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Fourth-graders Invited to Enter Statehood Day
Essay Contest -
State Records Board Offers Grants for At-risk
Collections -
Conference to Tackle Library Diversity Issues
in Indiana
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Indiana sources helpful to researchers
Elkhart Truth
Changes coming to Middlebury library
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Services down while library upgrades website
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Greenfield Daily Reporter
Library considers lowering tax draw
Indianapolis Star
A big idea: Student hopes micro library will bring people
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Indianapolis Star
Hussey-Mayfield Public Library Wins Teen
Internship Grant
Michigan City News-Dispatch
'Writing Out Loud' lineup pleases Kohn
New Albany Tribune
All booked up: Grant helps Henryville
school replace library books
New Castle Courier-Times
Library's summer program draws record
number
Northwest Indiana Times
Artist's work installed in new Crown Point
library
Richmond Palladium-Item
Pros and cons of electronic readers
Terre Haute Tribune Star
TREES 2012 Photography Contest winners
announced
Vincennes Sun Commercial
Wheatland book station getting good
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Fourth-graders Invited to Enter Statehood Day Essay Contest
Entries
are now being accepted for the popular "What Indiana Means to Me" Essay
Contest for fourth graders statewide. The
Indiana Statehouse Tour Office and the Indiana Center for the Book
sponsor the annual contest held in conjunction with Indiana
Statehood Day - a celebration of Indiana’s birthday.
The contest is open to any Indiana public, private or home-schooled
fourth-grade student and asks
them to convey what living in the state of Indiana and being a
Hoosiers means to them. Essays can range from 100 to 400 words,
handwritten or typed, and all essays must be postmarked by October 29th,
2012 for consideration. The contest winner and finalists will be asked to read his/her
essay at the Statehood Day Celebration on December 11, 2012. More
contest information and complete guidelines can be found on the
contest webpage.
Additionally, several state agencies, cultural & historical
organizations, and government officials have planned a complete schedule
of Statehood Day festivities. If your group or school is interested in
attending Statehood Day at the Indiana Statehouse, contact Jennifer
Hodge in the Statehouse Tour Office at 317-233-5293 or
jhodge@idoa.in.gov.
State Records Board Offers Grants for At-risk Collections
The
Indiana State Historic Records Advisory Board (SHRAB) is seeking
applicants for both the archival assessment and
digitization grant opportunities. The archival assessment grant
enables institutions to hire a consultant to analyze the conditions of
historical records and report recommendations. Digitization grants are
available as a means for local entities to digitize specific types of
records that may currently be at risk. The digitization of these
documents will enable greater access through preservation and online availability.
The SHRAB is providing
grant funds of up to $5,000, which requires a local match in cash or in-kind
contributions at least equal to the grant amount. These grants will be available to
nonprofit organizations and units of local government in the Indiana. Priority will be given to institutions whose records are
currently at risk.
Applications are due to the SHRAB by no later than Friday,
September 14, 2012 and may be found online at
SHRAB.IN.gov. Grantees will
be announced September 28, 2012.
Conference to Tackle Library Diversity Issues in Indiana
Join
library leaders from around the state at the
2012 Indiana Library Diversity Conference this August 24th at
the Indianapolis Public Library.
The conference will examine the state of diversity within Indiana's
library community, investigate current issues and challenges, and
highlight the success of the
Indiana Librarians Leading in
Diversity initiative. Additionally, the conference welcomes
Jerome Offord, Dean of Library Services and University Archives at
Lincoln University of Missouri, who will give the keynote address.
This conference is FREE for the first 40
people who
register online and is
worth two (2) Library Education Units (LEUs) toward public librarian
certification. For more information, contact Marcia Smith-Woodard,
Indiana State Library Development Office, at (317) 232-3719, toll-free
(800) 451-6028 or
mwoodard@library.IN.gov.
Register
today for the 2012 Our Heroes’ Tree
program
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War of
1812 Content Sought
for Poster Contest
The Indiana
Archives Month Committee is requesting high-resolution images of
paintings, manuscripts, artifacts or documents for use in the design of
the 2012 Indiana Archives Month poster. The Archives Month Committee
seeks historically-significant submissions relating to both Indiana and
the bicentennial of the War of 1812. All submissions must be turned into
the Indiana State Historic Records Advisory Board at
shrab@icpr.in.gov by no later
than August 20, 2012.
Upcoming Workshops,
Events & Important Dates
New Director's Workshop
When: August 16 @ 8:00 AM
Where: Indiana State Library
She Blinded Me With Library Science (Certification Workshop)
When: August 21 @ 10:00 AM
Where: Live Online
Indiana Library Diversity Conference When: August
24 @ 9:30
AM Where:
Indianapolis Public Library
CYPD
2012 Conference
When: August 26 & 27 Where: Indianapolis Marriott East
2012 Updates to the New American FactFinder When: August
29 @ 2:00
PM Where:
Live Online
Association for Library Service to Children National Institute
When: September 20-22 Where: Sheraton Indy City Centre Hotel
SAMS Conference -
When: September 20 - 21
Where: Lebanon Public Library
IPLA Conference
When: October 2 @ 9:30 AM
Where: Oak Hill Mansion, Carmel
Legislative Fall Forum -
When: October 3 @ 8:30 AM
Where: Oak
Hill Mansion, Carmel
Indiana Vision Expo & Vision Walk When: September 29 @ 9:30 AM Where: Indiana State Library
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