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New INSPIRE Ready & Waiting for Test
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Summit to Investigate Serving Unserved Populations -
Twelve Libraries Awarded Institutional Literacy
Grants. -
Three Days Remain to Provide INSPIRE
Marketing Input -
Indiana Libraries Eligible for Civil War Program &
Exhibit
More Library News
Evansville Courier & Press
Nathan Jochum
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Summer's great for fun book
Greencastle Banner Graphic
Library Board adds members, switches search database
Greensburg Daily News
Moon pies & beyond
Greensburg Daily News
Library enters borrowing program with Rushville
LaPorte Herald Argus
Library plans public input meetings
New Albany News & Tribune
The science of fun: ‘Professor Steve’ encourages experiments at home
Northwest Indiana Times
Little Free Library offers 'take a book, leave a book' service
Plymouth Pilot News
Library literacy program growing
Shelbyville News
Morristown library branch open
Terre Haute Tribune Star
Library grows bookworms with summer programs
USA Today
Nerdfighter book club raises temperature on 'Fahrenheit 451'
USA Today
Facebook 101: Seniors learn to use the social network
Yorktown Press
Yorktown, Muncie libraries offer reciprocal cards
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Indiana Libraries Eligible for Civil War Program & Exhibit
The Gilder Lehrman
Institute of American History, in partnership with The Library of America,
is now accepting applications from libraries and National Park historic
sites for grants to develop public programming around the free traveling
panel exhibition Civil War 150. Fifty sites will be awarded a grant
of $1,000 for Civil War 150 public programming.
The application deadline
is July 15, 2012. More details and a downloadable application is
available online.
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New
INSPIRE Ready & Waiting for Test Drive
The
new INSPIRE
debuted early this week with an enhanced look and search functionality. The new
360 Search uses results clustering in order to speed up
searches and better organize data. Results clustering
separates search results by subtopics, dates, journals and
authors so that search results are organized and easy to
browse.
“We believe users will appreciate the new INSPIRE’s more
intuitive searching capabilities that now resembles popular
online search engines,” said Roberta L. Brooker, Indiana’s
State Librarian. “Now is a great time for Hoosiers that have
not heard of INSPIRE to test drive this complete virtual
library that is accessible from their home, school or work
computer.”
In addition to the new functionality and look, please be
sure to check out three new databases now featured on
INSPIRE.
Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides content
for many of the most popular hobbies, sports and games. It
has an interface that allows users to gain access to more
than 450 books and magazines as well as more than 300 videos
and manuals.
Home Improvement Reference Center is designed to
assist homeowners in do-it-yourself projects, as well as
educate about general upkeep, home maintenance and
remodeling projects.
Indiana History Online has a multitude of Indiana
historical materials. Drawn from the collections of Joseph
Sabin, one of the nation's premier bibliophiles, and other
Gale sources, the archive provides access to a wide variety
of documents: personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and
political speeches, sermons and songs, legal treatises and
children's books.
Summit to Investigate Serving Unserved Populations
One of the Indiana State Library’s most crucial long-term goals is to ensure
that every Hoosier has local public library service. We continue to provide
support for Indiana libraries extending their current service area or services
such that unserved or underserved populations gain increased access to library
services and electronic resources. Yet today, roughly 6.5% of Hoosiers still do
not have public library service, no information safety net or alternative point
of access to information exists for those unable to afford or access online
resources at home.
Anyone whose
library is located in a county that has an unserved
population is aware of the challenges that front line staff
deal with on regular basis. To that end, a trio of library
directors that includes Ellen Stuckey (Butler Public
Library), Kelly Ehinger (Adams Public Library System) and
Jacob Speer (Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library) are
hosting a Summit on Serving the Unserved on July 11 from
1:00 PM-4:00 PM (EDT) in Indianapolis. The Summit on Serving
the Unserved will investigate ways to prove full service to
your entire community, discuss common challenges with your
colleagues and develop a plan of action.
View a
tentative agenda and reserve your spot today on the
WebJunction Indiana Online Calendar. You may also
contact Wendy Knapp at 317-232-3718 or
wknapp@library.in.gov for
more information.
Twelve Libraries Awarded Institutional Literacy Grants
The
Indiana State Library awarded grants totaling over $45,000
to
twelve state
institutions. The
institutional
literacy grants
facilitate improved literacy among the individuals
under custody of the state. Institutions strive to meet
literacy goals at multiple educational levels and may
request funds for library materials that meet their specific
literacy needs. Materials that are frequently borrowed
through interlibrary loan may also be purchased through the
institutional literacy grant program.
We
need you!..
to tell us what kind of INSPIRE promotional materials are
needed at your library. Please take time to complete this
brief six-question survey
by this Friday, July 6.
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LOC Representative to Talk
Digitization During Workshop
The Indiana
State Library will host a public program on Friday, July 13 featuring Ms.
Deborah Thomas, the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) coordinator
for the Library of Congress. Ms. Thomas will discuss the Chronicling America
website and the importance of digitizing and preserving historic newspapers
published in Indiana. The presentation will take place at the State Library
at 315 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, in the History Reference room from
10:30 AM to noon (EDT).
This program is
worth two (2) Technology Library Education Units toward public librarian
certification. Please contact Indiana NDNP project manager Chris Ittenbach
at cittenbach@library.in.gov
or (317) 234-8153 to register for the program.
Upcoming Workshops,
Events & Important Dates
Summit on Serving Unserved Populations
When: July 11 @ 1:00 PM
Where: Indiana State Library
Testing & Education Reference Center Training for Inspire:
When: July 11 @ 1:00
PM
When: August 9 @ 10:00
AM
Where: Live Online
Midwestern Roots Family History & Genealogy Conference
When: July 19 (pre-conference)
July 20 & 21 (conference)
Where: Indianapolis Marriott East
Databases and the Common Core
When: July 23 @
2:00
AM
When: August 2@ 9:00
AM
When: September 11 @ 4:00 PM
Where: Live Online
Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks from Inspire:
When: July 25 @
3:00
PM
When: August 15 @ 9:30
AM
Where: Live Online
Biography InContext for Inspire
When: July 31 @
2:00 PM
Where: Live Online
New Director's Workshop
When: August 2 @ 8:00 AM
Where: Indiana State Library
Director's Refresher Workshop
When: August 8 @ 8:00 AM
Where: Indiana State Library
CYPD
2012 Conference
When: August 26 & 27
Where: Indianapolis Marriott East
Indiana Vision Expo & Vision Walk
When: September 29 @ 9:30 AM
Where: Indiana State Library
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