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WSL Updates for November 5, 2015

November 5th, 2015 by Posted in For Libraries, News, Training and Continuing Education, Updates | Comments Off on WSL Updates for November 5, 2015

Volume 11, November 5, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE

2) FREE BOOKS FOR WASHINGTON LIBRARIES

3) NN/LM PNR WEBINARS

4) LIBRARY AS PUBLISHER: FROM GATEKEEPER TO GARDENER

5) HIRING THE RIGHT CONSULTANT WEBINAR

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE

The Washington State Library and the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) has launched the 2016 Teen Video Challenge, a national video competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public library’s summer reading program.

Teens are invited to create a 30 to 90 second video with their unique interpretation of the 2016 teen slogan “Get in the Game – READ”. The idea is to involve teens in summer reading, before and during the summer months, by being part of the process. This is an opportunity for teens to showcase their creativity and have their ideas heard by a national audience. The winning video will be named one of the CSLP 2016 Teen Videos to promote summer reading nationwide.

$150 will be awarded to the creator of Washington’s winning video and their associated public library will receive prizes worth at least $50 from CSLP and Upstart. Winners will be announced by CSLP in April 2016.

For full details about the CSLP 2016 Teen Video Challenge and to find out how to enter Washington’s competition, please visit http://sos.wa.gov/q/teenvideo.

Questions? Please contact Nono Burling at [email protected] or 360-570-5576.

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2) FREE BOOKS FOR WASHINGTON LIBRARIES

Thanks to the generosity of Seattle Public Library Foundation, Washington State Library has the following titles to distribute for reading club kits or as a community read to any public or school library within Washington State:

  • For All of Us, One Today by Richard Blanco, poetry in English & Spanish – 38 copies
  • The Painter by Peter Heller, fiction – 79 copies
  • Stories for Boys: A Memoir by Gregory Martin, nonfiction – 20 copies

Usually a minimum order of 5 copies of the same title is required but we are offering a mix and match special on these titles, minimum of 5 total books per order.

Please do not return any books received as part of this program without contacting Shirley Lewis.

These will be distributed on a first come, first served basis at no charge to the requestor.

  • If you are interested in any of the titles above, please contact Marilyn Lindholm at [email protected]. Please indicate which title(s) and how many you would like.
  • If you have any questions about free books redistribution, please contact Shirley Lewis at [email protected].

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3) NN/LM PNR WEBINARS

Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. PST, PNR Partners will feature two award recipients explaining their projects:

  • Jackie Wirz from Oregon Health and Science University will describe the Pacific Research Data Symposium where researchers, students, and librarians shared their work in the world of data.
  • Shelley Dougherty from Oregon Pacific AHEC will tell us about her successful project, Environmental Health Connections for Rural Oregon Schools.

For more information including how to attend.

Curious about the connection between human health and animal health?

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. PST, PNR Rendezvous will feature:

  • Suzanne Frick and Vicki Croft, two animal health librarians from Washington State University who will present Searching for One Health.

For more information including how to attend.

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4) LIBRARY AS PUBLISHER: FROM GATEKEEPER TO GARDENER

Library as Publisher: From Gatekeeper to Gardener, the Inland Northwest Council of Libraries (INCOL) fall workshop will take place on Friday, November 13, 2015 at Moran Prairie Library, 6004 S. Regal Street, Spokane.

Jamie LaRue will present on the digital publishing revolution.

Register by Friday, November 6 for either the morning workshop at 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. or the afternoon workshop from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. (Afternoon workshop is a repeat of the morning workshop.) There is no charge for members of INCOL member libraries.

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5) HIRING THE RIGHT CONSULTANT WEBINAR

Selecting consultants can be a thankless task! Agencies are required to select the most qualified firm, but sometimes the whole RFQ/RFP/interview/negotiations process can feel like a balancing act best performed by Cirque du Soleil-trained artists. Agencies want to identify the most qualified firm, but the process is just no fun, even self-defeating at times.

This webinar will show how to do better requests for proposals, set up interviews that can be fun, develop better contracts, and nurture a design process that allows the agency-consultant design team a chance to do their very best.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

November 9

November 10

November 11

November 12

  • Article, author and journal metrics: what librarians need to know (Library Connect); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PST
  • LLAMA Thought Leaders Series: Rebekkah Smith Aldrich (ALA Library Leadership & Management Association); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST
  • Designing a Library, Part I (Georgia Public Library Service); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
  • Story S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-r-s: Curriculum Activities to Expand Children’s Favorite Books (EdWeb.net); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
  • Managing Difficult Volunteer Transitions (VolunteerMatch); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
  • Gather & Organize Your Research Sources in RefWorks, Part 2 (ProQuest); 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. PST

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For more information and to register (unless otherwise linked above), visit the WSL Training Calendar at sos.wa.gov/q/training.

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