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The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: VISION WITH A VOICE
By Carole Rose (crose@statelib.lib.in.us)
Most people enjoy watching a good movie, but for persons with vision loss the experience may not always be entertaining. Important visual effects in movies such as “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” “The Sixth Sense,” [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
By Edythe Huffman (ehuffman@statelib.lib.in.us)
Each January, public libraries in Indiana complete and submit an annual report to the Indiana State Library. Each library compiles statistics to track factors such as circulation, registered borrowers, library services, salaries of staff, number of staff, and operating costs, [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
WHAT’S BLACK AND WHITE AND “RED” ALL OVER?
By Janet Buckley (jbuckley@statelib.lib.in.us)
How many of us remember that old joke from grade school? The answer to the above question is, of course, a newspaper. If there’s one thing the Indiana State Library has in abundance, it’s newspapers. [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
WHAT INDIANA MEANS TO ME
By Shannon Bloomquist (sbloomquist@statelib.lib.in.us)
The Indiana State Library is pleased to supply judges for the “What Indiana Means to Me” essay contest sponsored by the State House Events Coordinating Committee (SHECC). This contest commemorates Indiana Statehood Day, a celebration of Indiana’s [...]
The Wednesday Word: News from the Indiana State Library
SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT VINE
By Carole Rose (crose@statelib.lib.in.us)
The Indiana State Library is pleased to announce plans for the implementation of VINE (Vital INformation Exchange), a collaborative statewide database that pulls together Indiana-related local history and vital record indexes from the collections of Indiana’s public libraries, historical societies, [...]