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Focus on Indiana Libraries:
Volume 71 Number 7,
July 2017
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ILF President's Column
As I’ve now entered a new season of life, retirement, I’ve been anxious to do things I’ve just not been able to do. I was always a reader, but due to the requirements of the job, I just didn’t feel like I was able to read enough. I visited the Vigo County Public Library to download the Libby app for my iPad. After some wonderful assistance from the Reference Librarian I was ready!
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Support School Librarians
Submit Comments Online by July 20
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With Libraries and Justice for All - Aug. 27-28
Children & Young People's Division (CYPD) Conference
Join us August 27-28 for the 2017 CYPD Conference With Libraries and Justice for All. Keynote speaker and popular author and illustrator Bob Shea will headline the two-day conference packed with quality content.
In addition to sessions on reading programs, computer coding and robotics, and building a diverse collection, AND outstanding authors, we have recruited special outside experts to offer:
- Who Is That Person Taking Notes on a Laptop in the Children’s Area? Ways to Partner for Supervised Visitations
- Making Connections: Millennials, Minorities, and More
- Suicide Prevention in the Shadow of 13 Reasons Why
- 3D vs. 2D: Are there benefits to using technology with young children?
- Poverty Simulation - Experience it to improve service to families
- Sensory Friendly Libraries: Creating an Environment for All Families
- Best Practices sessions - on serving children with disabilities and supporting E-learning and more...
Register online--at an affordable rate of $175 for members, which includes 2 meals. Hotel rate is $111 at Marriott Indy East. NOTE: Hotel rate increases Aug. 4.
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ILF - CYPD Pitch This! Challenge
Do you have a great idea to advance services for children or teens in your library?
Propose it in our “Pitch This! Challenge.” Selected finalists will be allowed up to 4 slides and 4 minutes to propose an innovative project to increase engagement or to improve services in your children’s department, teen department or school library. Attendees will vote on the spot using their mobile devices. The winner will be granted funds by ILF to implement their strategy by spring 2018.
Apply Now!
DEADLINE: July 28.
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Great Things Are Happening in Indiana Libraries
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Bedford Public Library Picked to Participate in NASA Educational Initiative
Bedford L
ibrary
was selected to participate in a NASA initiative that will involve only 75 libraries across the country. The library was selected through a competitive application process to be part of NASA@
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Local Ivy Tech Campus Gets Law Library Donated by Indiana Tech
By ASHLEY SLOBODA The Journal Gazett
Ivy Tech Community College's Fort Wayne campus will soon have a new resource for students -- a law library made possible by a donation from Indiana Tech. Read More
Kokomo Howard County Public Library Partners with United Way to Improve Kindergarten Readiness
By FAITH BRAUTIGAM Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
As a kid, was there a phrase you heard but just couldn’t figure out? Whether it’s a truism, song lyric, metaphor or idiom, most kids run into something they can’t quite wrap their minds around. My mom was fond of saying, “Many hands make light work,” which puzzled me to no end since everyone’s quota of hands is two and work doesn’t weigh anything. Read More
Middlebury Library Features Dungeons and Dragons Figurine Painting for Gaming
By PAIGE MALLORY PASSMAN Elkhart Truth
Get your swords sharpened and your dragons tamed, the Dungeons and Dragons game is back.
A couple has started a group for those that enjoy the role playing game, Dungeons and Dragons, at the Middlebury Public Library.
Lori and Steve Sigety, started their Dungeons and Dragons club in October 2016. The group has grown since it started. Saturday the library hosted a figure painting session for anyone who wanted to show up and paint their figures for D&D. Read More
Young Robot Engineers Live 'dream come true' at Library
By TORI FATER Evansville Courier and Press
Evan Enghauser grinned as he watched his robot roll up and over the lid of its storage box, whirring along until it reached the edge of the table and he had to pick it up to keep it from crashing. Read More
'The Three Little Pigs' becomes Science Lesson
By SHERRY VAN ARSDALL Goshen News
A colorful parachute moved quickly up and down as 20 children pumped their arms to generate enough wind to topple their Lego structures during a summer reading program Monday at the Middlebury Community Public Library. Read More
Drag Queens to Read to Children at Library
By LAUREN BAVIS Herald Times
Think of it as adult dress-up with children’s storytime.
Drag Queen Storytime is coming to the Monroe County Public Library later this month. The new program follows libraries around the country in hosting such an event. Read More
IU Libraries Participate in National Grant Focused on Improved Curation of Born Digital Documents
A research grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will extend the Data Capsule service, a tool enabling remote access of the
HathiTrust Digital Library
, to other collections managed by research libraries. Read More
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ILF Meeting with Governor Holcomb
The State Board of Education discussed the Draft ESSA plan on July 12. Scroll down on the link above to review the presentation slides and materials.
Indiana Library and Historical Board Rulemaking
The Indiana Administrative Code has posted the proposed rule by the Indiana Library and Historical Board to re-adopt the 2011 rules for Public Library Access Card (PLAC) and adopt the 2016 rules on Minimum Standards.
Legislative Interim Study Committees
Interim Study Committees will include topics such as ESSA, TIF and rural broadband, which your ILF Legislative Committee, Staff and Advocates will monitor. Top issues covered by the media will likely include permitless carry of firearms and alcohol sales.
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Invite your legislator to visit
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Late Summer is a Great Time to Schedule a Legislator Visit.
Examples: Pulaski County Public Library invites legislators to give awards at the end of summer reading. A member of Congress wants to learn about STEM activities in libraries. A legislator wants to learn more about adult literacy, e-government or senior programs at the library.
Contact us
if you are willing to host a visit in your library.
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Report about Barriers to Adult Student Completion
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- child care,
- conflicting and long work hours,
- reliable transportation, and
- access to internet.
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Welcome to New IALA and ILF Board members
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Meet your new board of the Indiana Academic Library Association
Karen Evans,
Indiana State University
Marna Hostetler,
University of Southern Indiana
Sandra Quiatkowski, PhD,
American College of Education
Angie Thorpe, Indi
ana University Kokomo Library
Jan Woodall,
Ivy Tech Community College – Central Indiana
And we welcome Marna Hostetler to the ILF Board of Directors as she fills vacancy left by Amber Arnold.
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Quick Links
So much is happening at
ILF
. Here are a few quick links:
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Calendar
- note that you may print a month
Note that several of the links go to "members only" documents.
SAVE THE DATES
Upcoming ILF Events
* Update on Strategic Visioning Online Meeting July 18 - RSVP
* IPLA Conference Oct. 4 in Fishers - How Federal Changes Impact Your Community and Patrons (registration coming soon)
* Legislative Fall Forum Oct. 5 in Fishers - Help us prioritize our advocacy work and develop your own take-home plan
* Annual Conference Nov. 13-15 - Creating Our Tomorrow
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Libraries Read: 1 Book Events
Hillbilly Elegy
, a memoir by J.D. Vance, has been selected as the title for Libraries Read: 1 Book 2017, capturing 40% of the votes. MCLS invited library staff across Indiana and Michigan to submit titles for consideration, then to place votes for one of four titles to select the book that we will all read and discuss together for professional development. Vance’s book received the most votes.
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Update on IMLS Funding
The House Appropriations Subcommittee passed flat funding for libraries, recommending to full committee 7/19. See note from ALA's Jim Neal. We will continue to monitor through the process.
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in addition to sponsorships, membership dues and conference fees. Designate your contribution to specific awards and scholarships or to ILF general support. We post our
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