Volume 9, May 9, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) PIERCE COUNTY WINS NATIONAL MEDAL 2) FILL THE BASKET AND SUPPORT WTBBL 3) GOT GENEALOGISTS? GET TIPS AT JUNE’S FIRST TUESDAYS 4) HELP WASHINGTON’S CHILDREN TO REACH OUT AND READ 5) CCC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Volume 9, May 2, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – SPOTLIGHT ON FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES 2) PUT SOME APPLES IN THE BASKET FOR WTBBL 3) SDL PROQUEST RENEWAL 4) REGISTER FOR THE FREE OLYMPIA DISASTER WORKSHOP 5) CAYAS SPRING WORKSHOP COMES TO SEATTLE AND SPOKANE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
On Thursday, April 18, 2013 the Washington State Library participated in Washington Library Snapshot Day–a statewide effort to promote the important work libraries do every day. We collected usage statistics, customer comments, and photographs depicting everyday activities at the Washington State Library, its 17 branches, and the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. On Library Snapshot Day, the Washington State Library, including its branches throughout the state: Was open for business for a total of 77.5 hours. Answered 509 reference…
From the desk of Rand Simmons It’s National Library Week and also Library Snapshot Day! Today we feature our Washington Talking Book & Braille Library located in Seattle, Washington. Do you know someone who can’t read standard print? Someone who is blind, visually impaired, can’t hold a book or turn pages, or has a reading disability? Then you know someone who needs the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL)! We are the only library in Washington providing uniquely tailored…
Rocio with WTBBL patron Rocio Franklin, as Washington Talking Book & Braille Library’s Receptionist, has one of the most important jobs at the library. Her smiling face and voice greet our volunteers, visitors and patrons when they enter the library and her cheerful voice welcomes all incoming calls to WTBBL’s main phone line. “Rocio is like a ball of sunshine. She brings a special warmth, kindness, and humor to WTBBL,” says Danielle Miller, WTBBL’s Program Manager. This perfectly describes Rocio…
Alan Bentson is one of the two Readers Advisors at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL). There are not many blind people working as readers advisors within the the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped program of the Library of Congress, so we are proud to have him working here, along with his colleague Wes Derby. He was born in 1952 in Silver Spring, Maryland, but he grew up and got his education in Colorado….
Volume 8, May 3, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) SDL PROQUEST RENEWAL 2) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN 3) FREE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SUMMER READING 4) WESTPAS NEEDS YOUR INPUT 5) WEBWISE 2012 WEBCASTS AVAILABLE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Volume 12: April 5, Year for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WSL RELEASES LSTA 5-YEAR EVALUATION 2) DEADLINE APPROACHES FOR LIBRARY COUNCIL VACANCIES 3) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN 4) YOUTH SERVICES & OUTREACH POSITION AVAILABLE 5) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CHAMPIONS ANNOUNCED 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK ————————————————————————————————————— 1) WSL RELEASES LSTA 5-YEAR EVALUATION As required by law, the Washington State LSTA Five-Year Evaluation Report was submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services…
Volume 8, March 1, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) 2012 LSTA GRANT CYCLES OPENING THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 2) FIRST TUESDAYS – READERS’ ADVISORY ON FACEBOOK 3) FREE WEBINAR – EARLY BILINGUAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 4) REGISTER NOW FOR THE DÍAS DE CINE READING CLUB 5) WHAT DO TEENS WANT? 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Volume 8, February 16, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) TWO WTBBL WEBINARS: YOUTH SERVICES AND DIGITAL DOWNLOADS 2) FREE BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION KITS OR COMMUNITY READS 3) DOES YOUR LIBRARY NEED A MAKEOVER? 4) IT’S ALMOST TIME TO TURN THE PAGE 5) HAS YOUR LIBRARY’S FACEBOOK PAGE FLATLINED? 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK