For the second consecutive year, the Indianapolis Colts have graciously donated one copy of the Indiana Football Digest to each public library in Indiana. The 736 page 2008 edition provides a detailed season preview for all Indiana High School Athletic Association football teams and in-state college football programs.
The Indiana State Library will soon ship the 2008 Indiana Football Digest along with Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America and the “Drawn to Reading” bookmarks to all 238 public library districts (additional copies for branch libraries will be sent to the main library). Most books will be shipped through INfoExpress and should arrive at your library in October. Those libraries who do not participate in the service will receive your copy through standard mail.
Please join the State Library in thanking the Indianapolis Colts for their steadfast support of literacy and Indiana libraries!
FOURTH GRADERS INVITED TO ENTER “WHAT INDIANA MEANS TO ME” ESSAY COMPETITION
The Indiana State House Tour Office and Indiana State Library are sponsoring the “What Indiana Means to Me” essay competition in conjunction with Indiana Statehood Day, a celebration of Indiana’s 192nd birthday. The ceremony will take place December 11, 2008, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (EST) in the Indiana State House.
The essay competition is for all Hoosier fourth graders in a public, private or home school. Essays need to range from 100 to 400 words, handwritten or typed and convey what living in the state of Indiana means to the student. The first place winner will be invited to read his or her essay at the Statehood Day ceremony!
Essays must be submitted by November 7, 2008 to:
Jennifer Hodge, Coordinator, State Capitol Tour Office,
200 W. Washington St. Room 220
Indiana State House,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
For full competition guidelines visit http://www.in.gov/library/6503.htm. For more information about the “What Indiana Means to Me” competition or the Indiana Statehood Day celebration on December 11, 2008, call the State House Tour Office at 317-233-9830.
ALA OFFERING GRANTS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY IN LIBRARIES
The American Library Association is accepting applications for the ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award. This funding opportunity is open to individual libraries, library consortiums, groups of librarians, and support organizations. The $1,500 will support innovative planning for, applications of, or development of patron training programs about information technology in a library setting. In addition to the $1,500, winners will receive a 24-karat gold-framed citation of achievement.
The deadline to apply for the Library of the Future Award is Dec. 1, 2008. The application is available online. If you have any questions about the application or about the funding program in general, contact the American Library Association at (800) 545-2433.
HAVE REFERENCE QUESTIONS? CALL THE STATE LIBRARY’S REFERENCE HOTLINE AT 866-683-0008 OR SUBMIT QUESTIONS ONLINE THROUGH e-REFERENCE
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