Volume 22, Number 2 (2003)

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    Building Social Digital Libraries
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Börner, Katy
    The accelerating rate of scientific and technical discovery, typified by the ever-shortening time period for the doubling of information – currently estimated at 18 months – causes new topics to emerge at an increasing rate. Large amounts of human knowledge are available online – not only in the form of texts and images, but also as audio files, movies, software demos, etc.
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    A Collaborative Place: The Roots of Collaboration in Indiana Public and School Libraries
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) LaMaster, Jennifer
    Let us suppose that the momentous problem is solved of persuading children to use the library for a more serious purpose than to find a book ‘as good as… ’ and that we are trying to convince children that the library… can furnish information on whatever they wish to know about – whether it is some boy who comes on the busiest morning of the week, to find out how to make a puppet show in time to give an afternoon exhibition, or some high-school girl who rushes over in the 20 minutes’ recess to write an exhaustive treatise on women’s colleges. –Miss A.L. Sargent,1895. The “momentous problem” of providing interesting, challenging and fun resources for children and young adults rings as true 108 years later as it did for Miss Sargent. As true is the continual challenge for the librarian serving last minute student crises. In thinking about youth services, I was led to wonder about the two library institutions that serve young people: the school library and the public library. In my MLS courses I have read a great deal on the benefits of strong collaborative efforts between these two entities. Missing from these readings was a sense of a historical relationship between the school and public library. This article examines the early, inter-twinned relationship between school and public libraries in Indiana. The collaboration between the two entities once helped lead Indiana to top education status in the United States. The purpose of this paper is to lay out the historical development of public and school libraries in the state in the hopes of creating a better appreciation for the long and diverse history of the collaboration between the libraries. By knowing where we come from perhaps we can better understand where we are going.
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    Cover
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana Libraries
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    For the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge the Workingmen's Institute, New Harmony, Indiana
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Lowe, M. Sara; Stone, Sean M.
    Southern Indiana holds a treasure, the Workingmen’s Institute. Founded in 1838 by William Maclure, it is the oldest continuously operating public library in the state of Indiana. While the origins of the Workingmen’s Institute (WMI) and its history in the community of New Harmony are fascinating subjects, they have also been well documented. Rather than focusing on the past, this article attempts to focus on the present and future of the Workingman’s Institute as it continues to define its three separate functions: public library, museum, and special collection.
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    Indiana Libraries: Instructions to Authors
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana Libraries
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    Indiana Library Federation General Information
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana Libraries
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    Indiana Library Federation: Publication Subscription Information
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Indiana Libraries
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    Lawrence County Libraries
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Voris, Joe
    Lawrence County, Indiana is probably best known for its limestone. Stone from its quarries has been used in such landmarks at the National Archives, the Empire State Building, the Pentagon, and the National Cathedral. But Lawrence County has another distinction as well. Lawrence County is the home county to more astronauts than any other county in the United States. Three men, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Charlie Walker, and Kenneth Bowersox, hail from here. The two public libraries in the county, located in Bedford and Mitchell, have created some special collections dedicated to the space pioneers.
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    Loyal to a Place: Developing Staff as Librarians
    (H.W. Wilson Company, 2003) Puacz, Jeanne Holba
    Recruiting and retaining librarians by exploring the uniqueness of Indiana as a “place” is an innovative and exciting concept. In addition, why not explore the concept of recruiting individuals that have already chosen Indiana as “their place?” Many talented and motivated individuals already staff Indiana’s libraries. If recruitment efforts are focused on developing existing staff members, libraries are likely to be rewarded with professionals that are already loyal to their state, their library, “their place.” The success of this approach in a mid-size public library in Indiana will be explored.