All Indiana libraries have the capability to download the MARC records from the
Indiana Shared eBook Collection into their own catalog. Once records for the
over 2,500 titles from leading publishers of reference, scholarly and
professional books are downloaded, your patrons will have access to all the eBooks available through INSPIRE.
Catalog records will not only show that these titles are available in your
collection, but it will also link your patron directly to the NetLibrary eBook
for immediate access. NetLibrary also has a
personal NetLibrary account function that enables patrons to create
bookmarks, add personal notes, customize their search preferences, and access
their current eBook for later use from their home, school or work computer.
Instructions for
downloading MARC records for the Indiana Shared eBook Collection are
available from SOLINET. If you need additional assistance, please contact the
INSPIRE helpdesk.
About the Indiana
Shared eBook Collection
As electronic full-text copies of published print materials,
eBooks can be viewed from any home, business, school or library
computer through
INSPIRE.
The Indiana Shared eBook Collection includes content from
leading publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press,
AMACOM, Taylor & Francis Routledge and university presses
including Indiana University Press. The collection's strengths
include eBooks focused on popular topics and information of
great use to Indiana residents. In particular, the collection
offers professional development resources that offer insight
into writing effective résumés, learning simple and advanced
computer skills and career guidance and
job effectiveness strategies. Additionally, the collection
contains extensive medical and personal health holdings from
topics on diet and weight loss to information of all aspects of
physical and mental health.
The Indiana Shared eBook Collection purchase was
made possible through a partnership between the Indiana State
Library and SOLINET and is paid for through Build Indiana Funds
as appropriated by the Indiana General Assembly.
The Indiana Department
of Workforce Development (DWD) has partnered with the Office of
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) and the Indiana
State Library to provide training and computers to local
libraries, community groups, and faith-based
organizations currently helping Hoosiers file for unemployment
benefits. A training session to explain the unemployment filing
process in detail and offer helpful advice to best assist
unemployed Hoosiers will take place on Wednesday, February 25,
2009 from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Indiana Government Center
South Auditorium in Indianapolis. The State Library will record
this training and post the video online at WebJunction Indiana.
In addition to the training, DWD has started a
computer loan program that will provide over 200 surplus state
computers to public libraries and other organizations to meet
the demand of unemployment filers in their area.
Libraries and
organizations interested in participating in the loan program
should contact Valerie Kroeger with DWD at 317-234-4026 or
vkroeger@dwd.in.gov.
This information and more, including tutorials
and other DWD resources, is available on the new
Unemployment Assistance Tools webpage.
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