Volume 6, December 9, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION KITS OR COMMUNITY READS 2) WALNET RFQ RELEASED 3) WCOG EVENT HONORS BALLARD AND THOMPSON 4) IMLS NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS 5) NANCY PEARL PRESENTS – BOOKS THAT MAKE GREAT GIFTS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
I’ll avoid any cliches about gifts that keep on giving. Instead, I’ll jump straight in and admit that I, like many librarians, am an NPR nerd. I adore NPR for a number of reasons (though I will say that it was Ira Glass who first got me hooked). I also particularly enjoy their segments with librarian Nancy Pearl on book recommendations. Nancy Pearl was once-upon-a-time the Director of Library Programming at the Seattle Public Library. These days she reads and…
Volume 5, August 20, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE NANCY PEARL READERS’ ADVISORY WORKSHOPS 2) WLA SAM SUPERVISORY WORKSHOP CANCELED 3) FREE LIBRARY 2.0 AND GOOGLING TRAINING
Volume 5, July 2, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – SAFETY IN SMALL LIBRARIES 2) SUMMER READING CERTIFICATE NOW AVAILABLE 3) LIBRARIES TO THE RESCUE PODCASTS 4) FREE BOOKS TO RURAL AND INNER-CITY LIBRARIES 5) BIG READ GRANTS ANNOUNCED 6) READERS ADVISORY WITH NANCY PEARL 7) BROADBAND APPLICATION RULES RELEASED