June 10, 2026
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Indiana library jobs
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In the news
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Upcoming workshops and important dates
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Discovery to Delivery 2026 announced, committee seeking proposals
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Indiana Data Users Group quarterly meeting reminder
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Featured Indiana State Library kit: 'Pets'
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How to take a car trip in 1920s Indiana
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Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library now circulating board games
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This week's new Indiana library jobs |
Teen Outreach Librarian
Bartholomew County Public Library
Library Director
Bourbon Public Library
Library Director
Fairmount Public Library
Branch Manager
Johnson County Public Library
Facilities Manager
Johnson County Public Library
Head Adult Services Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
Library Director
Wanatah Public Library |
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Free training for librarians and library employees on LinkedIn Learning |
The Indiana Library Passport, a creative digital experience that encourages everyone to visit libraries across the Hoosier state, is open to Indiana residents and outside visitors alike. The passport has more than 170 libraries and branches to explore.
Read more about the passport here. Libraries interested in joining the Indiana Library Passport – free of cost – should contact the communications director at the Indiana State Library. |
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Discovery to Delivery 2026 announced, committee seeking proposals |
The Discovery to Delivery Conference Committee has announced Friday, Oct. 2, as the date for its 2026 resource sharing event. Also known as D2D, the conference is hosted by the Academic Libraries of Indiana and the Indiana State Library and focuses on library resource sharing, interlibrary loans and institutional collaboration. The free one-day conference is open to all Indiana libraries - public, academic, school, special and institutional.
The 2026 theme is "Sharing on a Budget." The committee is soliciting proposals for breakout sessions and poster sessions. Presentations should be approximately 30-35 minutes in length with an additional 10 minutes at the end of each session for questions and discussion.
Suggested proposal topics include, but are not limited to: interlibrary loans and acquisitions; best practices; collaborations and partnerships; copyright compliance; customer service; e-resources licensing ande-books; Evergreen Indiana; Indiana Share; marketing interlibrary loan services; patron-driven services; professional development; staff training; statistics; and future visions for resource sharing.
Sessions are eligible for LEUs for Indiana library staff.
Those interested in submitting a proposal should fill out the proposal submission form. The submission deadline is Wednesday, July 15, at 4 p.m. ET.
This year's conference will be hybrid, featuring on-site and Zoom options. The conference will be held at the Indiana University Indianapolis University Library, located at 755 W. Michigan St. in Indianapolis, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. |
| Indiana Data Users Group quarterly meeting reminder |
The next Indiana Data Users Group (IN-DUG) quarterly meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 23, from 10-11 a.m.
Data users of all levels are invited to join the quarterly IN-DUG meetings. The June meeting will feature Carol Rogers, director of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. In her work with the IBRC, Rogers helps develop new ways for researchers to engage with available data. She also encourages researchers to use new technological tools to create better resources for further understanding data.
Click here to read more about the IN-DUG quarterly meeting and to register.
The meeting is eligible for one LEU for Indiana library staff.
Those with questions about the meeting can contact Katie Springer, director of the Indiana State Data Center at the Indiana State Library. |
Featured Indiana State Library kit: 'Pets' |
The Indiana State Library’s Indiana Young Readers Center provides five types of kits for use by public library youth librarians and teachers across the state: Book Club kits, LEGO kits, DUPLO kits, Storytime kits and Indiana Escape Experience kits. Every other week, the Wednesday Word will feature one of these kits.
This week's featured kit is the “Pets" Storytime kit. The set includes nine picture books, one board book, one pop-up book, two sets of large plastic pet toys, a “Walk Like the Animals” music CD and a felt board set that includes magnets for the song “Which Pet is in this House?” The kit also contains a story bag set to go with the book "I Love Guinea Pigs." The set contains a puppet, the book and a guide, all inside of a drawstring bag. Every kit includes a teacher’s or librarian’s guide full of ideas for use with groups of children.
“What kid doesn’t like to read about pets? Children will love the puppy and mouse puppets and the music CD,” said Tammie Buchanan, Indiana Young Readers Center librarian at the Indiana State Library.
Read more about the kits here.
Kits can be ordered and delivered via InfoExpress. Please contact Tammie Buchanan with any questions about reserving the kits. |
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Upcoming workshops and important dates |
| Welcome to Digital Collection Highlights. Every other week, librarians at the Indiana State Library share images from the library's ever-growing digital collections. Visit the Digital Collections
page to view the latest additions. |
How to take a car trip in 1920s Indiana |
Car trips in the 1920s in Indiana were very different from what they are today. Back then, car ownership was a relatively new phenomenon for the average Hoosier, and the state was busy paving and laying out roads for their use.
Prior to the prevalence of motels, a person travelling on an Indiana highway would be hard pressed to find a place to spend the night unless they were in a large town or city. As a result, tourist camps popped up along major highways. Also referred to as car parks, travelers needed to provide their own tents and food, but other amenities like grills, showers and play areas could be provided.
A 1922 map from the Indiana State Library’s digital collection shows thelocations of such camps throughout the state. On the back of the map, camping and safety information is listed, as well as more detailed descriptions of what travelers could expect to find at each campsite. |
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library now circulating board games |
The Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library has announced that board games are now available for checkout with a library card at the Zionsville Branch.
The collection includes strategy games, party games, cooperative adventures and classic favorites, designed to bring people together through play. The board games are located in the Teen & Adult Services area of the library. The collection includes a wide variety of game types with varying degrees of difficulty for patrons of all experience levels.
Games available for checkout include Jenga, Cards Against Humanity: Family Edition, Smash Up: Marvel, Farkle, Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set: Heroes of the Borderlands, Shark Island and more.
Patrons may check out up to two games at a time, and games will circulate for 14 days. Users can place games on hold using their library card.
"The goal of this project is to create opportunities for our community to discover - or renew - their sense of play, not just during our regular gaming programs. Board games encourage communication, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, all while creating memorable experiences together. A huge thank you to the Friends of the Library for awarding a grant to Jessica Frazier, Teen & Adult Services librarian, to help make this project possible," the library said in a statement. | |
