Focus on Indiana Libraries
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Volume 73 Number 10 May 28, 2019
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In this issue of
Focus on Indiana Libraries
- Featured Story Bookflix
- Great Things in Indiana Libraries
- AISLECamp, Youth Services Conf, Virtual Exchanges
- Nominate your peers for an ILF award!
- ILF seeks volunteers.
What you missed in prior issues
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Featured Story: Bookflix
Learning to Read… Reading to Learn
Bookflix is an award-winning service which introduces children ages 3 - 10 to engaging, animated storybooks which are then paired with related nonfiction eBooks, designed to spark educational discoveries. Offered through Scholastic, this service is now available on several computers in the children’s section of the Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library. Preschool – elementary students have been dropping by the Library to enjoy one of the 125 pairs of videos and eBooks on a wide range of topics, including animals, nature, planets, ABCs, music & celebrations. Bookflix has been available for use in the Library since last December, and in the first five months of availability the library has seen a 200% increase in use.
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IMLS Announces New Deputy Director of Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has appointed Cynthia Landrum as the agency's new Deputy Director of the Office of Library Services. Landrum, a leader in the field with two decades of experience in public libraries, comes to IMLS from Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, where she served as CEO-Director.
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Voyageurs travel through time to DeMotte Library
Dressed in period clothing, French Voyageurs came to the DeMotte Library to show samples of their wares, and the furs they traded to receive. When few white men and women came to the Great Lakes area, including northwest Indiana, the French voyageurs traded with the local native Americans.
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Reading Program Celebrates a Century
The Indianapolis Public Library is celebrating 100 years of its Summer Reading Program.
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IU Libraries hosts first international audiovisual preservation training in North America
Indiana University Bloomington is hosting the first two-week comprehensive summer school in North America focused on educating professional archivists in audiovisual preservation.
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Valpo library planning outdoor learning plaza
A new outdoor space next to the Valparaiso branch of the Porter County Public Library system is in the works.
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Dillsboro Photo Contest Could Put Your Entries In A Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit
A traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian museum about rural America is coming to Dillsboro, but the local library wants to give it a hometown spin with photographers’ help.
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Danville library celebrates May with local photographer
Kyle McInness of Avon has traveled the country this year photographing Indy Car races leading up to the Indy 500 racing event.
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Summer reading adventures await all ages with game truck
“A Universe of Stories” is the theme for Newton County Public Library’s 2019 summer reading program – we’re excited to offer new formats, new prizes, and new experiences to our patrons of all ages!
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Indiana Catholic saint Mother Theodore Guerin's letters and journals to be digitized
Indiana State University says it has received $15,000 to help provide online access to St. Mother Theodore Guerin’s letters and journals.
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Late Architect I.M. Pei's Columbus Library Turns 50 This Year
One of architect I.M. Pei’s earliest solo works, the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library in Columbus, Ind., will turn 50 this year.
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Greg Weaver: The promise of poetry to boost Indiana’s creativity
Think outside the box. Push the envelope. Be cutting-edge.
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Duke Energy awards grants
Any teacher can tell you about the warm glow of satisfaction when a student, after much struggle, finally “gets it.” It’s an almost magical moment that is not soon forgotten.
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The information above is gleaned from news articles about ILF members. We understand news media is changing.
Email us
if your library or staff is involved in an innovative or newsworthy project to share with our readers.
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AISLECamp
Monday, June 17
9 am - 4 pm
Ben Davis
Ninth Grade Center
Indianapolis
AISLECamp will consist of presentations in the morning, an AISLE meeting and networking during lunch and an afternoon of participant-facilitated sessions about emerging or continuing topics in the spirit of EdCamp. PGPs/LEUs will be provided.
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Youth Services Conference - Libraries: Rated E for Everyone
August 25-26, 2019
Renaissance North
Carmel, IN
Monday
Keynote speaker and popular author
Zachariah OHora
will head the two-day conference packed with quality content. We will offer sessions on homeschooling programs, coding, story times, immigrant families, Google training, intellectual freedom, management and more! We will also hold a Performers Showcase and an after-hours event on Sunday.
Register online
- at an affordable rate of $180 for members. Hotel rate is $119 at the Renaissance Indianapolis North Hotel in Carmel. Hotel is linked from Youth Services Conference page.
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ILF offers
Virtual Exchanges,
where members engage in dialogue with experts and with each other from the comfort of your home or work computer. Learn more and register below.
After registering, you will receive a link and call-in information so that you may join by computer or phone. We encourage members to use cameras (even your cell phone camera) so members get to know each other.
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Nominate
Your Peers!
Nominate a person, library or organization for an ILF Award.
Who demonstrates excellence in Indiana public, academic or school libraries ? Who goes out of their way to advance literacy, marketing, intellectual freedom or library advocacy?
Learn more
about eligibility, past winners or criteria.
Help support the future of librarianship by helping outstanding teachers and library staff pursue the Master of Library and Information Science at IU or IUPUI or the AS through Ivy Tech. Help us promote
ILF Scholarships.
Please consider nominating your peers or library!
Deadline for nomination packets is June 30
. Awards are presented at our Annual Conference November 3.
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Seeking Volunteers
INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM COMMITTEE:
The Intellectual Freedom Committee informs, advises, advocates and educates ILF members on intellectual freedom issues. Meets on 2nd Mondays, 11amET, via Zoom. Seeking committee members.
SPECIAL AD HOC COMMITTEE
(name TBD): On April 11, the ILF Board of Directors authorized the creation of an ad hoc committee to focus on the sustainability of public libraries.
What legislative and administrative policies will enable modern public libraries to thrive in the future?
ILF is seeking volunteers to serve on the ad hoc committee, which will meet regularly through 2020, with the objective to recommend policy proposals to the ILF Board, with input from the IPLA Advisory Board and the ILF Advocacy Committee.
Volunteer commitment requires:
- Commitment and willingness to recommend policy proposals (though not a specific solution)
- Personal Membership and Institutional Membership in ILF
- Commitment to meetings through December 2020 (in preparation for 2021 legislative session)
MANY OPPORTUNITIES
are available in Association Advisory Boards, Division Leadership Teams, Committees, and Special Projects.
Interested in volunteering?
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