WSL Updates for January 13, 2011

WSL Updates for January 13, 2011

Volume 7, January 13, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – NORTH PEND OREILLE HERITAGE

2) LIBRARY SNAPSHOT DAY FEATURES WSL ILS

3) FIRST TUESDAYS – WTBBL NEEDS YOU!

4) WASHINGTON LIBRARIES HELP JOB SEEKERS

5) BOOKS FOR CHILDREN GRANTS

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – NORTH PEND OREILLE HERITAGE

The Washington Rural Heritage initiative is pleased to announce its newest digital collection, North Pend Oreille Heritage, available at www.washingtonruralheritage.org/pendoreille. A 2009-2010 grant project of the Metalines Community Library (Pend Oreille County Library District), the collection consists of over 900 historic photographs from the Library’s local history archive.

The collection provides a wide-ranging look at northern Pend Oreille County throughout the first half of the 20th century. Topics include: homesteading and town-building; development of the region’s timber and mining industries; construction of the Box Canyon and Boundary dams; steamboat and railroad travel along the Pend Oreille River; and hunting and fishing in this rugged corner of Washington. The region’s natural beauty is also evident in one-of-a-kind photos of the Selkirk Mountains and remote, inaccessible sections of the Pend Oreille River. A large portion of the collection documents early settlers and businessmen of Metaline Falls, a town which is celebrating its Centennial this year!

Follow along in coming days as we share some of our favorite photos from this collection on WSL’s new Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WashingtonStateLibrary.

Additional Washington Rural Heritage collections are slated for publication in 2011, with many new participants adding to their collections on a regular basis. A new grant cycle is planned for this spring. 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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2) LIBRARY SNAPSHOT DAY FEATURES WSL ILS

The Institutional Library Services division of the Washington State Library celebrated 1/11/11 as Library Snapshot Day. This day was designed to showcase the libraries located in the prison and psychiatric hospitals of Washington. All of the libraries that are part of the Institutional Library Services of the Washington State Library took pictures, tracked usage statistics, and collected stories. The results will be posted throughout the week on the WSL ILS Facebook page: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/WSL-ILS-Facebook.

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3) FIRST TUESDAYS – WTBBL NEEDS YOU!

The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL), along with other libraries for the blind and physically handicapped, is going through a major media change-analog gives way to digital. For a better understanding of this change, and what it means for WTBBL, its patrons, and for other libraries, join WTBBL’s Eura Ryan for the February First Tuesdays webinar, Feb. 1 at 9 a.m. Also learn how public libraries can assist WTBBL community members in downloading free books that patrons can keep for life. For instructions on joining the webinar, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/FirstTuesdays.

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4) WASHINGTON LIBRARIES HELP JOB SEEKERS

Thirteen Washington libraries’ websites are listed in Webjunction’s Web Resources for Job Seekers. Other than the state of Connecticut, it appears that Washington has the most libraries in the nation with library webpages designed to help their communities with job searching information. To view, go to wiki.webjunctionworks.org/index.php/Workforce_Resources and scroll down to Washington.

If your library has a webpage devoted to job seekers or resources for job seekers and it is not listed, please contact Karen Goettling at [email protected] or Betha Gutsche at [email protected] for inclusion in the list. For more information on workforce resources, news, and webinars for libraries providing services to jobseekers go to www.webjunction.org/workforce-resources.

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5) BOOKS FOR CHILDREN GRANTS

The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2011 Books for Children grants.

The Libri Foundation is a nationwide nonprofit organization that donates new, quality hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries in the United States. Grants will match up to $350 raised locally on a 2-1 basis (total value including match: up to $1050). Libraries have up to 4 months to raise the matching funds after receiving a grant. Previous Books for Children grant recipients are eligible to apply for another grant three years after the receipt of their last grant.

Application deadlines for 2011 are: (postmarked by) January 23rd, April 15th. Grants are awarded January 31st, April 30th. Application guidelines and forms may be downloaded from the Foundation’s website at www.librifoundation.org/apps.html.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Tuesday, January 18:

  • Ellumination! Introduction to Elluminate (WSL); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST;
  • Best Small Library in America 2010 (WebJunction); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;

Wednesday, January 19:

Thursday, January 20:

  • Tech Tools with Tine (Texas State Library); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PST;
  • Maximize the Value of Your OCLC Cataloging Subscription (OCLC); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST;
  • Now’s The Time To Become A PowerPoint Rock Star! (Elluminate); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST;
  • Tools for Digital Storytelling (TechSoup); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;
  • Ellumination! Introduction to Elluminate (WSL); 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.;

Friday, January 21:

  • Go Global and Stay Connected with Texas Teens Read! (Texas State Library); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PST.

All of these sessions are online. For more information and to register (unless otherwise linked above), visit the WSL Training Calendar at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/training.

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