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The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
State Library Treasures Series: Volume II – Manuscript Collections
By Dawn Lipp (dlipp@statelib.lib.in.us)
Three weeks ago in the Wednesday Word we told you about a treasure of the State Library: the map collection. This week we bring you another treasure: the Library’s 4,300 plus manuscript collections which contain [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
DRAWN TO READING BOOKMARKS AVAILABLE TO INDIANA LIBRARIES
By Dawn Lipp (dlipp@statelib.lib.in.us)
They’re back! Those colorful, award-winning bookmarks drawn from the imagination of young Hoosiers. The innovative “Drawn to Reading” program has once again donated thousands of bookmarks to the Indiana State Library for distribution around the state. This [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
THE READ-TO-ME PROGRAM
By Marcia Smith-Woodard (mwoodard@statelib.lib.in.us)
The Indiana Read-to-Me literacy program, a cooperative effort between the Indiana State Library Development Office and the state’s correctional facility libraries, began in the fall of 2000. The Read-to-Me program encourages offenders to read to their children. Through this program, the offenders [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
“X” MARKS THE SPOT
By Janet Buckley (jbuckley@statelib.lib.in.us)
“Walk 12 paces north of the palm tree on the left to the rocky outcropping, turn right and walk 50 paces to the freshwater spring. X marks the spot.”
Although treasure maps are commonly used in fictitious stories such as Robert [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
UNCLE SAM’S SITES FOR KIDS
By Shannon Bloomquist (sbloomquist@statelib.lib.in.us)
According to American poet Bryan H. McGill, “Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.” Children are innately curious, but it can be difficult for adults to locate well-organized and kid-friendly Web sites containing the sort [...]