Weekly Update—August 5, 2014

Stronger and Wiser Together

Have a great question or idea for Evergreen Indiana? We’re bringing the EI support team, ISL representatives, and Executive Committee and subcommittee representatives to your area for regional discussion roundtables! We invite you to join us to share experiences, ask questions, meet counterparts at other nearby libraries, and make requests for policy updates and development. Staff members of all levels and involvement are welcome. Representatives for cataloging, patron services, development, and governance will all be on hand to discuss what’s important for your library and users. We hope you’ll join us for at least one roundtable and celebrate the Evergreen Indiana community!

  • Central Region 
    September 8, 2014, 10am-Noon 
    Westfield-Washington Public Library
  • Northwest Region 
    September 10, 2014, 9:30am-11:30am 
    Monticello-Union Township Public Library
  • Northeast Region 
    October 2, 2014, 10am-Noon
    South Whitley Community Public Library
  • Southeast Region 
    October 3, 2014, 9:30am-11:30am 
    Greensburg-Decatur County Contractual Public Library
  • Southwest Region 
    October 22, 2014, 10am-Noon 
    Loogootee Public Library

Space is limited, so please register if you would like to participate. Participants will receive recommendations for area restaurants if you wish to continue community building over a meal after the scheduled meeting!

Member News

The Indiana State Library welcomes new Southwest Regional Coordinator Amber Painter! Amber received her MLS degree from Indiana University in 2011. She has worked in public, academic and special libraries and archives. Her focus is on public services and reference. She comes to the State Library from Mitchell Community Public Library (MTCPL).

Hamilton North Public Library (HNPL) welcomes new director Ann Hoehn. Ann’s previous position was with Van Buren Public Library (VBPL).

Committee News

The eContent Committee meeting on August 12, 2014 has been cancelled. The committee will meet again on October 14, 2014 at 10am at the Indiana State Library.

Support News

We are updating the hold error settings. Now when a patron or staff member is unable to place a hold, more specific error messages will display.

Job News

The Indiana State Library is seeking a Northeast Regional Coordinator to serve as an ambassador to library staff from all types of libraries in Indiana. Regional coordinators offer training workshops, connect local libraries with resources available from the State Library, and provide information, marketing, consulting, continuing education opportunities and more to libraries within their geographical area of the state. The job posting is available on Careers.IN.gov (Listing #591072; Title: Librarian I / Regional Coordinator). This posting will close on August 6, 2014.

Migration News

We have set a tentative migration weekend for the North Madison County Public Library System of September 26-30, 2014. A modified cataloging freeze is anticipated during that weekend. Further information will be forthcoming as available.

Upcoming Evergreen Indiana Training Opportunities

September 11
Basic Circulation, 9am-12pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428
Holds, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428
September 18
Basic Cataloging, 9am-12pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428
Local Administration, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Indiana State Library, Room 428
October 28
Advanced Cataloging, Part I, 9am-12pm, Webinar
October 29
Advanced Cataloging, Part II, 9am-12pm, Webinar