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Associated Press Indianapolis Star Fun activities at Greenwood library stimulate preschoolers' senses LaPorte Herald Argus Writer Peggy Archer to visit La Porte Library Perry County News Rensselaer Republican Library to hold "Turn off your TV Week" Richmond Palladium-Item Rushville Republican Shelbyville News South Bend Tribune South Bend Tribune Doris Day author to visit Warsaw
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State Library Awards Nine Digitization Grants
These digitized collections will all eventually be available through Indiana Memory. Indiana Memory is a digital library providing free access to Indiana’s unique cultural and historical heritage through a variety of digital formats. It is a collaboration of Indiana libraries, museums, archives, and related cultural organizations, administered by the Indiana State Library. Indiana Memory is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.
In recognition of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War,
2011-2015, the Indiana State Library will continue to promote
the digitization of Civil War related materials for 2011. Next
year’s theme will focus on the soldier’s experience. For more
information, contact Connie Rendfeld by calling 317-232-3694 or
e-mail
crendfeld@library.IN.gov. Shelbyville Library Wraps Up Advocacy Campaign
According to an OCLC release, the Geek the Library campaign introduces the word 'geek' as a verb and encourages the public to talk about what they 'geek'—whether it’s engineering, superheroes or art. Campaign messaging illustrates the fact that everyone is passionate about something—everyone 'geeks' something—and that the public library supports it all. The awareness campaign strategy is based on findings from the 2008 OCLC report, From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America. It utilizes a broad range of marketing, advertising and advocacy techniques to reach the audience identified in the report as "probable" library supporters—a group of regular voters who are likely to support library funding, but who are not fully committed. “Everyone can identify with it. Everybody geeks, or has a passion, about something,” said Janet Wallace, director of the Shelbyville-Shelby County Library in an article in the Shelbyville News. “A lot of people liked the campaign. It opened doors for us and definitely raised awareness of the library.” Campaign efforts launched in summer 2009 and run through this April. Upon completion, OCLC claims it will make the campaign materials and other guides, along with information from the pilot campaigns, available to libraries, but further details have yet to be mad available. Log on to www.geekthelibrary.org for details as the develop. MayDay Encourages Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Each year, archives, libraries, museums, and arts and historic preservation organizations set aside May 1 to participate in MayDay, an initiative of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force to protect cultural heritage from disasters. The Heritage Emergency National Task Force offers up several resources to plan a MayDay event or task. You can also take advantage of this exciting incentive for participating in MayDay 2010. Submit a brief description of what your organization does for MayDay by May 21, 2010, and you will be entered in a random drawing to win one of four prizes donated by Gaylord Brothers.* The prizes include a React Pak™, a Collections Protection Kit, Rescubes®, and Leak Alert Water Detectors - all great products to have on hand in case of an emergency. Winners will be announced June 1st, the beginning of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. |
