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This Week's Facts:
Help
Spread Breast Cancer Awareness in October
Celebrate World Mental
Health Day this Monday
Census
Database Provides Bevy of Economic Data
Patent Office Rebrands
Network, Seeks New Partners
Document of the Month: Biennial Report of the Indiana Custodian
of Public Buildings & Property
The Indiana Office of Custodian of Public Buildings and Property
was created by the General Assembly March 5, 1889. The Act
required that the Custodian file a report quarterly (March,
June, and September), an annual report in December, and a report
for the two years proceeding each session of the General
Assembly. These historic documents contain valuable historical
information about State buildings and properties such as
University Square, the Governor’s Circle, Military Park,
Friendly Inn, and the Capitol Grounds. Each report includes a
brief description of the property and its locations. The reports
provide a historical record of improvements and repairs made to
various state properties and the costs. For example, the
Hendricks Monument needed repairs on the lead gutters on its
roof in 1889. The custodian offered suggestions on how to fix
the issue along with an estimate of the expenses. In 1889, it
would cost approximately $3000 to repair/replace gutters and
downspouts, and other items for the Monument. Anyone interested
in the history and architecture of some of Indiana’s public
buildings can use these in their research. The Biennial reports
can be found in the Indiana Collection, I 353.8 I for the years
1889 through 1908.
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Friday Facts Editorial Team:
Katharine Springer
State Data
Center Coordinator
Elisabeth
O’Donnell
Federal Documents Librarian
&
Kim Brown-Harden
State
Documents Coordinator
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Help Spread Breast Cancer Awareness in October
 If
you see the color pink a little more, that means it’s October
and it’s
Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United
States.
The American Cancer Society estimates
almost 193,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer expected to
be diagnosed among women nationwide. Currently, there
are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors living in the U.S.
Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in
women (after lung cancer). It can be detected through
clinical breast exams or mammograms, which can be performed as a
preventative measure before symptoms are noticed by women. The
Indiana State Department of Health has
information and resources
about breast cancer and
other diseases for men, women, and children. Information and
preventative measures can help keep family members and loved
ones healthy. Remember to add a little pink to your wardrobe
this month!
Celebrate
World Mental Health Day this Monday
 The
World Health Organization (WHO) has designated October 10th
as
World Mental Health Day.
Celebrated every year, the goal is to promote “open discussion
of mental disorders and investments in prevention, promotion
and treatment services.” This year’s theme is
The Great Push: Investing in Mental Health.
Mental health initiatives are important around the world.
Unfortunately, while considered important, they receive limited
funding. According to the
World Health Organization,
there is less than one mental health specialist per one million
people in many countries. Most low- and middle-income nations
spend less than 2% of their annual health budgets on mental
health. In celebration of World Mental Health Day, the WHO has
released the
Mental Health GAP Intervention Guide for
mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in
non-specialized health settings.
You can learn more about the push to invest in mental health by
looking at the brochure, "Face
the Problem: Invest In Mental Health",
produced by the WHO. You can also find information from the
World Federation for Mental Health
here. For information about
mental health in the U.S., check out the
National Institute of Mental Health,
where you’ll find basic facts about mental health disorders. The
Mental Health topic on
Medline Plus
remains an excellent tool for patrons, with information on
diagnoses, prescription medications and treatments, as well as
articles, statistics and links to other resources.
Census Database Provides Bevy of Economic Data
 The
Census Bureau released a new Economic Indicator
Database Search in
September. It allows immediate access to data from 12
Business and Industry reports and surveys
produced by the Census Bureau throughout the year. Included in
the database is
New Residential Construction
data from 1960 to the present;
New Home Sales data, which
provides the rate of new single-family houses sold in the
U.S. from 1963 to the present; and
New Construction Spending,
which covers the values of construction of new structures;
alterations of current structures; and building equipment
installation such as plumbing, heating, elevators, A/C, boilers,
furnaces, and more. To learn more about it, see the
brochure created by the
Economic Statistics Division of the Bureau. Plans are underway
to add a
13th indicator –
house vacancies and home ownership.
Patent
Office Rebrands Network, Seeks New Partners
 The
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), of the U.S. Department
of Commerce, announced in a
September 28 press release
that it is rebranding its national library network. On October
1, Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs) officially
became “Patent and Trademark Resource Centers” (PTRCs).
According to the press release, the network will offer free
electronic services and resources designed to support the
intellectual property needs of local and state patrons. PTRC’s
employ USPTO-trained librarians to provide customer assistance
on the use of the agency’s patent and trademark databases and
public seminars on intellectual property topics for novice and
experienced users. The modern PTRC network has its foundations
in the 1800s, when Congress provided printed copies of patents
to libraries for use by the public. If your library is
interested in partnering with the USPTO to become a patent
resource center, please see the website
here or contact the
Indiana State Data Center.
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