Focus on Indiana Libraries
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Volume 72 Number 1, January 2018
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President's Column
New year, New ILF
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you are all recovering from the holidays and are ready for a great year. 2017 was a busy year for our Indiana Library Federation, culminating in a new vision and mission that will guide us as we hit the ground running in 2018.
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- President's Column
- School Library Census
- Adult Literacy Project
- Advocacy Updates
- Libraries Transform Indiana
- Call For Programs
- Virtual Exchanges
- Great Things in Libraries
- ILF Calendar
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Will
you
volunteer to help with the School Library Census?
We need volunteers to make calls and complete a survey instrument about the staffing and status of school library services. Perhaps you grew up in one county but live or work in another. We need volunteers to capture information for nearly 1,900 schools across the state.
THANK YOU to the volunteers (represented by the "V" on the map at right) who volunteered to complete the survey for the schools in their district or county.
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.
We estimate that a volunteer who has a relationship within a school district will be able to complete one district in between 20 minutes to 2 hours.
Email us to volunteer
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Indiana Adult
Literacy Study
Released
Funded by the
IN Department of Workforce Development (DWD), the
Indiana Adult Literacy Study
affirms what many in the library field observed about the needs for and barriers to success in adult literacy programming, especially with certain populations. Partners include
IN DWD
,
IN Association of Adult Continuing Education
and
Indiana Literacy Association
.
We are exploring next steps to elevate the importance of adult literacy to education, workforce development and quality of life.
If you have an adult literacy success story, reaction to the study's findings or an idea for next steps
, please
complete this survey
or
email us
.
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Don't miss
ILF Advocacy Updates
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We are three weeks in to the
Indiana General Assembly
session. There are only three weeks left to pass bills out of committee.
Be sure to read our weekly
Advocacy Updates
--usually issued on Fridays. Here are a few items you may have missed in the
last issue
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Urgent Request from the ILF Communications Committee
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Raise awareness about the value of libraries. Promote library service access to all.
Your
ILF Communications Committee
is working with staff to address important goals in the
ILF Strategic Vision
. Over the last three months, the committee identified key target audiences and strategies for
internal
communications within the library field and
external
communications with prospective patrons and donors, policy makers and influencers. The committee has ambitious goals for the coming year, starting with social media and planning development of materials for download and statewide distribution.
As the
statewide messaging campaign
is being developed, here are ways you can help now:
- Boost social media (see below).
- Email Tisa a photo, story or 10-second video from your library.
- Add Tisa to your print or email newsletter distribution. Ask your Friends group to do the same.
- Download and use one ILF Libraries Transform Because statement that aligns with your current work.
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Help us with social media.
Click to it RIGHT NOW!
As the statewide messaging campaign is being developed, here are ways you can help to expand our collective reach:
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Indiana highlighted by ALA
ALA highlighted how Indiana Library Federation used its
"Because 1 in 6 Hoosiers lives in an area without access to broadband
" statement in our advocacy for $1 million more to support libraries. Tisa Davis, ILF Communications Manager, proudly displays the
ALA Libraries Transform Year Two Report
in the photo above, which features an article about ILF and a quote from
Dr. Tim Brown
, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the
Indiana General Assembly
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Suggest a "Because" statement
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We will create Indiana-specific "'Because" statements that align with our goals. Thanks to Diane Rogers and Portia Kapraun for the collaborative work on the new "John Green" statement. Login to your member account to
download these and other "because" statements
.
Have an idea for for an Indiana-specific "because" statement?
Email
Tisa Davis
for the committee's consideration.
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The full 2018 ILF Calendar is now available on our
website
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View calendar by week or month. Plan your schedule and budget now for your 2018 attendance at one of
5 Regional Conferences
in April or May,
Youth Services Conference
Aug. 19-20 and
Annual Conference
Nov. 12-14.
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Trustee List
Just a reminder, 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
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Submit your Conference Program Proposal by 2/16
Indiana Library Federation seeks proposals through a combined
Call For Programs
. Consider leading a session at one of our seven conferences in 2018.
Priority deadline for 5 Regional Conferences
is Feb. 16!
