 Years

Rural Adams County lies south of Allen County with a population just over 34,000. Until 2008, three public libraries served the people of Decatur (pop. 9405), Berne (3999) and Geneva (1293) – the Decatur Public Library, the Berne Public Library and the Geneva Public Library. Read More

Robotics teach the future

Excitement, activity and, most importantly, learning was what the students at Coesse Elementary School experienced Wednesday afternoon. Read More

David W. Lewis Named 2018 ACRL Academic/ Research Librarian of the Year

David W. Lewis, dean of the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) University Library, is the 2018 Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year . Read More

Quick Links

So much is happening at ILF . Here are a few quick links:

* Calendar - note that you may print a month

* Volunteer form (at bottom)

* Legislative News

* Strategic Vision

* Great Things are Happening in Indiana Libraries

* Renew , Join (only if never a member), or Donate

Note that several of the links go to "members only" documents.

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Help support the future of librarianship by helping outstanding teachers and library staff pursue the Master of Library Science at IU or IUPUI or the AS through Ivy Tech. Help us promote ILF Scholarships.

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* monthly reports from Bose Public Affairs

* discounts at conferences and events

* eligibility for certain awards, honors and scholarships

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* certain voting rights (election of the ILF Board of Directors, etc.)

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