WSL Updates for April 12, 2012

WSL Updates for April 12, 2012

Volume 8, April 12, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) SHARING THE JOY OF POETRY

2) WANTED – SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 ISSUE OF REDMOND REPORTER

3) SOCIAL MEDIA DEMYSTIFIED

4) TARGET EARLY CHILDHOOD READING GRANTS

5) CELEBRATE PRESERVATION WEEK WITH FREE WEBINARS

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) SHARING THE JOY OF POETRY

Did you know that Washington has a Poet Laureate? Kathleen Flenniken, a lifelong Washington resident, has been appointed the 2012 – 2014 Washington State Poet Laureate, a position sponsored by Humanities Washington and the Washington State Arts Commission, with the support of Governor Chris Gregoire. The role of the Poet Laureate is to support and promote poetry in Washington through public readings, workshops, lectures, and presentations in communities, schools, colleges, universities, and other public settings throughout the state. Kathleen will be visiting all 39 counties in the state and welcomes requests from libraries to schedule poetry programs in their communities. To find out more about Washington’s Poet Laureate and to invite her to your library, visit washingtonpoetlaureate.org.

Kathleen also invites you to visit her blog, The Far Field, at kathleenflenniken.com/blog, featuring the work of other Pacific Northwest poets. Current residents of Washington State who would like their work considered for publication in The Far Field may submit up to five poems to the blog. Guidelines for submission may be found by visiting the blog’s “About” page.

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2) WANTED – SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 ISSUE OF REDMOND REPORTER

The Washington State Library (WSL) microfilms Washington newspapers in accordance with its legal mandate to serve as a depository for them. WSL is preparing the Redmond Reporter for microfilming this month, but needs your help in finding an intact copy of the September 18, 2009 issue of this paper.

If your library happens to have this issue and would be willing to lend (or donate) it to WSL, please contact Leslie Boyter at [email protected] or 360.704.5220 by Monday, April 23, 2012. Thank you for your assistance!

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3) SOCIAL MEDIA DEMYSTIFIED

Do you hear others talk about Tweeting and go, “Huh?” Are you confused by the new Facebook timeline? Is anyone still using MySpace? Come to the CAYAS Spring Webinar, “Social Media Demystified,” where presenter, Angela Nolet, will guide you through the hows and whys of popular social media tools and the new player on the block, Google+. She will also discuss how social media is being used in libraries. Best of all, specific questions about social media will be solicited in advance from those registered to attend, to enable Angela to tailor the webinar to your specific needs. By the end of the afternoon, you’ll Tweet, Like, and +1 like a pro!

Webinar information:

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4) TARGET EARLY CHILDHOOD READING GRANTS

Reading is essential to a child’s learning process. Every year, the Target Store Grant program awards Early Childhood Reading Grants to schools, libraries, and other nonprofit organizations to support programs such as afterschool reading events and weekend book clubs. Grants are intended to help foster a love of reading and to encourage children, preschool through third grade, to read with their families.

Grant information:

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5) CELEBRATE PRESERVATION WEEK WITH FREE WEBINARS

From Sunday, April 22 through Saturday, April 28, 2012, libraries across America will celebrate Preservation Week. Using the theme “Pass it on,” participating libraries will help connect library users with preservation tools, promote the importance of preservation, and increase awareness of preservation issues among the general public. For ideas, visit www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/preswk.

Among the many events taking place are two free webinars presented by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a Division of ALA. Both sessions will take place from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT:

  • Tuesday, April 24 – “Taking Care: Family Textiles;”
  • Thursday, April 26 – “Preserving Your Personal Digital Photographs.”

For additional information and to register, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/ALCTS2012.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Monday, April 16:

Tuesday, April 17:

  • BISAC and Beyond: Making Word-Based Classification Your Own (ALCTS); 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/BISAC17April;
  • OneClickdigital Staff Training (Recorded Books); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT;
  • Open Dialogue with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (ADA Online); 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. PDT;
  • My Research (ProQuest); 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ250;
  • Healing Reads: Bibliotherapy for the 21st Century (Infopeople); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
  • ELibrary Curriculum Edition (ProQuest); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ253;
  • CultureGrams (ProQuest); 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ254;

Wednesday, April 18:

Thursday, April 19:

Friday, April 20:

  • Efforts Towards Preservation of Digital Video (ACRL); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/digvid;
  • Latest Trends in Library Architecture and Interior Design (SJSU SLIS); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT.

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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