The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library



In This Issue Black History Month Resources Available through INSPIRE Library Grant is for the Birds *More Library News:* *Anderson Herald Bulletin* Libraries flooded as jobless rate climbs *Associated Press* State expands access to unemployment applications Bradenton Herald (OH) Economic woes boost library use for job resources Chesterton Tribune Library merger bill clears committee Fort Wayne Business Weekly Documenting history Greene County Daily World Bills worth watching in the state legislature *Indy Star* Speedway library fights to stay independent Indy Star IMCPL reports record year of library use Indy Star Surplus computers to aid jobless claim search Inside Indiana Business State to Offer Training, Computers to Assist Unemployed *Lafayette Journal Courier* Library gains 3 youth computers Library Technology Equinox, NELINET Partner on Evergreen *LISWire* Fulton County Becomes 19th Evergreen Indiana Library Marion Chronicle-Tribune Bill looks to change library system Marion Chronicle-Tribune State-level changes may hit close to home Richmond Palladium-Item Leaders need to make hard decisions Richmond Palladium-Item Make change if change makes sense South Bend Tribune New program to help unemployed Hoosiers South Bend Tribune Science Alive! set Saturday South Bend Tribune Larger libraries are feeling economic impact Terre Haute Tribune Star Council presented cost-cutting ideas Terre Haute Tribune Star WoodsUp.com features Lincoln bicentennial materials Washington Times-Herald Economy forces library to cut budget WLFI-TV (Lafayette) New computers at public library *WSBT-TV (South Bend)* Computers to help unemployed arrive at Nappanee library *Your library making news?* If so, email your news clip to Drew Griffis for inclusion in next week’s The Wednesday Word. *The Wednesday Word is a production of the Indiana State Library*	Black History Month Resources Available Through INSPIRE The Gale Group is now offering a variety of free promotional and educational resources available through INSPIRE. This Website includes student activities, biographies, helpful links, and related literature to compliment your Black History Month programming. Most of the resources provided by Gale are derived from their extensive Biography Resource Center: African Americans database. This resource includes more than 30,000 biographies on over 24,000 notable African Americans who have had an impact on society and are frequently researched. Drawn from the Biography Resource Center, the database includes 60 volumes of six respected Gale reference sources such as Contemporary Black Biography, Notable Black American Women, Who's Who Among African Americans, and other titles. Biography Resource Center: African Americans also includes more than 42,000 full-text articles from nearly 300 magazines, as well as nearly 2,000 images. Designed to provide easy access to biographies on prominent African Americans associated with the arts, business, current events, entertainment, government, history, literature, multicultural studies, politics, science, and sports, Biography Resource Center: African Americans gives researchers a comprehensive set of in-depth narrative biographies providing overviews of the subjects' lives and accomplishments and thousands of thumbnail biographies. Covered are contemporary and historic figures such as Harriet Tubman, Tiger Woods, Rosa Parks, Usher, and Condoleezza Rice. Magazine articles bring coverage of the African Americans up-to-date, and "Recent Update" windows display summaries of recent news events associated with particularly active individuals. Approximately 250 vetted Web links point to additional information. A widget has been placed on INSPIRE for instant access to the Biography Resource Center: African Americans database. Instructions for individual libraries to install this widget on their homepage are available at http://access.gale.com/widgets/. his Gale resource is among several academic databases available for free to all Indiana residents through INSPIRE. INSPIRE is a service of the Indiana State Library and is supported by the Indiana General Assembly through Build Indiana Funds, The Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, and in partnership with the Academic Libraries of Indiana. This Library Mini Grant is for the Birds...in a good way! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is accepting applications for the Celebrate Urban Birds mini grants program. Celebrate Urban Birds events are neighborhood events that feature activities involving birds, community service, art, greening, and science. The Celebrate Urban Birds mini grants may be used to support a bird activity day at a local library, museum, or community center. It also may fund art and gardening activities at a club, school, business, senior center, or neighborhood. The mini grants range from $100 to $500. The Celebrate Urban Birds program encourages groups that work with traditionally underserved communities to apply. The deadline to apply for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's mini grants is *Feb. 15, 2009. The Celebrate Urban Birds website includes great urban bird resources, public programming ideas, and an online application. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------* State Library's Reference Hotline 866-683-0008 eReference Sign up today for the 2009 Library Career Expo on March 5, 2009 library.IN.gov in.webjunction.org

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Black History Month Resources Available Through INSPIRE

This Library Mini Grant is for the Birds...in a good way!