2022 Budget Workshop registration is now open

INDIANA – Registration is now open for the Indiana State Library’s 2022 Annual Public Library Budget Workshop.

The Budget Workshop is recommended for public library directors, business managers, bookkeepers, treasurers, and library trustees. Fred Van Dorp of the Department of Local Government Finance and Todd Caldwell and Susan Gordon of the State Board of Accounts will review changes and share information on federal and state legislative actions and financial and budgetary changes that are helpful in the public library budgetary planning process.

This year’s workshop will be held on Tuesday, May 24. The schedule will go as follows: Fred Van Dorp of the Department of Local Government Finance speak from 9:30-11:30 a.m; a lunch break will occur from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m; Todd Caldwell and Susan Gordon of the State Board of Accounts will present from 1-3 p.m., and the day will end with announcements from the Indiana State Library.

This workshop will be held both in person at the Indiana State Library and virtually through Zoom. The session will be worth four general LEUs for Indiana library staff. Registration for the in-person workshop will be capped at 32 attendees. A wait list will form when the session reaches capacity. 

For those unable to attend, a recording will be made available following the workshop. Handouts and recordings, when available, will be located here and here.

Click here to register for the in-person workshop or click here to register for the virtual workshop.

Please contact Hayley Trefun, public library consultant in the Library Development Office at the Indiana State Library, with any questions about the workshop.