Volume 7, January 20, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR BROADBAND

2) WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM

3) GRANT WRITING GUIDE

4) NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE NETWORK

5) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) BUILDING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR BROADBAND

WSL announces an exciting series of peer learning style webinars to support Broadband projects in Washington. These Elluminate webinars are free and open to everyone. The series is called Building Community Support for Broadband and will be based on the Broadband USA Connecting America’s Communities toolkit. The toolkit is accessible via this shortcut link: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/broadkit.

The first webinar will be Tuesday, January 25. Each webinar will be presented twice at 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. The theme of the first webinar will be Planning for Success and will include discussion on Chapter 2 of the toolkit.

Future webinar dates and topics are:

• Thursday, February 24: Know Your Stakeholders;
• Thursday, March 24: Outreach Opportunities;
• Thursday, April 21: Advocacy;
• Thursday, May 19: Writing a Press Release;
• Thursday, June 16: Success Stories.

The webinars will be held in Elluminate and log-in instructions will be sent to registered participants. If you are new to Elluminate, please plan to log in 15 minutes early for a quick introduction to Elluminate prior to the start of the webinar. Register at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/building.

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2) WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM

The Washington State Library routinely microfilms Washington newspapers as part of its mission to preserve and make accessible materials on the history and culture of the state. The following is a list of WSL’s most recently microfilmed newspaper titles:

• Lake Tapps Reporter; May 14, 2008 – Jul 30, 2008
• Sumner Reporter; May 14, 2008 – Jul 30, 2008
• Ritzville Adams County Journal; Jan 3, 2008 – Dec 31, 2009
• Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle; Jan 7, 2004 – Dec 31, 2008
• Snoqualmie Valley Record; Jan 2, 2008 – Dec 30, 2009
• Whidbey News Times; Jan 2, 2008 – Dec 30, 2009
• Quad City Herald; Jan 3, 2008 – Dec 31, 2009
• Republic News Miner; Jan 3, 2008 – Dec 31, 2009
• Goldendale Sentinel; Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 31, 2009

These reels are available to be viewed here at the Washington State Library or borrowed via Interlibrary Loan. To purchase a duplicate reel, please contact Leslie Boyter at [email protected].

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3) GRANT WRITING GUIDE

Although developed specifically to support Gulf recovery efforts, this Grant Writing Guide provides many useful tips that would be of use to anyone writing a grant for any purpose. The Guide covers topics including:

• Developing a Grant Proposal;
• Proposal Format;
• Preparing for Executive Summary;
• Preparing the Introduction;
• Writing the Statement of Need;
• Developing Measurable Goals and Objectives;
• Program Narrative and Program Evaluation;
• Budget, Budget Narrative or Justification.

The guide is available at www.restorethegulf.gov/node/4416. Included with the guide are links to separate listings of federal, private and non-profit programs that would be of interest to those seeking assistance.

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4) NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSE NETWORK

Cultural institutions face the challenge of preparing for, and responding to, emergencies that affect their collections. To help address this challenge, several Seattle heritage organizations have formed a new collaborative disaster network called the Seattle Heritage Emergency Response Network (SHERN). All SHERN members have institutional disaster plans for their collections, but have agreed to help each other to “respond to emergencies and disasters affecting cultural resources and collections by providing advice, support and/or actual recovery assistance.”

SHERN is broadly based with archives, libraries, museums, and records management programs as charter members. The thirteen charter members are the City of Lake Forest Park, Diocese of Olympia (Episcopal Church), King County Archives, King County Law Library, Museum of History and Industry, National Archives Pacific-Alaska Region, Providence Archives, Seattle Art Museum, The Seattle Public Library, University of Washington (UW) Burke Museum, UW Henry Art Gallery, UW Law Library, and the UW Libraries.

SHERN, in addition to responding to collections emergencies, will help members acquire the expertise needed to cope with emergencies and disasters, and facilitate partnerships between members and local first responders and emergency managers before disasters in order to enhance cooperation and understanding. A copy of the SHERN agreement is available via this shortcut: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/SHERN. For more information, please contact: Gary Menges, 206.685.8727 or [email protected].

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5) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Monday, January 24:

• OCLC 101: A Guide to Your Cooperative (OCLC); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST;

Tuesday, January 25:

• Building Community Support for Broadband (WSL); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST and repeated 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. PST;
• Battle Bullying with Books: Celebrate No Name-Calling Week (Booklist); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;
• Get Your Geek On: Improve Local Funding Outlook through Community Advocacy (WebJunction); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;
• Top 5 Online Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2011 (Common Knowledge); 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST;
• Reader-friendly Library Design (Texas State Library); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST;

Wednesday, January 26:

• Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: Circulating E-book Readers at UNO (NCompass Live); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PST;
• ProQuest’s New “My Research” Tool (ProQuest); 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PO06;
• Summer Reading Outcomes Measures (Infopeople); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST

Thursday, January 27:

• Maximize the Value of Your OCLC ILL Subscription (OCLC); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST;
• Libraries are Essential: Providing Core Services for Readers (Library Journal); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;
• Measuring the ROI of Online Learning (Adobe); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;
• Understanding Unemployment Insurance and Its Impact on Your Library Customers (WebJunction); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST.
• Connect More Users to More Content with WorldCat Local (OCLC); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST: registration.oclc.org/reg/?pc=wcl110127.

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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