Volume 5:   April 2, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1)  WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY FUNDING AT RISK

2)  STATEWIDE DATABASE TRIALS – UPDATES

3)  STATE’S FIRST POET LAUREATE VISITS WSL FOR EVENING PROGRAM

4)  APRIL FIRST TUESDAYS FEATURES LIBRARIES AND HARD TIMES

5)  GRANT CYCLES NOW OPEN

6)  A LITERACY AND LIBRARIES WEBINAR

7)  COMPANY FOUNDATIONS WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL GRANTS

8)  FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH

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1)  WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY FUNDING AT RISK

The proposed state House budget cuts $11 million in state funds from the Office of the Secretary of State over the biennium. Because the State Library receives $10 million from this funding source in the biennium, this cut could severely impact not only WSL library services, but could also put the maintenance of effort and match for Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) at risk, resulting in a negative impact on libraries throughout the state.

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2)  STATEWIDE DATABASE TRIALS – UPDATES

Language learning resources continue to be the subject of the statewide database trials. Access to Mango Languages and Auralog’s Tell Me More will continue through April. An interest form is now available for those libraries that would consider purchasing these products. Interest forms allow us to arrange group purchases and negotiate better prices for Washington libraries, so please take a moment to fill one out: www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/DBTrials2009InterestForm.

Future statewide database trial subjects are open for discussion. If you’d like us to highlight a certain subject, e.g. consumer health, genealogy, etc, please send an email to Ahniwa Ferrari, Online Resources Consultant, at [email protected].

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3)  STATE’S FIRST POET LAUREATE VISITS WSL FOR EVENING PROGRAM

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Washington State Library is excited to announce that we will be hosting our state’s first poet laureate, Samuel Green, for an evening event on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 6:30 p.m.

Sam Green is a native of Washington and currently resides on Waldron Island. He has authored numerous poetry collections, has been a visiting poet and instructor for several Washington and northwest universities and colleges, and has been the editor of Brooding Heron Press for the past 30 years. Mr. Green’s poetry collection The Grace of Necessity won the 2008 Washington State Book Award in Poetry.

Please join us for this celebration of poetry in the main reading room on the second floor of the library. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Seating is limited and available on a first come basis. For more information about this upcoming program, please contact Library Events at 360 704-5269 or [email protected]

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4)  APRIL FIRST TUESDAYS FEATURES LIBRARIES AND HARD TIMES

The First Tuesdays program on April 7 at 9:00 a.m. will discuss Libraries and Hard Times, with Jennifer Fenton and Rand Simmons of WSL. Listen in on your computer at webj.horizonwimba.com, select the First Tuesdays room when you reach the lobby. If this is your first use of Wimba, you will need to go through a quick download of the software first.

The March First Tuesdays program, on Virtual Reference, and all earlier First Tuesdays programs, are still available at www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/tuesdays. For more information, contact Susan Barrett at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-538-4996.

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5)  GRANT CYCLES NOW OPEN

LSTA grant applications are now open for Washington Rural Heritage, closing April 24, and for Supporting Student Success, closing May 8, 2009. More information, with Grant Guidelines, FAQ’s, and downloadable application forms can be found at www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/grants.

For questions about Washington Rural Heritage, contact Evan Robb at [email protected]; for Supporting Student Success, contact Martha Shinners at [email protected]. Toll free phone for both 1-866-538-4996.

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6)  A LITERACY AND LIBRARIES WEBINAR

ALA and the National Institute for Literacy are sponsoring a free webinar on Tuesday, April 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Pacific time. Literacy for All: Advocacy, Libraries, and Literacy, a Webcast Summit, will bring together a diverse panel of literacy practitioners and librarians from public, school, and academic libraries to discuss the roles that libraries play in supporting literacy across the lifespan. The Summit will showcase innovative literacy-library partnerships, promote community solutions, issue a call to action, and more. Visit www.nifl.gov/nifl/webcasts/literacyforall09/webcast0407.html for more information and to register.

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7)  COMPANY FOUNDATIONS WITH POSSIBLE LOCAL GRANTS

Office Depot Foundation, applications due April 30, 2009: www.officedepotfoundation.com/funding.asp

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, focusing on rural communities: www.pioneer.com/web/site/portal/menuitem.7acd19363698b318bc0c0a03d10093a0/

American Honda Foundation, youth and scientific education: corporate.honda.com/america/philanthropy.aspx?id=ahf

Announcements taken from GrantStation Insider; provided by GrantStation in partnership with the Washington State Legislature, Governor Gregoire, and the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED). For more information about free GrantStation subscriptions, visit www.cted.wa.gov/site/378 or contact Tina Roose at [email protected].

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8)  FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH

Gov. Chris Gregoire and Employment Security Commissioner Karen Lee announced today that $23 million in federal stimulus grants are being distributed throughout Washington to pay for summer employment and training programs for at-risk youths and young adults.

More information can be found at www.governor.wa.gov/news/news-view.asp?pressRelease=1183&newsType=1.

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DISCLAIMER: The State Library regularly highlights third-party events and online resources as a way to alert the library community to training and resource opportunities.  By doing so, we are not endorsing the content of the event, nor promoting any specific product, but merely providing this information as an FYI to librarians who must then decide what is right for them.