Don't want to present or lead a session? Please, please, please offer suggestions of outstanding speakers through our
Speaker Recommendations Survey
. We esp
ecially need suggestions for:
- Technical and Computer Skills
- Patron/Student Experience
- Training/Coaching
- Volunteer/Board/Staff Experience
- Communications
- Personal Growth
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Register for Virtual Exchanges
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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.
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Great Things
Library renovation wins award
The interior renovation of the La Porte County Public Library’s main location at 904 Indiana Ave. has won designer MKM architecture + design a Merit Award from the American Institute of Architect’s Fort Wayne branch.
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Vincennes library to digitize records
An Indiana library has received a state grant to digitize county records dating to the early 1800s. The Vincennes Sun-Commercial reports the Knox County Public Library has been awarded a state Heritage Support Grant for the second straight year.
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive New Home for Decades of Award-Winning TV Commercials, Dozens Now Streamable Online
Thanks to the recent acquisition of a complete and well-documented archive, the Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive is the new home for tens of thousands of television commercials competing for the former Clio Awards in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
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Free Legal Aid Clinic to be held at library
The first Free Legal Aid Clinic in Decatur County was held on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018 at the Decatur County Public Library. The clinic was offered to low-income residents.
The Legal Aid Clinic and Pro Bono Program utilizes local volunteer attorneys, offering free legal consultations to low-income individuals for the provision of legal advice and assistance in furtherance of equal access to justice within our community whom might not otherwise be able to afford the counsel of an attorney.
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Local group funding disabilities section at library
People who have a family member or loved one with a disability will have a new resource available to help. The Arc of Shelby County has committed to fund a special section at the Shelby County Public Library containing the most up-to-date information about things like autism, Down syndrome and more.
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Gary Nature Project plans hike, planning session
Last year, the Gary Poetry Project conducted workshops across the city, painted poems on boarded-up buildings and gave local poets and spoken word artists the opportunity to spit their verse on a public stage.
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Michigan City Public Library Announces Remodel Plans
The Michigan City Public Library is planning a $1.6 million, three-year remodel project that will add a Makerspace, new meeting room space and enhance computer availability. The first phase of the project will begin in February and should conclude by August.
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Family law issues dominate free legal help requests at 17th annual Talk to a Lawyer Today
Snow and blustery winds Monday may have kept area residents from participating in the 17th annual Talk to a Lawyer Today that offered free legal consultations at eight locations in four counties.
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Museum receives grant from Indiana Historical Society
The new year is off to a promising start for two local historical organizations. The Indiana Historical Society awarded Heritage Support Grants to 13 organizations statewide, including the Daviess County Historical Society in Washington and the Friends of the Knox County Public Library in Vincennes.
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Heart Gallery spotlights older kids needing a home
More than 100,000 children are in foster care waiting to be adopted. About 200 of those children can be found across the Hoosier state. This is according to the Indiana Department of Child Services.This month, the West Lafayette Public Library is hosting the Indiana Heart Gallery. More than 1,000 children have permanent homes thanks to this photo gallery.
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Emmy Award-winner Dick Wolfsie visits state library
Recently, Emmy Award-winner Dick Wolfsie of WISH-TV stopped by the Indiana State Library to learn more about the Indiana Voices program.
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4-H Night at Jasper Public Library
The Purdue Extension hosted a 4-H Night at Jasper Public Library on Monday, January 8, 2018. During the event, youth and families learned more about projects and activities that can be done through 4-H. The event featured STEM robotics and coding activities. Youth were given the opportunity to build and program their own Little Bits robot.
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Quick Links
So much is happening at
ILF
. Here are a few quick links:
*
Calendar
- note that you may print a month
Note that several of the links go to "members only" documents.
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Members Only benefits
ILF Members have access to
* monthly reports from Bose Public Affairs
* discounts at conferences and events
* eligibility for certain awards, honors and scholarships
* serving in leadership within ILF--Volunteer to help with your favorite goal area in the
Strategic Vision
* certain voting rights (election of the ILF Board of Directors, etc.)
Forgot your login or password?
Contact the office
and we can tell you and/or reset. A member from a prior year? Please "
renew
." By clicking "join," you might create a duplicate account.
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ILF relies on charitable contributions 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
IRS 990 and Annual Report
for full transparency.
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