Volume 13, March 2, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) RECRUITING A LIBRARY CONSULTANT

2) FIRST TUESDAYS – CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

3) PRIVACY LITERACY AT YOUR LIBRARY

4) NCCE ADOBE STORYTELLING ACADEMY

5) STATE OF DIGITIZATION REPORT

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) RECRUITING A LIBRARY CONSULTANT

The Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of State, is recruiting for the position of Library Consultant (Library and Archival Professional 4). Located within the Library Development Program, the Library Consultant (LAP4) is responsible for carrying out statewide projects with minimal oversight, while providing expert-level consultation to libraries throughout the state of Washington. If you are a professional librarian with experience developing, managing, and/or implementing library programs, we look forward to hearing from you. For more information, including salary range, visit sos.wa.gov/q/WSL-LAP4.

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2) FIRST TUESDAYS – CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

Want to revitalize your information literacy tutorial, but not quite sure how? Interested in finding a way to assess student learning and engagement beyond the pre- and post-test? Choose Your Own Adventure-style tutorials allow students to direct their own paths through traditional learning materials, while offering librarians opportunities to reinforce learning objectives, model behavior, and increase student engagement, and also provide rich insights into student behavior and confidence.

This webinar will give participants an understanding of what these tutorials are, how they work, and when they might be appropriate; as well as considerations for selecting tools for the project; and first steps to building their own tutorials. To learn about education modeled after Choose Your Own Adventure books from the 80s, attend this WSL First Tuesdays webinar.

“Choose Your Own Adventure Series: Online Orientation,” presented by Maggie Faber, University of Washington, March 7, 2017, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PST. To join the presentation, visit sos.wa.gov/q/FirstT.

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3) PRIVACY LITERACY AT YOUR LIBRARY

Our offline lives are no longer separate from our online identities. Many people are unaware of how their information is being used, what they have control over, or how to have safe online interactions. San José Public Library’s Virtual Privacy Lab has developed a seven-module customized learning experience for library patrons, in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. The modules guide users through topics such as social media and security, and provide personalized tips, links and resources that enable them to feel safe and confident online. This privacy literacy resource is available for everyone, so learn how you can utilize the online Virtual Privacy Lab with the populations you serve at your library.

This WebJunction webinar is part of a series highlighting the work of recent LJ Movers & Shakers and is hosted in collaboration with Library Journal. Presented by: Erin Berman, Innovations Manager, San José Public Library (CA), a 2016 Library Journal Mover & Shaker.

• Tuesday, March 7, 2017; 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. PST. To register: sos.wa.gov/q/Privacy.

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4) NCCE ADOBE STORYTELLING ACADEMY

The Adobe Storytelling Academy is a hands-on, integrated approach to storytelling that will provide participants the opportunity to take a deeper dive into the Adobe products that will unleash their creativity. This two-day academy will model different ways to engage students in storytelling and enable educators to leverage their knowledge of Adobe products to empower students to tell their stories. Participants will grouped according to interests. Day one will be spent deciding on a theme and gathering and creating original media. On day two, participants will divide according to the strands listed below to create a digital product using a variety of Adobe products. The end of day two will involve a showcase of all work created during the Storytelling Academy.

This workshop will be held March 21-22, 2017, in conjunction with the Northwest Council for Computer Education Conference in Portland. For more information and to register: sos.wa.gov/q/adobe.

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5) STATE OF DIGITIZATION REPORT

“Advancing the National Digital Platform: The State of Digitization in US Public and State Libraries” is a new report from WebJunction and OCLC Research. Report highlights include:

• Ninety-two percent of public libraries have locally significant, unique physical collections;
• More than 37.6% of libraries have engaged in digitization activities in the last three years;
• In addition to the common barriers of time and ongoing funding, 61.4% of libraries identified insufficient staff training/expertise as a major barrier to their digitization efforts;
• All state library agencies reported that digitizing and providing online access to local and unique digitized material aligns with their mission either explicitly (12.8%), or broadly (87.2%);
• Public libraries identified training in imaging best practices (55.6%), copyright risk assessment (47.5%) and metadata best practices (47.0%) as the most potentially helpful to their efforts.

For more information, or to download the entire report, visit sos.wa.gov/q/Advancing.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Monday, March 6

• Native American Library Services Basic Grant Applicant Webinar 1 (IMLS); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PST
• Makerspace Communities and Their Futures (Idaho Commission for Libraries); 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., PST

Tuesday, March 7

• LYRASIS ArchivesSpace Lone Arranger Hosting Services Demo; 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., PST
• Making a Difference: Intro to LYRASIS Membership; 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., PST
• Nonprofit Legal Checklist; 12:00 – 1:30 p.m., PST
• Privacy Literacy at Your Library (WebJunction); 12:00 – 1:30 p.m., PST
• Choose Your Own Adventure series: Online orientation (Washington State Library); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., PST
• Building a Strong Brand for Your Organization (TechSoup); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PST
• Series Nonfiction Must-Haves for the School Library (Booklist); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PST
• Walking the Walk: Engage Volunteers in your Volunteer Engagement Program (VolunteerMatch); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PST
• Privacy Literacy at Your Library (OCLC); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., PST
• Basic Principles and Practices of Born-Digital Preservation (University of Wyoming American Heritage Center); 2:30 – 3:30 p.m., PST

Wednesday, March 8

• Planning for Successful Internships (Nebraska Library Commission); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m., PST
• 3 Keys to Successful Program Management (American Management Association); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., PST
• Rock Your Workshops: A 5-Step Road Map for Creating and Leading Engaging Sessions (Training Magazine Network); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., PST
• Social Media Crash Course for Nonprofits (Nonprofit Hub); 9:30 – 10:30 a.m., PST
• Engaging Your Board & Others in Difficult Decisions (4Good); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., PST
• You Can Do I.T.! How to Empower Library Staff with Basic Tech Management Skills (TechSoup); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PST
• Connecting Schools and Public Libraries Through Data (Demco); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PST
• Native American Library Services Basic Grant Applicant Webinar 2 (IMLS); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., PST
• STEM and STEAM for Children  (Missouri State Library); 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., PST

Thursday, March 9

• Build Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PST
• Libraries Transforming Communities: Introduction to Dialogue & Deliberation (1 of 3) (Programming Librarian); 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., PST
• Women Who Rock: Past and Present (Junior Library Guild); 12:00 – 12:30 p.m., PST
• Behind the Scenes: SLJ in Conversation with Top Children’s Book Editors (School Library Journal); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., PST
• Social Media: Share the Love (Utah State Library); 1/00 – 2:00 p.m., PST

Friday, March 10

• Libraries Transforming Textbooks (LYRASIS); 9:30 – 11:00 a.m., PST

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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