Indiana Federal Documents https://feddocs.lib.in.us Your resource destination for learning and locating federal information Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:18:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3 Indiana SDC Network 2019 Annual Affiliate Gathering https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=995 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:05:05 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=995 Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Indiana Government Conference Center
ROOM 12, Indiana Government Campus South
Indianapolis, IN 46204
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

1:00 PM
Welcome, Updates on Indiana and the 2020 Census

Katie Springer, Indiana State Data Center

1:45PM
The new Data.Census.gov!

Kanin Reese, Chief, Dissemination Outreach Branch
U.S. Census Bureau

KaNin Reese is the Chief of the Dissemination Outreach Branch at the U.S. Census Bureau, where she engages internal and external stakeholders in the future of data dissemination. KaNin joined the Census Bureau in 2005 as a survey statistician and worked on various surveys and programs as an income and poverty analyst. For the past two years, KaNin has been responsible for the communications and outreach efforts for the Census API and the new data dissemination platform, data.census.gov. KaNin has a master’s degree in demography from University of Mississippi and a bachelor’s degree in sociology and psychology from Texas A&M University.

2:45PM
Differential Privacy: Using Data Science to Protect Our Data

Michael Hawes, Senior Advisor for Data Access and Privacy
U.S. Census Bureau

3:45PM
Economic Census & Census Business Builder (New online data tools!)

Andrew Hait, Economic Outreach and Marketing
U.S. Census Bureau

Mr. Hait is an Economist and serves as the Data Product and Data User Liaison in the Governments and Trade Management Division at the U.S. Census Bureau. With over 30 years of service at the Bureau, Andy advises on Economic data products and conducts data user training for the Economic Census and the Census Bureau’s other monthly, quarterly, and annual economic survey programs. He also coordinates development of the innovative data tool, Census Business Builder, that presents selected demographic, business, and other data in a user-friendly, map-based interface. Mr. Hait holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Syracuse University and has a Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.

RSVP to Katie if you’re able to attend: kspringer@library.in.gov

Census Day is April 1, 2020! Answer the census via smartphone!

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Teaching Veterans Day https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=981 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:14:44 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=981 Americans celebrate every November 11 to honor veterans who have ever served. Formerly known as Armistice Day, Veterans’ Day initially honored the ending of World War 1, November 11, 1918. The day official became a holiday in 1938 following proclamation by President Roosevelt. After World War II and the Korean War, President Eisenhower broadened the scope of the holiday by proclaiming the day Veterans’ Day, commemorating all Americans who served.

The National Archives works to provide access to veterans’ records to help them receive benefits. The agency can assist with medical or health records, as well as work with veterans to replace lost medals and awards. Teachers and researchers can take advantage of the various online exhibits: World War 1: A Soldier’s Story, D-Day and the Normandy Invasion, Remembering Vietnam, as well as education resources, articles, blogs, and oral histories.

The National Education Association (NEA) has put together a variety of educational activities for teachers and their students. The Department of Veterans Affairs also put together a Veterans Day Teachers Guide to offer various ideas and activities to make learning about the history of the holiday more engaging to students. The most important lesson on Veterans Day is to be sure to thank a service member.

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Constitution Day 2019 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=952 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:43:29 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=952 September 17 is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day! The date commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. The federal government created several games, activities, and guides to help educators, students, and citizens learn more about our country’s Constitution and civic duties. Is your library interested in commemorating Constitution Day? Below are a list of resources and fun activities to help celebrate Constitution Day:

The Government Publishing Office (GPO) has a wealth of activities and resources, pulled together by their agency, and with the help of other depository libraries. The National Archives has put together a fun Constitution themed quiz to play. The Law Library of Congress features a useful overview of the history of the Constitution, as well as the history of the Constitution Day and Citizenship Day observance that includes citations and links to the official federal resolutions and laws. For children interesting in learning about the Constitution, Ben’s Guide has a learning adventure relating to the 1789 U.S. Constitution.

Make sure to visit the Indiana State Library’s display on Constitution Day on the 2nd floor of the building. The display was put together by a local DAR chapter in Indianapolis. In addition to the display, ISL will have free pocket-sized Constitutions to take, as well as fun print out activities (crosswords and word search games) for people to take and enjoy. If you have any questions about the Constitution or questions relating to citizenship, be sure to ask our Federal Documents Librarian.

 

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Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch to chair Indiana 2020 Census Complete Count Committee https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=945 Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:34:39 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=945 Here at the Indiana State Library, our Indiana State Data Center Program has had an official partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau since 1978. We share statistical information and talk about the importance of access to good public data on a daily basis. Each decade, however, our efforts with the Census Bureau ramp up and we help “count everyone once, only once, in the right place” as of Census Day, April 1. The State of Indiana includes multiple stakeholders who take part in this effort.

On Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, Gov. Eric J. Holcomb announced that Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch will lead Indiana’s statewide Complete Count Committee for the 2020 Census. The goal of the committee is to encourage all Hoosiers to answer the census. Indiana’s CCC kick-off meeting will be Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, at 1 p.m. Eastern in the Indiana Government Center South Auditorium. You are invited. Register for the meeting here

The 2020 Census will be the very first census that provides online response. People can answer via their smartphones, use their home computers and laptops or go to their local library and use a public computer terminal. Because of this, libraries will see increased traffic next year during March and April. Indiana librarians will receive questions about what the census does and why the Census Bureau counts people. We will need to provide help with how it’s done.

This May, the American Library Association released its Libraries’ Guide to the 2020 Census. It explains the importance of the 2020 Census and also addresses the risks that we face if groups of people are undercounted in 2020. This is the reason that CCCs and promotional campaigns carry weight. Our efforts will impact the accuracy and completeness of next year’s count. Libraries are trusted voices, and librarians can make efforts to prepare ourselves to inform our communities.

Start learning about the census with Census Bureau’s Shape Your Future. Start Here website. Get details about promoting the census locally on the 2020 Census in Indiana website. Register and attend the CCC kick-off on Monday, Aug. 19 to learn more!

This blog post by Katie Springer, reference librarian. For more information, contact the Reference and Government Services Division at 317-232-3678 

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Libraries and the 2020 Census https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=937 Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:26:04 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=937 In December of last year, Kathy Kozenski from the Geography Educators’ Network of Indiana and I brought a giant 15′ x 21′ Indiana floor map1 to the Vigo County Public Library for a program called “Get On The Map!” Library patrons, ages 3 to 15, joined us in learning about state geography as we walked in socked feet across cities, lakes, rivers and forests.

Photo courtesy of Lauri Chandler, Youth Services Manager at the Vigo County Public Library.

We discussed the cardinal directions and talked with the students about where they had lived and traveled, and where they would like to go in the future. Despite their young ages, many had already been outside of the state and even outside of the country. We asked students to identify and locate map features. Lake Michigan, one of the map’s prominent features, was a favorite.

We asked what we might find in Indiana cities or towns. Answers were:

“Buildings!”
“Roads!”
“Trees!”
“Pets!”
“Cars!”

Part of my reason for this question was to introduce the idea of the census, so we asked what else a city or town needed in order to have all of these things.

“People!,” they answered.

This provided us with a chance to discuss how many people live in different areas, and that when there are more people we need more resources. We talked about the upcoming 2020 census, why we count people and why it is important to get an accurate count so that resources can be distributed where they are needed.

We followed our map exploration with the storied adventures of Fred the Fish. Made of a small piece of muslin, Fred swam in a river – a plastic container of water – next to several different sources of pollution. We poured in small amounts of dirt, oil and trash. We demonstrated the effects of these things on Fred, and talked about how important it is to notice the effects of human population on the surrounding environment.

With the 2020 Census approaching, librarians are on the forefront of community outreach, as our jobs will involve helping patrons report data to the federal government. This will be the first U.S. census in history to provide the opportunity for online response, and we expect to welcome our patrons to answer the census at our public computers.

In October of 2018, the American Library Association issued a policy brief entitled Libraries and the 2020 Census Vital Partners for a Complete Count that explains how libraries act as “trusted partners in achieving a complete count in the 2020 census” by:

  • Delivering information about the census and hosting community outreach activities
  • Providing internet access to enable respondents to complete the census form online
  • Serving as trusted messengers, including in hard-to-count communities
  • Training data users and providing access to census statistics for businesses and community members.

ALA recently hosted a free webinar, “Libraries and the 2020 Census” through its Chapter Advocacy Exchange. You can view the webinar here. The ALA president, assistant director of government relations and deputy director of public policy addressed the important role libraries play in ensuring a complete and accurate count of people. It featured librarians planning 2020 census outreach in Montana, California and Illinois.

In Indiana, there are several ways we can participate in planning for the 2020 census, which will take place a year from now, in March and April of 2020. Local communities are building Complete Count Committees, also known as CCCs, to encourage participation. At your library, you can help by hosting outreach efforts from the Census Bureau, promoting census jobs as they are available and incorporating census information in newsletters, social media and websites. Last week, the Census Bureau released its 2020 promotional guidelines. You can retrieve the PDF here.

For more information about the 2020 census in Indiana and how you can help, visit the Census in Indiana website. Follow the State Data Center on Facebook and Twitter for census messages and contact us at the Indiana State Library with questions.

1. GENI loans out giant traveling floor maps of Indiana to libraries and schools along with curriculum guides and a trunk full of learning tools.

This blog post was written by Katie Springer, Data Center/Reference Librarian.

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Save the Date – Government Information Day 2020 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=933 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:11:33 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=933 The Indiana State Library is excited to announce the date for the next Government Information Day! GID2020 is a government information themed 1-day conference that will occur Thursday May 14, 2020 at the Indiana State Library. Librarians and anyone else interested in government information is encouraged to attend. GID2020 will feature presentations on topics relating to local, state, and federal information.

The event is free to attend, and is a great learning opportunity for librarians, library staff, information professionals, and members of the public. Indiana public librarians can earn up to 4 LEUs toward their certification. For any questions, or requests for presentation topics, please contact Brent Abercrombie, Federal Documents Librarian, at (317) 232-3733 or babercrombie@library.in.gov.

