WSL Updates for February 14, 2013

WSL Updates for February 14, 2013

Volume 9, February 14, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) FIRST TUESDAYS: SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES THROUGH COLLABORATION

2) TAKE THE YALSA 2013 READING CHALLENGE

3) 25th ANNUAL EZRA JACK KEATS MINIGRANTS

4) TEEN TECH WEEK

5) GRANTS FOR CATALOGING HIDDEN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) FIRST TUESDAYS: SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES THROUGH COLLABORATION

When Washington’s State community and technical colleges received a second round of LSTA funds in 2009, they had already collaborated on multiple activities that improved their libraries’ abilities to support information literacy. This second round of funds was used for a multi-year research project, Library as Instructional Leader, to document the impacts of information literacy on developmental education students. At the next First Tuesdays program, Lynne Kanne, project coordinator will share:

  • How discipline faculty was engaged to help define and assess the information needs of students;
  • How a network of community and technical college (CTC) librarians shared best practices around the teaching of information literacy to students;
  • How sustained collaboration between discipline faculty and librarians enabled both groups to develop and assess information literacy assignments that result in greater learning outcomes.

This free online webinar will take place on March 5, 2013, from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST. For more information about First Tuesdays, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/tuesdays. For instructions on joining the presentation, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/FirstTuesdays.

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2) TAKE THE YALSA 2013 READING CHALLENGE

Would you like to have an incentive to read or listen to more great books? Would you like to discover something new in a genre or category that you might not have tried before? YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of ALA) invites you to take the 2013 Hub Reading Challenge. By completing the Challenge, you will:

  • Experience the best of the best that young adult literature has to offer;
  • Have the opportunity to share your reaction to a book you read during the challenge;
  • Be entered into a random drawing to win a YALSA tote bag full of 2012 and 2013 YA titles;
  • Receive an elite digital badge to show others how well-read you are!

Get started by going to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/2013Hub. The challenge will end on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at 8:59 p.m. PDT.

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3) 25th ANNUAL EZRA JACK KEATS MINIGRANTS

Public education is one of the greatest legacies of our country, benefiting children from every walk of life. For Ezra Jack Keats, it was at public school that he received his greatest encouragement to pursue his vocation as an artist and at the public library where he found a haven that introduced him to the wonders of art history.

To provide a similar experience to new generations, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation created a funding initiative called Minigrants, in which awards of $500 are given to public schools and public libraries for projects that foster creative expression, collaboration, and interaction with a diverse community. To celebrate the 25th year of its Minigrant Program, the Foundation will be awarding approximately 70 grants of $500 each to qualifying teachers and librarians at public schools and libraries across the United States.

To find out more about the Minigrants and to apply, visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org/minigrant-program. Applications are due by Friday, March 15, 2013.

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4) TEEN TECH WEEK

YALSA invites you to celebrate technology for teens at your library by participating in Teen Tech Week™, Sunday – Saturday, March 10 – 16, 2013. This year’s theme, Check in @ your library, encourages libraries to throw open their physical and virtual doors to teens and showcase the outstanding technology they offer, from services such as online homework help and digital literacy-focused programs, to resources such as e-books, movies, music, audiobooks, and databases. To find out more and to sign up, go to teentechweek.ning.com.

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5) GRANTS FOR CATALOGING HIDDEN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Libraries, archives, and cultural institutions hold millions of items that have never been adequately described. This represents a staggering volume of materials that are unknown and inaccessible to researchers. The Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grants, administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, seeks to address this problem by awarding grants that will make possible an innovative, efficient means of making these materials available to scholars.

To find out more about the program, visit www.clir.org/hiddencollections. Applications are due by Friday, March 22, 2013, 2:00 p.m. PDT.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Monday, February 18:

Tuesday, February 19:

Wednesday, February 20:

  • Digital Preservation, Part 1: Inventory and Selection (NCompass Live); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PST;
  • Strategies for Preserving Electronic Records, Part 2: Managing Digital Content (Texas State Library); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/TSL20Feb;
  • Realize Your Mission: How to Use Employee Engagement to Reach Your Goals (Nonprofit Webinars); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PST;
  • Becoming an Organization Powered by Pro Bono (VolunteerMatch); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/VMProBono;
  • Connexion Client Module 05 – Automation and Customization (OCLC); 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Module05;
  • Custom Holdings on WorldCat Resource Sharing (WiLS); 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/OCLCCustom;
  • Proposal Writing Basics (GrantSpace); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST;
  • How to Create a Newsletter That Donors Read and Respond To (Nonprofit Webinars); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PST;

Thursday, February 21:

Friday, February 22:

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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