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Ryan Fitzharris username: Rsfitzharris Megan Sears username: mbsears90 Scott Bugher username: sbugher Alicia Clouser username: anclouser — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anclouser (talk • contribs) 19:25, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Just thought you needed a kitten!

Mbsears90 (talk) 19:47, 23 February 2012 (UTC) 

Topic possibilities
Hey Ryan, how's it going. I took a look at your three topic ideas. All three look like possibilities. One element to look at when deciding is the availability of good, reliable sources. Lots of good sources = good topic. Lack of good sources = uphill battle. I notice that the Vonnegut Library has a "press" section in their website: lots of sources already conveniently collated. News at Library website. I wasn't able to find much on the gallery owner. The Irishman might be cool as well if sources can be found. (is he a relative?) Anyways, good luck with the research stage, feel free to ask about anything (here or my page, I've got yours "watched".) P.S. Don't forget to sign your posts! The Interior (Talk) 20:45, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * forgot to ask - are the groups doing a single article, or one for each member? The Interior  (Talk) 21:24, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the Vonnegut Library sticks out as the strongest candidate, based on sources available. Here's a couple of our peer-reviewed library articles: Ballard Carnegie Library, Birkenhead Public Library, Blackstone Library, Phillips Exeter Academy Library. (these are all Good articles, something your group should shoot for - A+ in my book!)  I'm actually working on a library article right now, too - User:The Interior/Surrey City Centre Public Library. You can use these for ideas for best layout, organisation, etc.  Step one - send someone down to the Library for some pics.  Essential in an article about a building.  I assume you are close?  The Interior  (Talk) 20:23, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

That sounds awesome, thanks for all the help! Your information will help us get a good start on this. I do live close to the library so a photograph will be no problem.

Our Topic: The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
Our topic will be The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library. Our chosen areas of interest will be: history, public services, interior, and genearl information. We will have subcategories within three of these categories. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anclouser (talk • contribs) 19:37, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Description of each person's contribution:
Alicia- I will be doing general information. This will be about the vision and mission of the library. I will also include a link to Vonnegut's website. There will also be a small section on the library in general. Scott - Public Services: Resources for writers, The Missouri Book Banning Controversy, Digitizing Vonnegut's archives, etc. Ryan - History: Why the library is in Indy (Vonnegut's associations to Indy), history of the building, brief history of Vonnegut Megan- The Building Itself: The Architecture of the building and what's inside of it. Anclouser (talk) 19:53, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Starting your article
For starting your page: Article Wizard Follow the directions there for great justice. A Large Trout (talk) 19:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

To stub or not to stub
Hey Ryan. I'd advise creating a draft in your userspace/sandbox. There you can experiment without having to worry about other Wikipedians correcting your work, nominating for deletion, etc. It's best that the article be fairly well-developed before it goes into the "mainspace". I can help you set up a draft space if you don't know how. Best, The Interior  (Talk) 19:53, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Public Service
In a city primarily known for auto racing, the first service offered by the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library is building up additional tourism for Indianapolis. Tourism officials from the city look at the library as a new attraction and reason for people to visit Indianapolis. The library is one of many fresh efforts supported by the city and institutions such as Lilly Endowment Inc. and Ball State University to become the newest addition to the city’s cultural activities alongside with The Indianapolis Museum of Art and The Indianapolis Children’s Museum. Lilly Endowment Inc., granted the library a $50,000 grant and the funds will be used, in part, to provide for a citywide book festival planned for 2013. Ball State University along with partner contributors granted the library $76,710 to digitize rare archival material and make the content more accessible to the general public via a digital display.

Highlighted attractions of the library include a museum, art gallery, and reading room.

The museum features rare remnants from Vonnegut’s life including the author’s Purple Heart medal awarded to him for his service in Dresden, Germany during World War II, the author’s Smith-Corona Coronamatic 2200 typewriter, an unopened box of the author’s Pall Mall cigarettes discovered by his children behind a bookcase following the author’s death, an unopened letter sent overseas (in the course of World War II) to the author from his father, a series of rejection letters sent to the author by magazines, and a complete replica of his writing studio.

The library’s art gallery displays art by local artists and participates in events in co-operation with the Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association such as the monthly “First Friday Gallery Tours.”

A small reading room with a selection of books by Vonnegut sits in the corner of the library. On the wall of the reading room is a quote by the author: “We are what we pretend to be so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”

The library functions as an educational resource to schools ranging from grade school to high school levels. Several Indiana state elementary schools have ceased to provide time and funding for spelling bees so the library has intervened with many schools to provide the necessary resources to continue the activity. Resources for high schools include support for the Shortridge High School newspaper, the same newspaper Vonnegut edited as a teenager. Teachers can also look to the library for continuing education through the “Teaching Teachers to Teach Vonnegut” program, a program designed to assists educators learn key methods of teaching Vonnegut’s works to teenagers.

