Tag Archives: Rare Books

The Walk and Talk Webinar Touring the Indiana State Library – 2 LEUs

image of Indiana State Library great hallPlease join us on a behind the scenes & public area tour of the Indiana State Library. Suzanne Walker will be taking us on this journey, Paula Newcom will be behind the camera and Courtney Brown will host and monitor the chat. This will be in real time and you will have the opportunity to ask questions of library staff as we walk through the different divisions. We will begin the journey at the public entrance on West Ohio Street. These are the places we will visit: Circulation; Indiana Historical Bureau; Genealogy; and Indiana Education Center. Next, we well walk up the Grand Staircase that leads to the beautiful Great Hall; History Reference Room; Author’s Room; Young Reader’s Center; Browsing Room & Manuscripts; Indiana Division and Reference; and Newspaper Room. We’ll go behind the scenes to the stacks Cataloging division; Preservation Lab; and finish in the Administration office. Other ISL services will be highlighted in webinars this year: the new Imagination Library initiative (February 14) and the Talking Books & Braille Library (February 28) and will be eventually linked on our Archived Webinars webpage.

Date Recorded: 6/26/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Suzanne Walker, Paula Newcom & Beth Yates, Indiana State Library

 

Digital Preservation: What Libraries Need to Know – 1 LEU

Indiana Digital Preservation logo shape of IndianaWhen digitizing materials from your library, preservation is just as important as access. In this presentation from representatives of Indiana Digital Preservation, or InDiPres, you will learn what digital preservation entails, including the processes that InDiPres uses to prepare and include content into its preservation network, and how this practice is essential to any library’s digital initiatives plan.

Date Recorded: 1/25/2023

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters:  Justin Clark, Digital Initiatives Director / Indiana Historical Bureau and Charla Gilbert, Director / Vincennes University and Janice Gustaferro, Metadata Librarian / Butler University

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Gobble Up Information at the Indiana State Library: An Overview of Our Public Services and Collections – 1 LEU

Join staff of the Indiana State Library to learn about how to use the historical collections, Talking Books, and the Young Readers Center. This program may benefit librarians looking for ways to assist their patrons or researchers wanting to know more about the Indiana State Library.

Date Recorded: 11/24/21

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Indiana State Library’s Public Services Librarians – Monique Howell, Jamie Dunn, Marcia Caudell, Victoria Duncan and Laura Williams

Collection Preservation at the Indiana State Library – 1 LEU

Seth IrwinThe Indiana State Library holds collections that are significant and important to both the history of Indiana and also the United States.  The Library’s holdings consist of a wide variety of different materials, such as maps, documents, photographs, books, paintings, and fine art.  Caring for these collections is what the ISL Preservation Division is tasked with, both preventing damage from happening and repairing damage when it happens.  This talk will focus on both an introduction to the field of Art Conservation and the work of the Indiana State Library Preservation Program.

Presenter: Seth Irwin, Conservator / Indiana State Library

Date Recorded: 2/24/2021

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Encounter the Past: The Indiana State Library’s Digital Collections – 1 LEU

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Focused on school librarians, this webinar is an introduction to the Indiana State Library’s digital collections.  It provides a basic overview of the collection and how to use them as primary source materials.

 

Date Recorded: 9/25/18

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenter: Chris Marshall, Digital Collections Coordinator, Indiana Division, Indiana State Library


Archival Policies, Procedures & the Record’s Life Cycle – 1 LEU

old lettersIn this webinar, Bethany Fiechter, Rare Books and Manuscripts Supervisor at the Indiana State Library, will highlight the importance of librarians and archivists working together to accomplish goals. Attendees will learn basic archival policies/procedures and the record’s life-cycle, a management model for North American archivists since the 1960s.

Date Recorded: 6/14/17

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenter: Bethany Fiechter / Rare Books and Manuscripts Supervisor, Indiana State Library

Reading Room Rules Governing the Use of Materials – Sample

Application for Use of Photographic, Film or Image Reproduction – Sample

Deed of Gift Form – Sample

Reading Room Registration Form – Sample

Archives and Libraries Webinar Talking Points Transcription – Transcription from Webinar

Archives and Libraries – Bibliography

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