Volume 12, June 16, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) NEW WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARIAN APPOINTED

2) KATHLEEN BENOUN MARKS 35 YEARS OF SERVICE

3) ARSL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE JULY 1

4) WSL EMAIL LISTS – FREE, FAST, FULFILLING

5) IMLS SEEKS NATION’S TOP MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) NEW WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARIAN APPOINTED

Cindy Aden has been appointed as the new Washington State Librarian.

• A former president of the Washington Library Association, she has worked at the Library of Congress, University of Washington Libraries, and Kitsap Regional Library.
• She was the first professional librarian hired by Amazon and also worked at Corbis and OCLC.
• Aden’s professional experience includes management, strategic leadership, metadata, and project management.
• She is expected to begin her new position in mid-July.

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2) KATHLEEN BENOUN MARKS 35 YEARS OF SERVICE

Washington State Library (WSL) is celebrating Kathleen Benoun’s 35th anniversary of working in the Western State Hospital Branch Library this week. Kathleen is a tireless advocate for libraries and the rights of the mentally ill. She was named WSL Employee of the Year in 2008.

Institutional Library Services Program Manager, Laura Sherbo, describes watching Kathleen interact with her customers as “performance art” which demonstrates how much respect and affection she feels for them.

Congratulations and thank you, Kathleen, from your co-workers at Washington State Library.

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3) ARSL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE JULY 1

The Washington State Library (WSL), with funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), is providing two scholarships to attend the 2016 Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) conference from October 27-29, 2016 in Fargo, North Dakota.

The ARSL conference is specifically for rural library staff. Previous conference topics have included building community advocacy; effective trustee recruitment; inexpensive programming ideas; innovative web services with few resources; virtual networking; and many more.

Scholarships will include transportation, all conference fees, and lodging. WSL will reimburse other allowable costs at the state per diem rate. Preference will be given to applicants who have not won this scholarship before.

• Applicants must be from a public or tribal library or library branch serving a population of 10,000 or fewer in Washington State.
• Scholarship awardees must commit to a doing follow-up project.
• The deadline for applications, both the paper copy and the digital copy is July 1, 2016. Paper copies may be hand-delivered or postmarked by July 1, 2016.

To apply, please complete the ARSL Scholarship Application.

Please mail the paper copy to:

• ARSL Scholarship Grants
• Washington State Library
• PO Box 42460
• Olympia, WA 98504-2460

Please contact Shirley Lewis at [email protected] or Maura Walsh at [email protected] with any questions.

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4) WSL EMAIL LISTS – FREE, FAST, FULFILLING

Washington State Library currently provides 14 different email lists including WSL Updates. Subscribers to these email lists receive news and information on a variety of topics.

• Check out the WSL E-Mail Distribution Lists and subscribe to any which are of interest. You may subscribe or unsubscribe using the links at the bottom of the screen.

Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested in subscribing to any of these lists.

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5) IMLS SEEKS NATION’S TOP MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is now accepting nominations for the 2017 National Medal for Museum and Library Service awards. Anyone—an employee, a board member, a member of the public, or an elected official—can nominate an institution.

• To be considered, the institution must complete and return a nomination form by October 3, 2016.
• All types of nonprofit libraries, library organizations, associations, and consortia are eligible, including academic, school, digital, and special libraries or archives.
• Public or private nonprofit museums of any discipline (including general, art, history, science and technology, children’s, natural history, and anthropology), as well as historic houses and sites, arboretums, nature centers, aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens, and planetariums are also eligible.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

June 20

• Executive Branch Documents (ProQuest); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT

June 21

• Capturing & communicating the value of IM services in a corporate culture (BrightTalk); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT

June 22

• Managing Opposites: How Introverts and Extroverts Can Achieve Extraordinary Results Together (American Management Association); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT
• After the Gift: How to build a satisfied, loyal donor base (4Good); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT
• Above and Beyond: Developing a Culture of Organizational Citizenship (WebJunction); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Discover National Library of Medicine Resources and More (National Network of Libraries of Medicine); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
• A Year in the Life of a New Makerspace (edWeb); 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. PDT
• SIRS Issues Researcher (ProQuest); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Fold 3(ProQuest); 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PDT

June 23

• Strategic Planning Part Two: From Written Plan to Implementation (Missouri State Library); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT
• Selecting for the School Library Collection (Wyoming State Library); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT
• HeritageQuest Online (ProQuest); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT

June 24

• People – Difficult or Different (Effectiveness Institute); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT

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For more information and to register (unless otherwise linked above), visit the WSL Training Calendar at sos.wa.gov/q/training.

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