What's Up Wednesday - The Walk and Talk Webinar: Touring the Indiana State Library (webinar) Online
Suzanne Walker - Indiana Young Readers Center Librarian, Indiana State Library. Suzanne Walker
received her Master of Library Science from Indiana University. She is currently the Indiana Young Readers Center Librarian and Director of the Indiana Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Library of Congress. She coordinates Indiana’s Letters About Literature competition annually. Suzanne judged the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards in 2013 and 2014 and the Indiana Poetry Out Loud competition in 2017. Most recently she was a judge for the 2020 and 2022 Indiana Authors Awards and the 2021 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award. She has presented for the American Library Association and numerous times at Indiana Library Federation’s District conferences, annual conferences, and youth conferences and is proud to have been interviewed about Indiana authors by NPR.
Paula Newcom is the Northeast Regional Coordinator for the Indiana State Library. Her experience in libraries for the past thirty-four years ranges from very small libraries to large county-wide systems. She has varied experience as Head of Youth Services (Crown Point Community Library); Reference Librarian and Webmaster (Marion Public Library in Grant County, Indiana); Audiovisual Services (Akron-Summit County Public Library in Ohio). She is a graduate of Indiana University with a B.A. in English and Film Studies. She obtained her Masters in Library Science from Indiana University.
Beth Yates is the Indiana State Library’s Children's Consultant. Beth has worked as a professional in the library field for 20 years, first at the Johnson County Public Library as a children's librarian and then children's services manager, and for the past eight lears at ISL. Beth has a BA in Communication from DePauw University and earned her MLS from Indiana University-Bloomington.
- Presenters: Suzanne Walker, Paula Newcom & Beth Yates / Indiana State Library
- Webinar date and time: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 / 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Eastern
- This webinar is eligible for 2 LEUs
- Date:
- Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Time:
- 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_mLdFSWKtRzW01VlnZtKvaQ
- Audience:
- Academic Library Staff General Public Library Directors Public Library Staff Trustees Youth Services Staff
- Categories:
- ISL - Virtual Event
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