Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI) is an organization representing all academic libraries in accredited non-profit institutions of higher education in Indiana. Included among the 72 ALI members are major research libraries, law and medical libraries, theological school libraries, and many undergraduates libraries.

ALI was established in 2003 to:

• Support economic development in Indiana
• Promote collaboration, innovation, preservation, and resource sharing
• Maintain resources for improving teaching, learning, research and service
• Improve Indiana's information infrastructure

The Academic Libraries of Indiana are pleased to announce that on September 14, 2012, Indiana’s Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., issued a Proclamation to declare the first week of October 2012 as Indiana Information Literacy Week.

The executive order reads as follows:

Whereas, information literacy provides the knowledge and skills to find, evaluate and use credible information from all sources in our constantly evolving world; and Whereas, these skills are fundamental in strengthening our local and state economic development and prosperity in order to be an informed and educated citizenry; and Whereas, information literacy is a key component in providing an education to all students in our state from preventative healthcare to employment placement by utilizing this constantly changing technology to navigate and evaluate our expanding information environment; and Whereas, we remind all Hoosiers of the benefits information literacy makes available socially, economically and culturally for the State of Indiana from the rich resources of librarians and INSPIRE.in.gov;

Now, therefore, I, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby proclaim the first week of October, 2012 as Indiana Information Literacy Week in the State of Indiana, and invite all citizens to duly note this occasion.

More about Information Literacy in Indiana … Members of the Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI) Information Literacy Committee, chaired by Catherine Pellegrino (Saint Mary’s College) and Committee Chair Emeritus J. Susan Clark (Ivy Tech Community College – East Central Region) have worked tirelessly to focus committee activities to expand awareness throughout Indiana about information literacy by the committee serving as a focal point for exploring information literacy issues, discussing new opportunities that would further facilitate collaboration and adoption of best practices among ALI members, and to recommend courses of action to the ALI Board of Directors.

ALI Information Literacy Committee members for 2012-2013 are Catherine Pellegrino (Committee Chair, Saint Mary’s College), J. Susan Clark (Committee Chair Emeritus, Ivy Tech Community College), Barbara Gushrowski (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis), Brenda Yates Habich (Ball State University), Carrie Donovan (Indiana University Bloomington), Clarence Maybee (Purdue University), George Bergstrom (Independent Consultant), Jen Traore (Ivy Tech Community College – Fort Wayne), Linda Lambert (Taylor University), Lisa J. Jarrell (Ball State University), Marie White (Ivy Tech Community College – Southern Indiana), Nancy Colborn (Indiana University South Bend), Rhonda Armstrong (Indiana University Kokomo), Shannon Johnson ( Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne), Tony Stamatoplos (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis), Yan He (Indiana University Kokomo), Tiffany Hebb (De Pauw University), Sally Neal (Butler University), and Kate Blinn (Earlham College).

[Submitted by Arthur W. Hafner, Dean, Ball State University Libraries,
and former ALI Board Member and Past President. 09-24-2012.]

You are invited and encouraged to take part in the ALI Annual Meeting, May 10, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Indiana Wesleyan University, Indianapolis, Precedent Office Park: http://g.co/maps/9vqau. The program presenters will be all of us! Unlike recent years, there will be no keynote speaker. Instead, the program will focus upon discussions among ALI members about collections, space, staffing and scholarly communication. The background for our conversations will be The Education Advisory Board/University Leadership Council's report "Redefining the Academic Library: Managing the Migration to Digital Information Services" available at http://goo.gl/8qD9R

Prior to the meeting, you are heartily encouraged to read this report and examine the guiding questions, "Understanding Your Current Practice." Beyond the anticipated fruitful conversations among ALI members, we hope that issues and ideas will emerge that can inform an impending revision of ALI's Strategic Plan and guide ALI's definition and development.

John Lamborn (Wabash College) chairs the Annual Meeting Planning Committee assisted by Arthur Hafner (Ball State), Brenda Johnson (Indiana, Bloomington), David Lewis (IUPUI), and David Peter (Vincennes).

More information about this meeting, including the agenda, is available on the ALI Calendar page.

This story and more availble in the April 2012 Update to ALI Member Libraries.