April 25, 2022
Indiana Evergreeners,
Happy Monday! Well, if there is such a thing, today should qualify. There is some important stuff in this week’s update
Virtual Annual Meeting Rescheduled
The Evergreen Indiana Annual Meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, May 23rd at 1 p.m. CT / 2 p.m. ET. The annual meeting is required by Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium by-laws, and all staff at member libraries are encouraged to tune in and participate. At this meeting, the nominees for committee elections will be announced, with ballots to be distributed following. The link to join is available in the calendar event at https://evergreenindiana.org.
Annual Feature Request Survey
The Evergreen Indiana Annual Feature Request Survey opens TODAY!! This is your opportunity to submit your ideas about what would make the Evergreen ILS better. The survey will be open until May 18. Fill out the linked form with your ideas. We will use these ideas to determine future development projects.
Governance Committee Nominations
Nominations are being accepted through April 30, 2022 for open and opening seats on the Executive, Cataloging, and Patrons Services Committees. Three seats representing (1) Class A, (1) Class B, and (1) Class C libraries will be filled for the Executive Committee, and three seats representing (1) Class A, (1) Class B, and (1) Class C libraries will be filled for the Patron Services Committee. All of these seats are three year terms. An additional Class A seat will be filled for 2 years to finish the term vacated earlier this year.
Self-nominations are encouraged when endorsed by the appropriate supervisory personnel in member libraries. The form for nominations is here.
Evergreen International Online Conference Scholarship Application Available
The 2022 Evergreen International Conference will once more be held virtually via the Hop-in platform. Applications for Registration Scholarships are being accepted through Monday, May 2. All staff of Evergreen Indiana member libraries are invited to apply for these scholarships using the linked form here.
Upcoming Training
Please check out the calendar at https://evergreenindiana.org to see when upcoming training sessions are listed and find registration links.