WSL Updates for November 24, 2011

WSL Updates for November 24, 2011

Volume 7, November 24, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Rand Simmons, Acting Washington State Librarian, and the staff at the Washington State Library wish you and yours a bountiful and happy Thanksgiving holiday!

Topics include:

1) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – SEDRO-WOOLLEY HERITAGE

2) APPLY NOW FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK GRANTS

3) FUNDING FOR INNOVATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

4) GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE BIG READ

5) BECOME A FOUNDATION CENTER COOPERATING COLLECTION

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – SEDRO-WOOLLEY HERITAGE

The Sedro-Woolley Public Library and the Sedro-Woolley Museum recently completed work on a digital collection celebrating the history of Sedro-Woolley and neighboring communities of the Lower Skagit River Valley. The Sedro-Woolley Heritage Collection (www.washingtonruralheritage.org/sedro-woolley) was made possible by a Washington Rural Heritage (WRH) grant from the Washington State Library, funded by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) through the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Collection highlights include:

  • Early images of the downtown Sedro-Woolley business district;
  • Logging and lumber industry photos;
  • Photos depicting the grounds, buildings, and staff at Northern State Hospital;
  • A variety of materials documenting the 1914 robbery of Sedro-Woolley’s First National Bank;
  • A collection of glass lantern slides from Sedro-Woolley’s Dream Theatre;
  • Early Sedro-Woolley School System photos.

Read more about this collection and link to some of our favorite documents on the Washington State Library blog at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/SedroWoolley. To learn more about participation in the WRH Initiative, contact Evan Robb, Project Manager, [email protected], 360.704.5228, or visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/WRH.

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2) APPLY NOW FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOK GRANTS

In order to promote a love of reading, the Laura Bush Foundation (LBF) has a goal to provide books and reading materials to the school libraries and students that most need them. The LBF makes grants of up to $6,000 to update, extend, and diversify the book collections of school libraries. All LBF grants are made to individual schools rather than to school districts, county systems, private organizations, foundations, or other entities. Only schools where a minimum of 50% of the student body qualify for the Free or Reduced Lunch (FRL) program are eligible to apply, with selection preference given to schools in which 90% or more of the students receive free or reduced lunches and are likely to have the fewest books and reading materials at home.

Schools in all fifty states are eligible to apply. This includes all public, private, parochial, charter, city, state, county, and reservation schools-including special schools, social services schools, and juvenile detention center schools in any of those jurisdictions-that serve any combination of pre-kindergarten through high school students. Only one application per school is allowed per year.

Questions regarding this application must be received by email no later than December 14, 2011, to guarantee a response. Specific questions regarding this application should be sent to [email protected]. Applications must be received no later than Saturday, December 31, 2011. For additional information and to apply, visit laurabushfoundation.unt.edu.

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3) FUNDING FOR INNOVATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

Sponsored by OCLC, Inc. and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of ALA, the Kilgour Research Award recognizes research relevant to the development of information technologies, in particular research that shows promise of having a positive and substantive impact on any of the publication, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information or how information and data are manipulated and managed. The Kilgour award consists of $2,000 cash, an award citation, and an expense-paid trip (airfare and two nights lodging) to the ALA Annual Conference.

Nominations will be accepted from any member of ALA. Nominating letters must address how the research is relevant to libraries; is creative in its design or methodology; builds on existing research or enhances potential for future exploration; and/or solves an important current problem in the delivery of information resources. A curriculum vitae and a copy of several seminal publications by the nominee must be included. Preference will be given to completed research over work in progress.

Applications must be received no later than Saturday, December 31, 2011. For additional information, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Kilgour.

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4) GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE BIG READ

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. Community organizations participating in The Big Read develop and produce a well-planned, well-attended, community-wide read with innovative, diverse programming, and widespread community involvement and participation. Activities last approximately one month and focus on one book or poet from The Big Read Library: www.neabigread.org/books.php.

75 organizations in communities of varying sizes across the country will be selected to participate in The Big Read from September 2012 through June 2013. Selected organizations receive grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 to support their Big Read projects. One of the major benefits of The Big Read is the availability of high-quality educational and promotional materials provided at no cost to the participating organizations.

For more information, and to apply, visit www.neabigread.org. The application deadline is February 1, 2012, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.

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5) BECOME A FOUNDATION CENTER COOPERATING COLLECTION

The Foundation Center is looking for host organizations to join their network of more than 450 Cooperating Collections across the country and in several locations around the world. These funding information centers are available to grantseekers at no cost and provide access to the Foundation Directory Online grantseeking database, Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, Philanthropy In/Sight, an interactive mapping tool that reveals patterns of giving and funding relationships, a core collection of Foundation Center directories and publications, and a selection of supplementary materials and services in areas useful to grantseekers. The Cooperating Collections offer educational sessions for the public, including classes on the basics of grantseeking and dialogues with local donors. They also serve as hosts for free Foundation Center webinars as well as fee-based, full-day grantseeker training courses.

Qualified institutions include (but are not limited to) public, academic, or special libraries. Host institutions must:

  • Be open to the public, without restriction, at least 25 hours per week;
  • Be located in an area serving at least 100 nonprofit organizations;
  • Provide access to a computer(s) connected to the Internet for public use;
  • Have staff available to develop expertise in foundation funding resources and to assist the public in their use;
  • Be prepared to offer public training on the basics of grantseeking;
  • Send a representative to regional and/or national meetings of Cooperating Collection supervisors held at various locations and/or participate in virtual conferences held by the Center;
  • Pay an annual membership fee of $995 (billed on a calendar year basis).

To find out more about the Foundation Center and the Cooperating Collection Network, visit foundationcenter.org/collections/rfp_cc.html.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Monday, November 28:

Tuesday, November 29:

  • Introduction to the New ProQuest Platform (ProQuest); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ181;
  • A Page Turner: Gale’s All-New Digital Book Experience (Booklist); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST;
  • ProQuest Resource Exploration and Q&A (ProQuest); 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ177;

Wednesday, November 30:

  • How Emotional Intelligence Drives Effective Leadership (AMA); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST;
  • ProQuest Administrator Module (ProQuest); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ182;

Thursday, December 1:

Friday, December 2:

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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