WSL Updates for January 17, 2013

WSL Updates for January 17, 2013

Volume 9, January 17, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) FIRST TUESDAYS – BUILD SUPPORT WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY

2) FREE ONLINE TRUSTEE TRAINING

3) 2013 WLA AWARD NOMINATIONS

4) ASCLA AWARD NOMINATIONS EXTENDED

5) CITIZENS-SAVE-LIBRARIES GRANTS

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) FIRST TUESDAYS – BUILD SUPPORT WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY

Would you like your library to be perceived as an asset to the local economy? Join us at the next First Tuesdays program, Building Library Support within Your Business Community, where Spokane reference librarian, Mark Pond, will share how he marketed his library’s services to the greater Spokane business community, resulting in 5 to 10 reference referrals per day to the Spokane Public Library from this enthusiastic new audience. Participants will learn how to:

  • Engage with their local business community;
  • Develop a sense of what works well to attract its members to the library;
  • Discuss strategies to begin to build support from local businesses for their libraries.

Designed as a continuing education opportunity for staff of libraries in Washington State, this free web presentation, which will take place on February 5, 2013, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. PST, lets attendees share their skills and successes and learn about new topics. Sessions are recorded so that others may listen at their own convenience. For more information about First Tuesdays, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/tuesdays. To join the presentation and for instructions, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/FirstTuesdays.

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2) FREE ONLINE TRUSTEE TRAINING

The Washington State Library will offer free online trustee training at three different times during the first week of February. The training will last approximately 90 minutes and will cover the following topics:

  • Responsibilities of a board member;
  • Roles of a governing library board and an advisory board, and how they differ;
  • Differences between the roles of the library board and the library director;
  • Conduct of meetings;
  • Open Meetings Act;
  • What to do when the press calls;
  • Resources from the State Library.

These online training sessions are available on the following dates and times:

  • Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;
  • Thursday, February 7, 2013, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. PST;
  • Thursday, February 7, 2013, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. PST.

To register, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/FebTrustee.

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3) 2013 WLA AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nominations are now being accepted for the Washington Library Association (WLA) 2013 Annual Awards. Categories include:

  • Lifetime Membership Award;
  • Merit Award for Advances in Library Service;
  • Merit Award for Outstanding Performance;
  • WLFFTA Distinguished Service Award for Trustees/Friends/Foundations;
  • WALE Outstanding Employee of the Year Award;
  • Candace Morgan Intellectual Freedom Award.

Awards will be presented on Friday, April 26, 2013, at the 2013 OLA-WLA Annual Conference in Vancouver, Washington. Nominations must be received by Friday, February 15, 2013. For additional information and nomination forms, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/WLA2013Awards.

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4) ASCLA AWARD NOMINATIONS EXTENDED

The Association for Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of ALA, has extended its awards nomination deadline to Thursday, January 31, 2013, for several awards, including these which do not require membership in ASCLA:

  • ASCLA/KLAS/NOD Award – $1,000 award and citation given to a library organization that has provided library services for people with disabilities;
  • The Francis Joseph Campbell Award – Honors a person or institution for outstanding and significant contributions in the field of library services to a blind with a medal and a citation;
  • The Exceptional Service Award – Recognizes exceptional service to patients, to persons who are homebound, to people of all ages who live in group homes or residences, and to inmates.

For additional information, including nomination forms, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/ASCLA2013.

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5) CITIZENS-SAVE-LIBRARIES GRANTS

United for Libraries has secured $75,000 from the Neal-Schuman Foundation to support library advocacy at the local level for libraries with troubled budgets. The Citizens-Save-Libraries grants will send expert advocates to 20 locations over the course of 2 years to help friends of the library groups, library directors, and trustees develop individual blueprints for advocacy campaigns to restore, increase, or save threatened library budgets.

Applications for the first cycle of grants are due Friday, March 15, 2013. For more information about the grants and to apply, visit www.ala.org/united/grants_awards/neal-schuman.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Monday, January 21:

Tuesday, January 22:

Wednesday, January 23:

  • Reenergize Your Best Employees Before They Leave You (AMA); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST;
  • Creating a Culture of Innovation in your Library and Community (WebJunction); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST;
  • Listening Skills For Leaders: How To Conduct A One On One Conversation To Motivate Others (Nonprofit Webinars); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST;
  • The Power of Storytelling in the Virtual Classroom (Training Magazine Network); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PowerStory;
  • So you got a Raspberry Pi for the Holidays (O’Reilly Community); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST: www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/2513;
  • Friends with Benefits: How Nonprofits Should Engage Millennial Volunteers (VolunteerMatch); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/VM23Jan;
  • Maximize the Value of Your OCLC ILL Subscription (OCLC); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/ILLMAX;
  • WorldCat knowledge base Implementation (OCLC); 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/WorldCatImp;
  • QuestionPoint Librarian 2 – Using Flash Chat (Amigos); 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/QPLibrarian2;
  • Before You Hire an Architect: Reduce Costs and Risks, Produce Better Results (Nonprofit Webinars); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST;
  • eLibrary BookCarts & Quizzes (ProQuest); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ558;
  • ProQuest Learning Literature (ProQuest); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ559;
  • Strengthen the Influence of Your Leadership: People Skills, Personal Substance and Influence Smarts, Webinar #3: ALIGN – Build Rapport and Motivate with The Language of Influence (Texas State Library); 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. PST;
  • History Study Center (ProQuest); 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ560;
  • ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest); 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ561;

Thursday, January 24:

Friday, January 25:

  • ProQuest Administrator Module (ProQuest); 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ554;
  • QuestionPoint Librarian 4 – Personal Scripts, Co-browse, IM and Transfer (Amigos); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/QPLibrarian4;
  • Behind the Genealogy Reference Desk (ALA/RUSA); Grand Hyatt Hotel, Seattle, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/GenRefRUSA;
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know about ILL (ALA/RUSA); University of Washington, Odegaard Library, Room 220, Seattle: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/knowill;
  • Nuts & Bolts for Friends and Trustees (ALA/United for Libraries); Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Redwood Room, Seattle, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/NutsBolts;
  • New Tech for Reference: from the reference interview to roving reference, challenges, benefits and best practice (ALA/RUSA); University of Washington, Odegaard Library, Seattle, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. PST.

For more information and to register (for those not linked above), visit the WSL Training Calendar at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/training.

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