Volume 6, February 18, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) FREE EARLY LITERACY TRAINING FROM WSL

2) EFFECTIVELY SERVING PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES

3) FREE WEBJUNCTION COURSES FOR ALL WA LIBRARY STAFF

4) R U REDY? NEW WESTPAS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP

5) PUBLIC LIBRARIANS IN TECHNICAL SERVICES – E-FORUM DISCUSSION

6) CATALOGING ICKY THINGS – ALCTS WEBINAR

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1) FREE EARLY LITERACY TRAINING FROM WSL

Jane Cobb, author of I’m a Little Teapot: Presenting Preschool Storytime and What’ll I Do with the Baby-o? Nursery Rhymes, Songs, and Stories for Babies, will be presenting her workshop, Presenting Storytime with Jane Cobb at libraries around the state.

Preregistration is required for this free workshop and there is a mandatory 48 hour cancelation notice due to the expenses associated with this program. Due to the popularity of this program, it is expected that many sites will have a waiting list for attending. Registration is based on a first come, first serve model. Youth services staff are encouraged to register early for this workshop.

The workshop locations are as follows:

• Friday, April 9, Burlington Public Library
• Monday, April 12, Jefferson County Library, Port Hadlock
• Wednesday, April 14, Fort Vancouver Public Library, Cascade Park Branch, Vancouver
• Friday, April 16, Columbia County Rural Library System, Dayton
• Monday, April 19, Spokane Public Library, Shadle Branch, Spokane
• Tuesday, April 20, North Central Regional Library Distribution Center, Wenatchee

Each workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. with a one hour lunch break. In order to maximize the potential for this training there will be a working lunch. Lunch order information will be sent approximately a week before each workshop. Register via this shortcut link: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/JaneCobb.

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2) EFFECTIVELY SERVING PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES

Ensuring a positive library experience for patrons who have physical and mental disabilities is important. This workshop will provide best practices for communication and interaction as well as practical techniques and strategies to enhance the patron’s library experience and ensure that the best service is provided. Presenter Nancie Payne of Payne & Associates, Inc. in Olympia has over 30 years conducting trainings and presenting keynote addresses on various topics including serving customers with non-apparent disabilities.

Workshop title: Serving Patrons who have Physical/Mental Disabilities Effectively. Times and locations:

• February 24; 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PST at the Burlington Public Library
• March 11; 1:00-4:30 p.m. PST at the Timberland Regional Library Service Center, Tumwater
• May 18; 1:00-4:30 p.m. PST at the Hill Ray Plaza in Colfax
• June 10; 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. PST at the North Central Regional Library Distribution Center in Wenatchee

This upcoming in-person training from Washington State Library is free to Washington library staff, and is funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). Register at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/serving. Please contact Jennifer Fenton, [email protected] for more information.

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3) FREE WEBJUNCTION COURSES FOR ALL WA LIBRARY STAFF

The Washington State Library, with funding from IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services), provides classes for library staff in Washington. Classes cover many topics from Excel 2007 to Copyright Basics for Libraries and much more. Through your affiliation with WebJunction Washington, you are entitled to take up to 5 (this is a temporary increase due to course credit availability) free courses at a time. Once you complete a course, you may sign up for another.

Here’s a quick how-to guide for WebJunction Washington courses:

• Start at wa.webjunction.org.
• Make sure that you are logged in to “My Account.”
• If you are new to WebJunction, you must create an account and affiliate with Washington in order to take free courses: go to “Edit Account” and select the “My Affiliations” tab; choose Washington and allow up to 3 business days for the affiliation to be approved.
• Once affiliated, select the “WA Courses” tab from the navigation banner across the top of the page.
• To sign up for a class, add the class to your cart. The price should be $0.00. If a charge (usually $40.00) is showing, please double check that you are accessing the course catalog from WebJunction Washington and not WebJunction Central.
• Go to your Shopping Cart to check out the course(s). Proceed to Checkout and follow the instructions for the course(s).

These courses are self-paced and available for 12 months from the date you register. Your feedback is valued, so please contact Jennifer Fenton, Washington State Library CE/Training Coordinator, at [email protected] or 360.570.5571 and let her know about your experiences with WebJunction Washington so that we can continue to make improvements and enhancements.

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4) R U REDY? NEW WESTPAS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP

R U REDY?, a follow-up to the WESTPAS Disaster Planning workshops, takes disaster preparedness to the next level. Participants will test their institutions’ disaster plans to identify areas for improvement, improve their own ability to evaluate risks, and explore the possibility of establishing county networks for disaster preparedness in Washington. The workshop instructor is Gary L. Menges.

Although there is no fee to attend, the following are required for attendance:

1. A written disaster plan that includes collections response/recovery;
2. A letter of institutional commitment to explore collaboration to optimize preparedness;
3. A completed 3-page vulnerability assessment (distributed 3 weeks before the workshop).

Friday, March 5, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., University of Washington Odegaard Library. Pre-registration is required. To register, use this shortcut link: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/R-U-REDY. For registration assistance, contact Kathy Krause at [email protected]. More information about this workshop may be found on the WESTPAS Web site, westpas.org/courses.html or by contacting Gary Menges at [email protected].

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5) PUBLIC LIBRARIANS IN TECHNICAL SERVICES – E-FORUM DISCUSSION

Technical Services careers in public libraries are similar to technical services in academic and other types of libraries and yet different from them. This forum is intended to be a two-day discussion where the following topics, as well as others can be addressed:

• What are the career options for librarians that want to work in technical services in public libraries?
• What are some of unique aspects of technical services librarianship in public libraries? How does it differ from academic and other types of libraries?
• What are ways librarians can prepare for a career in technical services in public libraries? How have participants come to their career path?
• What are some of the challenges faced by technical services librarians in public libraries?
• How can the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) help support public librarians in technical services?

Please join ALCTS for this e-forum discussion from Feb. 23-24, 2010. It’s free and open to everyone! The e-forum starts at 6 a.m. PST and runs until 5 p.m. PST each day. The forum will be moderated by Marlene Harris and Cheryl Nakaji.

An ALCTS e-forum provides an opportunity for librarians to discuss matters of interest, led by a moderator, through the e-forum discussion list. The e-forum discussion list works like an email listserv: register your email address with the list, and then you will receive messages and communicate with other participants through an email discussion. Most e-forums last two to three days. Follow this shortcut link for instructions on registering and joining an ALCTS e-Forum: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/e-forum.

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6) CATALOGING ICKY THINGS – ALCTS WEBINAR

Do you have “icky stuff” like kits, DVDs and models in a backroom that you want to add to your collection but you can’t find a MARC record for it? Has it been years since you have had to catalog anything and you think you have forgotten how? Did you finish your cataloging class in library school thinking you would never have to do that again but now you have to? Well this webinar can help!

Starting with a quick review of how to catalog a book, this webinar will then move to cataloging CDs and kits, DVDs and Playaways, and then whatever else you may have hidden in that backroom. You will get tips and cheats that will allow you to create a full-level MARC record so that you can move things out of that backroom and into your collection.

Cataloging Icky Things: or If You Can Catalog a Book, You Can Catalog Anything! is presented by Pamela Newberg on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 11a.m. PST. The cost is $39 for ALCTS members, $49 for non members and groups can register for $99. For additional information and to register, use this shortcut link: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/icky.

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