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Nominations Sought for Indiana Authors Award Is there an emerging, regional or national author whose work you feel is deserving of recognition? If so, The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation is seeking your nominations for the fourth-annual Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award through Friday, March 23, 2012. Anyone submitting a nomination before March 1 will be entered to win two tickets to the Award Dinner and an overnight hotel stay, along with some other cool incentives. Any living published writer who was born in Indiana or has lived in Indiana for at least five years is eligible for nomination. A statewide panel will select a national, regional, and emerging author from nominations sent in by the public. Winning authors will each receive a cash prize ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 and will be able to designate their hometown Indiana public library as the recipient of an additional $2,500 grant. This award seeks to recognize the contributions of Indiana authors to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation, and is funded by The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation. On September 29, 2012, the Library Foundation will honor the winning authors at an Awards Dinner at the Central Library in downtown Indianapolis. More information about this event, the nomination process, and other program activities and resources is available at indianaauthorsaward.org. Best Books of Indiana Entries Due April 6, 2012 The Indiana Center for the Book will be accepting entries for the Best Books of Indiana Contest through April 6, 2012. Unlike the Authors Award, which honors a writer's body of work, the Best Books competition recognizes the top books written in the previous year by a Hoosier author or about Indiana. 2012 LSTA Grant Applications Due Friday This week is your last opportunity to submit applications for 2012 LSTA Technology and Digitization sub-grants . The 2012 grants are due on Friday, February 10 and include the following opportunities for Indiana libraries and historical organizations:
If you have questions about your eligibility, a grant application requirement, or anything else concerning 2012 LSTA grant opportunities, please don't hesitate to contact Jennifer Clifton, LSTA Grant Consultant, at jclifton@library.in.gov or (317) 234-6550. Visit the LSTA homepage to learn more about LSTA grants and how they support Indiana libraries. Register Today for Indy Youth Literature Conference This year's Indianapolis Youth Literature Conference is for anyone interested in children's and young adult literature. This unique event will feature three keynote presenters, including: Nick Bruel, author of a number of books, including his Bad Kitty series; Phillip Hoose, nonfiction author for youth (Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice); and Shannon Hale, author of fantasy staples, including The Goose Girl and Princess Academy. Several more concurrent sessions by other notable presented are also scheduled throughout the day. The award-winning and bestselling authors and illustrators appearing at the conference will also conduct a free public book-signing event in the Atrium at Central Library from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. The day-long conference will be held at the Central Library of The Indianapolis Public Library on February 25, 2012. Conference registration is $85.00, which includes parking. The deadline for registration is February 10, 2012. Most of the workshops are worth LEUs and PGPs. Co-sponsors of the conference are the Indiana State Library, Indiana University SLIS - Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Public Library, and Kids Ink. |
LEU Opportunity Days Register today for one of six LEU Opportunity Days at a location near you. While the LEUs are for certified public librarians, the workshops are available to all librarians and school library educators statewide.
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March 29 @ 10:00 AM AISLE RISE Evaluation Rubric The Association of School Library Educators recently developed the Indiana School Librarian Evaluation Rubric based on the RISE evaluation form. Visit ilfonline.org/units/aisle/ for more recent news from AISLE.
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Evergreen Indiana Overview
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Discovery to Delivery
III: Resource Sharing Core Service
9th Annual Copyright Conference
Evergreen International Conference
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