Student through professional writers view the library as a resource center to assist them with their craft. The library holds an annual writing contest for high school students and winners receive scholarships such as the Kurt Vonnegut Writing Award and the Jane Cox Vonnegut Writing Award. Resources are also available to local professional and amateur writers including a variety of writing events, hosting discussions by visiting writers such as Joe Henry, and poetry readings by poets such as Bruce Dethlefsen. The library plans to sponsor a new literary magazine scheduled to debut in December, 2012.

The library is also an opponent of banning books and when the Republic High School in Missouri banned Vonnegut’s classic novel, Slaughterhouse Five, the library offered students of the high school a free copy of the novel so they could read it themselves and draw their own conclusions. In regards to the book giveaway, a library representative stated: “We have up to 150 books to share thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor…We’re not telling you to like the book…we just want you to read it and decide for yourself.”

Resources:

NEWS; General, The New Zealand Herald, 15 Aug. 2011. Retrieved 27 Feb. 2012.

Rapp, David. “Vonnegut library tackles digitization.” Library Journal 1 Jan. 2012: Literature Resource Center. Web. 27 Feb. 2012

Edwards, Karen. “Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library opens in Indianapolis.” The Writer Mar. 2011: 9. Literature Resource Center. Web. 27 Feb. 2012.

www.vonnegutlibrary.org/events/

www.vonnegutlibrary.org/news/

Scott Bugher: 2:00pm, 13 March 2012

General Information Category by Alicia Clouser
OKay so this came from an MW document so sorry in advance! It will look pretty and stuff when we put it in the actual article. I used the KVML website for my information thus far, and it is referenced above. As I think of more to add I will certainly add it. I am currently thinking of adding when it was built? We will just talk in class haha. The vision and mission are IDRECT quotes, but these must be direct quotes obviously....I am also not certain why certain parts are posted this way but I am a noob so I'll ask. What is the library about It is a memorial to the well known Indiana author, Kurt Vonnegut It has programs that support school age children Provides books, events, support for newspapers and writing programs, and teacher camps that instruct teachers on how to demonstrate his work What is within the library Books Artifiacts typewriter, Purple Heart, reading glasses, artwork, and other personal items. The Schehr Collection, a privately donated collection of rare books and magazines featuring Vonnegut’s early work and interviews Gift shop Reading room Vision and Mission of the KVML Vision We believe that writing is important. Great humorists, such as Kurt Vonnegut, compel us to see our world more clearly. The KVML aims to inspire and promote insightful writing, extolling the greatness and exposing the foibles of the human condition. We seek to engage people, especially young people in Indianapolis, in thinking about and expressing themselves with the written word. We believe that writers are made, not born. Mission The KVML is a public-benefit, nonprofit organization championing the literary, artistic, and cultural contributions of the late writer, artist, and Indianapolis native Kurt Vonnegut. The library serves as a cultural and educational resource facility, museum, art gallery, and reading room. It supports language and visual arts education through programs and outreach activities with other local arts organizations to foster a strong arts network for both the local and national community.

To-do list
Off to a good start. I'd like to see some sources listed that will be used in the different sections. Please list those under each person's name in the Description above; it would be great to have these in place—and have the research under way and drafting begun—before class on Tues Mar 13. Webster Newbold (talk) 02:22, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Finish editing. Lay out clearly defined sections. Cite all sources. Add photos Send article to ambassador by Tuesday.

Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library (Draft)
The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library was constructed as a memorial to the well known author and Indiana native, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The museum is located in the Emilie Building, at 340 North Senate Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana. The space is the former home of the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art. Other donations came from the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, the Lilly Endowment and the Indianapolis Foundation. The work involved with opening the museum was made possible by volunteers. Built in 1902, the Emilie building was saved and restored by Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects to serve as the company's corporate headquarters from 1987 to 2003. It is three stories, constructed of red brick and gray limestone. It is built in the German Renaissance Revival Architecture style. It has fine decorative detailing, totaling 35,000 square-feet. It has also served as an apartment building and commercial space. Several of its rooms were donated to the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Museum by the law firm Katz & Korin, which moved to the building in 2004.

In a city primarily known for auto racing, the first service offered by the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library is building up additional tourism for Indianapolis. Tourism officials from the city look at the library as a new attraction and reason for people to visit Indianapolis. The library is one of many fresh efforts supported by the city and institutions such as Lilly Endowment Inc. and Ball State University to become the newest addition to the city’s cultural activities alongside with The Indianapolis Museum of Art and The Indianapolis Children’s Museum. Lilly Endowment Inc., granted the library a $50,000 grant and the funds will be used, in part, to provide for a citywide book festival planned for 2013. Ball State University along with partner contributors granted the library $76,710 to digitize rare archival material and make the content more accessible to the general public via a digital display. Highlighted attractions of the library include a museum, art gallery, and reading room. The museum features rare remnants from Vonnegut’s life including the author’s Purple Heart medal awarded to him for his service in Dresden, Germany during World War II, the author’s Smith-Corona Coronamatic 2200 typewriter, an unopened box of the author’s Pall Mall cigarettes discovered by his children behind a bookcase following the author’s death, an unopened letter sent overseas (in the course of World War II) to the author from his father, a series of rejection letters sent to the author by magazines, and a complete replica of his writing studio. The library’s art gallery displays art by local artists and participates in events in cooperation with the Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association such as the monthly “First Friday Gallery Tours.” A small reading room with a selection of books by Vonnegut sits in the corner of the library. On the wall of the reading room is a quote by the author: “We are what we pretend to be so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”

