Volume 6, February 25, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) DATABASE TRIALS SUPPORT CBAS

2) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – POMEROY HERITAGE

3) TRAVELING LOUIS BRAILLE EXHIBIT COMES TO WASHINGTON

4) MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF YOUR OCLC CATALOGING SUBSCRIPTION

5) BOOKLIST WEBINAR – THE SCOOP ON SERIES NONFICTION

6) PROGRAMMING LIBRARIAN.ORG DEBUTS NEW FEATURES

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1) DATABASE TRIALS SUPPORT CBAS

The Statewide Database Trials for February – April 2010 are now available. Trials will run through April 30, providing about ten weeks to check out some interesting resources. This batch of trials focuses on resources that support Washington’s social studies Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs), and includes some great information on U.S. history, civics, government, and a ton of primary source research material. Check them out at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Trials10a.

Please remember when checking out these resources to take the time to fill out an Interest Form on those products you’d like to learn more about. By filling out these forms you make it possible for us to arrange group purchases on products of interest and potentially save money for participating libraries. The interest form can be found at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Trials10IF.

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2) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – POMEROY HERITAGE

The Washington Rural Heritage initiative is pleased to announce the publication of our latest digital collection, Pomeroy Heritage, www.washingtonruralheritage.org/pomeroy. A project of the Denny Ashby Library (Pomeroy, WA), the collection currently highlights materials from the partnering Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum. The Denny Ashby Library is also working on additional sub-collections as part of the 2009 WRH grant cycle; new material will be published online later this summer.

Read more about this new collection, and quickly link to some of our favorite items, on the WSL blog: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PomeroyHeritage.

Application materials for the 2010 Washington Rural Heritage grant cycle will be available online next week from the WSL website. To learn more about participation in the initiative, contact Evan Robb, Project Manager, [email protected] (360) 704-5228, or visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/WRH.

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3) TRAVELING LOUIS BRAILLE EXHIBIT COMES TO WASHINGTON

Come celebrate the life of Louis Braille and learn more about the amazing braille reading system. In celebration of the Louis Braille bicentennial, the National Braille Press has produced a 20-panel traveling display, in print and braille, that takes a viewer through the highlights of Louis’s life, the braille production process, and why braille remains important today. Across the nation, tens of thousands of children and adults who are blind or visually impaired depend on braille every day as their means to independent literacy.

There are two opportunities to view this exhibit in Washington State:

• March 1-15, 2010 – Legislative Building, 3rd Floor, Olympia.
• March 17-29, 2010 – Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, 2021 9th Ave, Seattle.

The exhibit is provided courtesy of the Schuman Trust and the Washington State Heritage Center Trust. For more information contact Carleen Jackson: [email protected] or (360) 902-4126.

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4) MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF YOUR OCLC CATALOGING SUBSCRIPTION

Join OCLC for a new webinar designed to help cataloging and technical services managers contain costs, improve efficiency and use staff resources most effectively. This free session, Maximizing the Value of Your OCLC Cataloging Subscription, will talk about the many options for cataloging with OCLC, activities and services that are included in the OCLC cataloging subscription. You will also receive a checklist of next steps to help you select and implement services included in your cataloging subscription.

• Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PST
• Friday, April 2, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST
• Thursday, April 22, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST

To register, follow this shortcut link: http://www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/maxcat.

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5) BOOKLIST WEBINAR – THE SCOOP ON SERIES NONFICTION

Following up on the very successful fall 2009 webinar on series nonfiction, Booklist’s expert on the topic, Books for Youth associate editor Daniel Kraus, and representatives from select series publishers discuss what’s new for 2010 in this growing area of youth publishing. The discussion will be moderated by Laura Tillotson, Books for Youth editorial director.

Panelists include:

• Pam Rosenberg, Editorial Director, Cherry Lake Publishing
• Mark Enslow, President, Enslow Publishers, Inc.
• Robin Nelson, Product Marketing Manager, Lerner Publishing Group
• Michelle Bisson, Publisher, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
• Daniel Kraus, Books for Youth associate editor, Booklist

Tuesday, March 16, 11:00 a.m. PDT. To register, visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/560524147. For a listing of other upcoming Booklist webinars, use this shortcut link: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/BookList.

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6) PROGRAMMING LIBRARIAN.ORG DEBUTS NEW FEATURES

The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office recently launched new features and a monthly e-newsletter for its Web site, ProgrammingLibrarian.org. Designed for librarians who plan and present cultural programs and events, ProgrammingLibrarian.org is both a resource center and a community of librarians committed to bringing increased access to literature, music, contemporary issues, art, history, poetry, scholars, writers and musicians to their communities.

New features of ProgrammingLibrarian.org include:

• Job listings for librarians who plan, promote and present cultural programs and events for the public.
• Monthly featured library, highlighting the inventive and inspiring work of local practitioners.
• Regular, in-depth feature articles, discussing current trends and best practices in developing library programming.

In order to keep up with new content on ProgrammingLibrarian.org, and to stay informed of upcoming grant opportunities, current job listings and new programming resources, ProgrammingLibrarian.org offers a new, monthly e-newsletter. To sign up, visit www.programminglibrarian.org/newsletter_signup.

Users can look forward to finding new resources to assist them in planning and implementing cultural programs, including an online mechanism to create print-quality promotional pieces, model reading and discussion series, and opportunities for users to contribute their own content, creating an environment for support and collaboration among librarians.

Development of the site is funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Service to the ALA Public Programs Office, which fosters cultural programming as an integral part of library service in public, academic, school and special libraries.

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