BlogJunction Indiana
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Unless you voted early, don’t forget to visit the polls Tuesday, November 4 to cast your ballot in this year’s general election. If you are interested in voting early, you still have a short window of opportunity. Contact your local election board for information about early voting in your county. Contact information for local election [...]
Indiana Memory, a portal to extensive online collections of Indiana’s historical materials, provides access to unique Civil War materials from both government and personal perspectives. Letters, diaries, photographs, posters and other materials documenting the Civil War have been digitized through projects by historical organizations within the state to provide greater access for students, educators and the [...]
A recent press release from the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) on the status of minority- and women-owned businesses coincides with this year’s observance of National Businesswomen’s Week from October 19 to October 25. The celebration of women in business was first planned in 1928 by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. [...]
Indiana public librarians have an opportunity to earn Technology LEUs at one of many free Solinet workshops over the next few months. Each workshop, which range from 2 to 6 LEUs, is either available online or at a handful of statewide locations. Librarians of all types (special, school, academic, etc.) are welcome to register for [...]
This coming Monday is Columbus Day! Columbus Day was first proclaimed a national holiday by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, to be held every October 12th. In 1971, Congress moved the holiday from October 12th to the second Monday in October, in order to give workers a longer holiday weekend.
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