Public Service
The library functions as an educational resource to schools ranging from grade school to high school levels. Several Indiana state elementary schools have ceased to provide time and funding for spelling bees so the library has intervened with many schools to provide the necessary resources to continue the activity. Resources for high schools include support for the Shortridge High School newspaper, the same newspaper Vonnegut edited as a teenager. Teachers can also look to the library for continuing education through the “Teaching Teachers to Teach Vonnegut” program, a program designed to assists educators learn key methods of teaching Vonnegut’s works to teenagers. Student through professional writers view the library as a resource center to assist them with their craft. The library holds an annual writing contest for high school students and winners receive scholarships such as the Kurt Vonnegut Writing Award and the Jane Cox Vonnegut Writing Award. Resources are also available to local professional and amateur writers including a variety of writing events, hosting discussions by visiting writers such as Joe Henry, and poetry readings by poets such as Bruce Dethlefsen. The library plans to sponsor a new literary magazine scheduled to debut in December, 2012. The library is also an opponent of banning books. When the Republic High School in Missouri banned Vonnegut’s classic novel, Slaughterhouse Five, the library offered students of the high school a free copy of the novel so they could read it themselves and draw their own conclusions. In regards to the book giveaway, a library representative stated: “We have up to 150 books to share thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor…We’re not telling you to like the book…we just want you to read it and decide for yourself.”

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Megan Sears - Emelie Building
-Built in 1902 -saved and restored by Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects to serve as the company's corporate headquarters from 1987 to 2003 -three-story -red brick and gray limestone -downtown Indianapolis -340 N. Senate Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46201 -served as an apartment building and commercial space -Several of its rooms donated by a law firm -German Renaissance Revival structure -Katz & Korin moved to the building in 2004 -has fine decorative detailing -16,000-square-foot addition- TOTAL 35,000 square feet

sources: http://www.bdmd.com/apsustain/preservation--adaptive-reuse/emelie-building-indianapolis-indiana http://www.katzkorin.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/us/20vonnegut.html?_r=1

Let me know if this is not enough info Ryan, I know that Scott and I's topics are similar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbsears90 (talk • contribs) 23:02, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Update
Great work, folks. I'm seeing some good content here. Needs more inline citations, but sounds like you're aware of that. I'm going to make a request, though. The way you have used your talk page for the draft means we have to do some shifting around. (no worries, but it's better to use a sandbox or userspace draft for these things - I'll explain why) I see you have a draft space on your user page, your group should use that. What we need to do is to get each group member to cut and paste their own content into the new draft space. This is because of Wikipedia's attribution rules; the finished page needs to have a record of which user added what and when. If myself or you just copy over everything, the other member's contributions won't be in the "History" or the new page. The draft page will make formatting easier too, don't have to worry about the reflist getting screwed up by messages. Re: indents - use the full colon to do those. (but we generally don't indent in the article itself). I know this is bit complicated, let me know if anything's not clear. The Interior (Talk) 02:38, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

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Did you Know?
Hey Ryan. Congrats on the new article. Hold would you feel about me nominating it for our Did You Column? It's sort of a new article showcase. After going through a review, the article would be featured for a 8-hour period on Wikipedia's main page. I can do the nomination if you're interested (will need to move soon as DYK requires the article to have been in mainspace for maximum 5 days). The Interior (Talk) 18:52, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

That sounds awesome! Thanks for the nomination and let me know how it all goes.

Rsfitzharris (talk) 21:55, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, we need a "hook" - a short catchy sentence to draw readers in (the hook is what's displayed on the Main Page with a link to the article). I've come up with:
 * Did you know... that the new Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis, Indiana, houses a pack of the writer's Pall Malls as well as his Purple Heart?
 * If you can think of a better one, let me know. The Interior  (Talk) 05:15, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * That sounds good to me. Rsfitzharris (talk) 20:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Your article has been approved, and is scheduled to run on the Main Page April 12, starting at 8pm Eastern in the Did You Know section. You should let your co-writers know so they can see their work on the big time.  The article will probably see some edits; between hundreds and thousands of people will view the page when it's up. (one of mine got 15,000 page views in eight hours, another got 27,000!)  The Interior  (Talk) 19:28, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


 * That's awesome! Thanks again, I never would have thought to submit the article to "Did You Know." I'll let my group members know about this. Thanks for taking the initiative to get this approved for us.
 * It's getting to be finals time at my university so I don't know how soon it will be, but I will definitely be in touch if I plan on doing any more freelance article writing or editing. You've been a great help and this has been a great experience for me and my group members. Kurt Vonnegut was a very significant author in my life during my high school years, and it's pretty cool to have been able to honor him like this. So it goes...

Rsfitzharris (talk) 14:53, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library
The DYK project (nominate) 00:06, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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