WSL Updates for October 27, 2011

WSL Updates for October 27, 2011

Volume 7, October 27, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) NEW FROM WASHINGTON READS – FREDY MONTERO POSTER

2) FIRST TUESDAYS – GRAPHIC NOVELS

3) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LIBRARY SUPPORT STAFF

4) TAKE NETWORKING TO A GLOBAL LEVEL

5) COME TO EGATHERING 2011

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) NEW FROM WASHINGTON READS – FREDY MONTERO POSTER

Fredy Montero, forward with the Seattle Sounders Football Club, two-time Major League Soccer All-Star, and 2009 Newcomer of the Year, is featured in the latest Washington Reads poster from the Washington State Library.

Although, because of budget constraints, free printed copies of the new poster are not available, it can be downloaded for free, in both English and Spanish, from the State Library web site at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/fredy. High-quality, 11” x 17” print posters may be purchased for a small fee from the Washington Department of Enterprise Services at myFULFILLMENT.wa.gov (registration required). For more information about print posters and how to order, e-mail [email protected] or call 360.570.5555.

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2) FIRST TUESDAYS – GRAPHIC NOVELS

Bonnie Svitasky, from the Puyallup Public Library, will present Graphic Novels at the November 1, 2011, First Tuesdays program from the Washington State Library. By attending this free webinar, the audience will learn how to:

  • Develop a graphic novel collection;
  • Discover resources to keep up-to-date in the genre;
  • Partner with local comic book experts;
  • Uncover the educational value of comics.

To join the presentation, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/FirstTuesdays. First Tuesdays is a free, online, monthly presentation from the Washington State Library, held from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. For more information, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/tuesdays.

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3) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LIBRARY SUPPORT STAFF

Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) provides a path to recognition and awareness of the critical role that library support staff play in the delivery of quality library service. The Washington State Library will be offering five (5) Registration Assistance Awards this fall for library support staff applying for certification in this program. The Awards are for $175, one-half of the LSSC registration/application fee for LSSC. Successful award recipients will be asked to pay the remainder of the registration fee with their own funds or funds obtained from other sources.

To be eligible to participate in LSSC and thus receive an Assistance Award, applicants must have a high school degree or its equivalent and have worked for the equivalent of one year (1820 hours) as a library staff member or volunteer within the last five years. To achieve certification, support staff must achieve six of ten competency sets either through development of an online portfolio or by taking approved courses. The competency sets are:

  • Foundation of Library Services;
  • Technology;
  • Communication and Teamwork;
  • Access Services;
  • Adult Readers’ Advisory Services;
  • Cataloging and Classification;
  • Collection Management;
  • Reference and Information Services;
  • Supervision and Management;
  • Youth Services.

For additional information about Library Support Staff Certification, visit ala-apa.org/lssc. For an Assistance Award application form, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/RAAApp. Applications are due November 15, 2011.

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4) TAKE NETWORKING TO A GLOBAL LEVEL

Join colleagues from around the world at the Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference. More than 3,500 information professionals from 149 countries have signed up to join the global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. This free groundbreaking event will be a whirlwind of information with 160 presentations scheduled over a period of two days!

Participants can view the schedule of all 160 sessions in customized pages for each of the world’s 36 time zones. Presentations will cover a variety of pertinent subject strands that affect the information industry and the changing roles of libraries and librarians in our digital world. Keynote speakers, scheduled over the course of the two-day conference, include:

  • Dr. Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director of the School of Library & Information Science at San Jose State University;
  • Dr. Lennart Björneborn, Associate Professor at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Copenhagen, Denmark;
  • Dr. Christine Bruce from the Queensland University of Technology in Australia;
  • Ms. Ellen Tise, Senior Directory of Library & Information Services at Stellenbosch University in South Africa;
  • Stephen Abram, Vice President of Cengage Learning (Gale).

Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 6:30 a.m. PDT – Thursday, November 3, 2011, 9:00 p.m. PDT. To view the conference schedule and to sign up for the conference, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Lib2011.

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5) COME TO EGATHERING 2011

All libraries in the state of Washington are cordially invited to join LYRASIS members at eGathering 2011, the LYRASIS Annual Member Meeting, to collaborate and learn. This year’s meeting theme is “Content, Access and the Role of Libraries in a Connected World.” The meeting will feature a keynote address by Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Googlization of Everything.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PST. Agenda:

  • 10:30 a.m. PST: “Connected Libraries: Creating & Accessing Content with LYRASIS”;
  • 11:00 a.m. PST: Q & A;
  • 11:10 a.m. PST: Keynote: “The Googlization of Libraries”;
  • 11:40 a.m. PST: Q & A;
  • 12:00 p.m. PST: Lightning Panel: “Quick Thoughts from Library Leaders”;
  • 12:30 p.m. PST: Conclusion and move to Community Discussions.

For more information and to register, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/eGathering.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Tuesday, November 1:

Wednesday, November 2:

Thursday, November 3:

Friday, November 4:

  • Tech Tools with Tine: Skype (Texas State Library); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT;
  • My Research (ProQuest); 10:00 – 10:45 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ164.

For more information and to register (for those not linked above), visit the WSL Training Calendar at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/training.

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