The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library

LYRASIS has partnered with leading vendors to offer deep end-of-year savings on a series of one-time purchases. Expand your resources and take advantage of these rare savings with the following vendors:

Alexander Street Press - 10% - 15% off (subscription only)
Duke University Press - 10% off
EBSCO - 5% off, plus first maintenance fee waived
Emerald - 35% - 60% off list price
Gale - 20% - 30% discount
Oxford - substantial savings based on FTE
SAGE Deep Backfiles - 6% - 32% discount
SAGE Reference Online - 10% - 15% discount
Taylor and Francis eBooks and CRCnetBase - additional 10% off

To take advantage of the special year end discounts LYRASIS has negotiated for its members, please contact your Member Support Specialist to place an order or request a quote. These offers are good through June 30, 2011.

Libraries Encouraged to BE BIG in Your Community

BE BIG™ is a national campaign that invites everyone, big and small, to take action and raise awareness for how CLIFFORD'S BIG IDEAS (Share, Play Fair, Have Respect, Work Together, Be Responsible, Be A Good Friend, Help Others, Be Truthful, Be Kind, Believe In Yourself) can make the world a better place. The mission of BE BIG is to recognize and reward others for their BE BIG actions, to catalyze change in local communities and to provide resources for everyone to share BIG Ideas.

Clifford (the big red dog) welcomes volunteers, schools or community partners to enter for a chance to see their BIG Idea come to life with $75,000 in community grants! One (1) Grand Prize honoree, Ten (10) first place honorees and Nineteen (19) second place honorees will be selected. The grand prize entry will be honored with a $25,000 community grant, the first place honorees will each be honored with a $2,500 community grant and the second place honorees will each be honored with a $1,315.79 community grant (via HandsOn Network affiliate organizations or designees) from the BE BIG Fund to be used towards implementing the winning proposals.

Indiana Vision Expo/VisionWalk Coming this Fall

This September 24th, the 2011 Indiana Vision Expo is expected to draw its largest crowd ever as it welcomes new partner Indiana VisionWalk. Already the Midwest's largest trade show connecting people with vision loss and their family and friends to assistive technology vendors and low-vision service providers, the new partnership with VisionWalk promises to bring record crowds for this unique day-long event. The VisionWalk kicks off the day's events at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) after which walkers and guests are invited to the Vision Expo at the Indiana State Library, located on the canal just steps from the VisionWalk headquarters tent.

The Vision Expo has already secured commitments with dozens of exhibitors and vendors and expects several more in the coming months. The Indiana State Library looks forward to building on the success of previous Expo's, including the 2010 Indiana Vision Expo, which connected over 700 attendees to the latest in low vision technologies and services.

New Library Directors

Please join the State Library in welcoming these new public library directors and interim directors from across the state:

Jean Beamer, Interim Director, Camden-Jackson Township PL

Charles Rude, Interim Director, Kewanna-Union Township PL

Jenn White, Interim Director, Linton Public Library

Best of luck to you all!

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UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

ILF District 4 Conferences
When: May 20 @ 8:30 AM
Where: Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library

Indiana Black Librarians Network Spring Meeting
When: May 21
Where: Eiteljorg Museum - Indianapolis

Institutional Libraries Spring Workshop
When: May 23 @ 9:30 AM
Where: Indiana State Library

Evergreen Indiana Circulation Training
When: May 24 @ 8:00 AM
Where: Indiana State Library

Broadband in Indiana Public Libraries Summit
When: June 7
Where: Indiana State Library

AISLE Survive Conference
When: June 14
Where: Ben Davis HS - Indianapolis

LYRASIS Ideas & Insights Series: Resource Sharing
When: June 15
Where: Indiana State Library

Advanced Cataloguing for Evergreen Indiana
When: June 16 @ 9:00 AM
Where: Jackson Co. Public Library

Indiana Vision Expo/ Vision Walk
When: September 24 @ 9:00 AM
Where: Indiana State Library/ Downtown Canal - Indianapolis

Indiana Genealogy & Local History Fair
When: October 22 @ 9:00 AM
Where: Indiana State Library

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