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The Capitol Christmas Tree and lighting ceremony is a tradition that dates back to 1964. Since 1970, the United States Forest Service has appointed one of our country’s National Forests to provide the Capitol Christmas Tree.
The Capitol Christmas Tree Program web site provides a detailed history of the program and of what the appointed National [...]
The Indiana State Library recently awarded 49 Indiana public libraries a total of 99 Advanced Workstations in Education (AWE) computer systems as part of the AWE grant project. A complete listing of libraries receiving the award is available on the AWE grant project’s Web page. Libraries will receive their bilingual early literacy computer stations by [...]
The Indiana State Library has several mobile scanning units available for loan to cultural heritage organizations. This program is an effort to enhance the digital collections of Indiana’s public and academic libraries, museums, and local historical societies and archives, as well as those of Indiana Memory. These mobile scanning units will provide basic equipment and [...]
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Initially a holiday commemorating the harvest, Thanksgiving was proclaimed a national holiday in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln. Tradition followed that it would be celebrated on the last Thursday of every November. In 1939, a year with five Thursdays in November, President Franklin Roosevelt declared that Thanksgiving would be [...]
Courtesy of the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Based on the enthusiastic response from museum, library and archive professionals throughout the country, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will offer a third, and final, round of competition to distribute an additional 1,000 copies of the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. Online applications can [...]