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Managing Disasters – Lessons from a Water Leak https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=931 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:53:38 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=931 Building leaks happen, especially with older buildings like the Indiana State Library. In April of this year, an air conditioning unit’s leak caused water to spill into the library. Two floors were affected by the leak. The fourth floor leak created a harmless pool of water on the floor, but the third floor leak caused damage to library printed materials.

The leak likely occurred on a Sunday, as the library’s conservator, Seth Irwin, found the water damaged material Monday morning. The water damaged several documents from the library’s federal documents collection. Library staff moved quickly to minimize damage. Tables were set up, and fans brought into the room, as the conservator and his intern worked to separate and gently dry the damaged material. The bulk of the damaged items were promotional material for the U.S. Nursing Corps. The material included books, pamphlets, photographs and a couple of large broadsides.

Treating the photographs was fairly straightforward, but one of the broadsides posed a challenge. The two broadsides were folded before they were damaged by water. The conservator was able to unfold the items, but one of the posters was rather large. Unfolded, the item barely fit in the conservation lab’s sink. The poster was treated, cleaned and re-enforced so that it can be displayed for a future exhibit.

Luckily, the damage was relatively small in scale. After the incident, new procedures to minimize the damage of a future leak were implemented. The area now has nearby tarp, which covers the tables and material when it is not in use. The two tables primarily serve as a work station for wrapping and enveloping reference material. Building leaks are scary events, especially in a library, but with previous training and an understanding of disaster procedures, the staff was able to minimize the extent of damage.

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Indiana University Northwest – Library Renovation https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=921 Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:41:15 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=921 The Indiana University Northwest Library (0172A) is undergoing a renovation project during the next several months; as a consequence, its Government Documents collection—as well as the collection, in general, will not be accessible to the public.

For an overview of the renovation project, and its implications, please visit the following Web site: https://libguides.iun.edu/renovation. Please check this site regularly, as situations are changing on a regular basis. Hopefully, the renovation project will be completed by this December, at the latest.  The goal is for the project to be mostly completed by this Fall.

Library staff will NOT have access to retrieve Government Documents during this time.  For more immediate needs, you are encouraged to utilize the https://www.govinfo.gov/ service, as well as contacting the Indiana State Library, or other Indiana depository libraries, for access to their tangible collections; please link to https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?page_id=22 for a listing.

IUN library staff apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding at this time.

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2020 Census Mid-Year Meeting, Indiana State Data Center Network https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=912 Thu, 02 May 2019 17:57:39 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=912 Please join us at the Indiana State Library on May 22 for a 2020 Census mid-year kick-off! Speaker Dr. Roberto Gallardo from the Purdue Center for Regional Development will be at the State Library on Wednesday, May 22 to talk to us on ‘The State of the Digital Divide in Indiana’ –covering broadband access in rural areas. We’ll also have speakers from the Census Bureau and start preparing for the 2020 Census. Please join us! Contact Katie @ kspringer@library.gov with any questions. Please RSVP by WEDNESDAY MAY 15.


Welcome to the Indiana SDC Network

Mid-Year 2020 Census Kick -Off!

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Indiana State Library

ROOM 401

10:00-10:30

Registration, Coffee & Bagels, Welcome

10:30 am

Rural Broadband in Indiana

Dr. Roberto Gallardo, Purdue Center for Regional Development

https://www.pcrd.purdue.edu/about-us/our-team/roberto-gallardo.php

 11:00

2020 Census Updates from the Census Bureau

Marilyn Sanders and Ellisa Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau, Chicago Regional Office

 11:45

The 2020 Census: Shaping Indiana’s Future!

Katie Springer, Indiana State Data Center

12:30 Lunch at the Indiana Historical Society

View IHS website: https://indianahistory.org/

View Stardust Café https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2findianahistory.org%2fvisit%2fstardust%2dterrace%2dcafe%2f&umid=A4AAA3FE-876F-9205-ADDE-28E79639A105&auth=8a5980d4d8120dbfd7a642d3e3e39c583ef9bd27-bac6f95f60dc6096b19032b079f23b6628c7fc3a

#HoosiersCountIN2020 www.census.indiana.edu

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2019 Spring Depository Virtual Conference https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=882 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:00:11 +0000 https://feddocs.lib.in.us/?p=882 The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Depository Library Council are hosting the 2019 Spring Depository Library Council Virtual Meeting. Occurring April 15-17, 2019, daily from 1:00 – 4:30 p.m. (EDT), the 3 day free conference will discuss the Federal Register Modernization Act, collaboration projects, and updates from GPO. The virtual meeting is an excellent opportunity to interact with other federal document librarians, and discuss current trends and issues in the community. Check FDLP’s slides and handouts for next week’s conference, and follow the event on twitter at #DLCVirtual19.

Session topics include:

  • FR Modernization Act
  • Comprehensive Collecting
  • Digital Deposit
  • Preserving the National Collection: Services for Depositories
  • LSCM Project Updates
  • Securing Information, Protecting Privacy, & Providing Access
  • All-Digital Depositories

Remember to register for the free event.

 

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