Volume 5, September 17, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN SEPTEMBER, PART TWO

2) BOOKS FOR BABIES GRANTS – DEADLINE NEAR

3) PNC/MLA ANNUAL MEETING

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1) FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN SEPTEMBER, PART TWO

• The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: Best Uses, Best Practices, and Best New Books for Fall – September 22, 2009 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Booklist Online: www2.gotomeeting.com/register/688105115.
• George and Joan on Taking Your Ideas to the Next Level – September 29, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., InfoPeople Webinar: infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/328/index.html.
• Library 2…OH! Now I Get It – September 30, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., live and in person at the Spokane Public Library: www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/calendar.
• Takin’ It to the Street: Why businesses, non-profits and libraries must change how they deliver service to their markets – September 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Library Journal Webinar: www.libraryjournal.com/webcasts/48747/Webcasts.html.
• Digital Reference Summit: Be Where Your Users Are – September 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., WebJunction Webinar: evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventcalendar.asp.
• Racial Ethnic Resources – September 30, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., National Library of Medicine Web Conference: webmeeting.nih.gov/mcrupdate/.

Part One of this calendar appeared in last week’s WSL Updates. For more information, including descriptions of most of these free training events, visit the WSL Training Calendar at www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/calendar, locate the event of interest, and follow the provided links.

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2) BOOKS FOR BABIES GRANTS – DEADLINE NEAR

Books for Babies, an initiative of the American Library Association, is a national literacy program that acquaints parents of newborns with the important role they play in the development of their children. Books for Babies matching grants of $500 are available to Friends of Libraries groups, women’s groups, libraries, and other nonprofit organizations to be used for the purchase of Books for Babies kits.

Grants will be awarded to organizations that currently have a Books for Babies program in place as well as organizations starting a new program. Priority will be given to organizations that effectively use the kits to connect new parents with their local library. Applying organizations must raise matching funds of $1,000. The next application deadline is October 1, 2009. Use this shortcut link www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/BooksForBabies for more information about the program.

Courtesy of 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/default.aspx or contact Tina Roose at [email protected].

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3) PNC/MLA ANNUAL MEETING

“Where Do We Grow From Here?” is the theme of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association (PNC/MLA) Annual Meeting, October 17-20, 2009 at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle.

Continuing education classes include:

• Marketing As If Your Library Depended On It
• Teaching About Evidence-Based Practice
• Copyright in the Electronic Age
• Screencasting: Creating Online Tutorials

Speakers include:

• Lori Heim, MD, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
• Dianne McCutcheon, Chief of the National Library of Medicine’s Technical Services Division
• Will Welton, MD, Program Director of the Masters in Health Administration at University of Washington

Special banquet guests are Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum, creators of the popular library comic Unshelved! For more information, visit www.pncmla.org/pncmla2009.

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