Volume 8, June 28, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Note: WSL Updates will be on hiatus next week. Have a safe and happy July 4th! Topics include: 1) IT’S AN ELECTION YEAR – MYVOTE IS HERE TO HELP 2) CONNECT FAMILIES TO SUMMER MEALS 3) PUBLIC COMMENT SOUGHT 4) APPLY NOW FOR BRIDGING CULTURES BOOKSHELF 5) GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY FOR LIBRARIES 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Volume 8, February 9, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) RFP FOR SERIALS SUBSCRIPTION AGENT 2) PRISONERS CONTACTING PUBLIC LIBRARIES 3) MOVING AHEAD WHEN THERE’S NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET 4) DIGITAL CONTINUITY – CALL FOR PAPERS 5) SERVING DEAF PATRONS IN THE LIBRARY 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Volume 8, February 2, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) APPLY FOR A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON 2) FIRST TUESDAYS – TIPS AND TRICKS WITH THE U.S. CENSUS 3) CONNECT WITH COLLEAGUES IN TULALIP 4) WILL YOUR WEBSITE MEET THE NEW ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS? 5) HELP FOR SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Volume 8, January 26, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – MINING GEMS FROM CENSUS DATA 2) EBOOK PILOT UPDATES 3) REWARDS FOR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS 4) DISCOVER NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOUGH TIMES 5) GOT BOOKS? SHARE THE LOVE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Four-year-old Jodi Jensen had had enough. She’d spent all morning at the Yakima Valley Regional Library carefully selecting her weekly library books (including Achilles the Donkey), playing in the water fountains, sliding down the banisters with her sister Tamera, and pushing all the elevator buttons. She was ready to go home and have a nap. Problem was, her mom Marianne hadn’t finished checking out her own books. Exasperated, she leaned her forehead against the card catalog. A photographer from the…
You might not think about domains very much. Maybe the .coms and .nets and .orgs of the world all run together for you, and it’s what you see before the “dot” that counts. Well now there’s a reason to pay a little more attention. .Jobs is a new domain with a specific purpose: to help job-seekers find employment. And since we’re not out of the “hard times” economy quite yet, that’s a purpose that a lot of people can get…
Thanks to a Renew Washington grant from the Washington State Library, the Mount Vernon City Library is offering a great selection of programs to their community in the coming months. It’s always great to see such a direct community benefit from a grant cycle, and in this way the Renew Washington project has been particularly fulfilling. The programs kick off with a Resume Writing 101 workshop on February 1 and continue with programs on all sorts of topics, from bicycle…
Volume 6, November 4, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LEGAL REFERENCE FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIANS 2) ONLINE EVENT FACILITATION AND PEER LEARNING 3) WLA GRADUATE STUDY SCHOLARSHIPS 4) HELP FOR STAFF WHO ARE HELPING JOB HUNTERS 5) BANK OF THE WEST SUPPORTS 4 WA COUNTIES 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Volume 6, August 5, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) USING WEBCAMS FOR ONLINE EVENTS 2) 2010 NORTHWEST INTERLIBRARY LOAN CONFERENCE 3) SELECTING AND RECOMMENDING INSPIRATIONAL FICTION 4) AN ADVOCACY PLAN FOR YOUR LIBRARY 5) HELPING JOB SEEKERS USING ELECTRONIC TOOLS AND FEDERAL RESOURCES 6) TOUR GRANTSTATION – YOUR FAST TRACK TO FUNDRAISING 7) FREE OCLC WEBINARS IN AUGUST 8) UPCOMING IMLS GRANT DEADLINES
Congratulations to Sheryl Kindle Fullner, teacher librarian at Nooksack Valley Middle School in Everson, WA, on the publication of her book, The ShoeString Library, by ABC-CLIO! The publisher describes the book thusly: An organized collection of budget saving methods, materials, and strategies, these tips are all tried-and-true examples of ways to stretch the media specialist’s budget and time, and change even the drabbest library into an inviting oasis of learning. Makeovers are mesmerizing. Whether it is the 400-pound man who…