Databases have been selected and will become available in August 1998. The project is managed by a Steering Committee made up of librarians from public, school, and academic libraries in Indianapolis. Databases selected include Electric Library, SIRS Discoverer, and Gale DISCovering U.S. History, World History, and Science. A training and awareness consultant will be hired to implement this grant. Steering Committee chair, David Lewis, has begun negotiations to establish Indiana databases with local information, as part of this project.
Possibilities being considered include Indiana trees, wildflowers, birds and animals.
The Eliot Rosewater grant proposal currently under consideration by the Indianapolis Foundation, has two components. This first includes school visits by local author Barbara Shoup, and copies of books on the Rosewater reading list for all high schools involved. The second involves a distance learning component. At the recent Eligible Libraries meeting, which included development officers, Indianapolis Foundation Executive Director Ken Gladish, addressed the membership. He challenged those in attendance to develop creative partnerships for the use of the Library Fund in our community.