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WSL Updates for May 3, 2012

May 3rd, 2012 by Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, Grants and Funding, News, Technology and Resources, Training and Continuing Education, Updates, Washington Talking Book and Braille Library | Comments Off on WSL Updates for May 3, 2012

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

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1) SDL PROQUEST RENEWAL

The WSL Statewide Database Licensing Project (SDL) announces the July 2012 – June 2013 ProQuest renewal for all participating Washington libraries. Barring significant cancellations, pricing is not expected to change appreciably for the upcoming year.

For public, academic, and special libraries, the renewal is automatic. Invoicing from ProQuest will occur in June or July. For school libraries, renewal (or cancellation) is through your local ESD (Educational Service District).

If a library wishes to cancel its ProQuest subscription through the statewide contract, please fill out, sign, and return a cancellation form by or before May 27. The cancellation form can be found on the SDL ProQuest renewal page: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Renewal.

As a reminder, descriptions of the ProQuest database package can be found at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ. For questions please contact project manager Will Stuivenga [email protected] 360.704.5217 or toll-free 866.538.4996.

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2) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN

The purpose of the Connecting Libraries through Resource Sharing (CLRS) grant cycle is to provide grant funds for collection development with materials that are rotated between partnering libraries, thus encouraging cooperation among public libraries in counties, or those with contiguous borders, where inter-local agreements to share materials do not exist, or did not exist before participation in a previous CLRS grant cycle.

Grants of up to $715 per library may be awarded to qualifying partnerships. A single application from each group of partnering libraries is required. A partnership must include two or more public libraries; with one library acting as the lead library in both the application process and, if awarded, the grant implementation.

The application deadline is Friday, June 1, 2012. More details may be found at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/grants. For additional information or questions, contact Carolyn Petersen, CLRS Project Manager, 360.570.5560, [email protected] or Anne Yarbrough, LSTA Grants Manager, 360.704.5246, [email protected].

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3) FREE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT SUMMER READING

Summer is fast approaching and with it, the opportunity to connect young readers with books. To help libraries to prepare, Upstart, in partnership with TeachingBooks.net and the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), are offering free resources to support Dream Big – Read!, the Collaborative’s 2012 program, including:

  • Links to author and illustrator websites;
  • Audio recordings of authors pronouncing and telling stories about their names;
  • Book discussion and activity guides;
  • Audio book talks with authors, illustrators, and professional narrators;
  • Meet-the-Author Movie and Audio Interviews.

Materials may be used in a number of ways including:

  • Staff development – Prepare for the summer by learning more about featured authors and books;
  • Programming – Integrate ready-to-use activities and audio book talks to round out your sessions;
  • Book groups – Stimulate conversation with book guides and novel units;
  • Technology integration – Enable patrons and staff to listen online to brief performances of books, watch authors in their studios, and access authoritative web-based material about the featured books and authors.

Free online resources that support the 2012 CSLP bibliographies are available for the following categories:

Questions? Contact Nick Glass at [email protected] or 800.596.0710.

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4) WESTPAS NEEDS YOUR INPUT

The Western States and Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS) offers free (grant-funded) workshops on developing disaster response and salvage plans for collections in heritage institutions. The workshops are two days in length. The first day and the second day are separated by 4 to 6 weeks to allow time for attendees to prepare a very basic draft plan between workshops. While attendees have found this training to be quite helpful, it is becoming increasingly difficult for staff and/or volunteers from smaller institutions to travel and make the time commitments necessary to participate.

WESTPAS is considering an alternative workshop model in hopes of enabling more institutions to participate.  This model would be comprised of two separate sessions:

  • Session one: A short series of webinars in lieu of in-person training, culminating in the drafting of very basic response plans by participants;
  • Session two: An in-person event to review draft plans created at the end of session one and to allow participants to get hands-on experience in the salvage of wet materials.

WESTPAS would like your feedback on this proposed workshop model. If you or someone from your institution is interested in creating a disaster response plan for your institution, please respond to the very brief (2-minute) survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/westpas no later than May 15, 2012.

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5) WEBWISE 2012 WEBCASTS AVAILABLE

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has posted webcasts of WebWise 2012. An IMLS signature initiative, the WebWise Conference annually brings together representatives of museums, libraries, archives, systems science, education, and other fields to explore the many opportunities made possible by digital technologies.

WebWise 2012 took up the theme of “Tradition and Innovation,” investigating how libraries and museums have used digital technologies to help scholars, students, educators, and the general public understand history and the humanities. This year’s conference took special note of the unique contributions that historical societies, public libraries, and other small and local organizations make to humanities scholarship and education.

View the Webwise 2012 webcasts at www.tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/120229.

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6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

Monday, May 7:

Tuesday, May 8:

Wednesday, May 9:

  • History Study Center (ProQuest); 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ270;
  • All About ALTAFF: A conversation with Sally Gardner Reed (NCompass Live); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT;
  • K-12 Introduction to the New ProQuest Platform (ProQuest); 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ272;
  • K-12 ProQuest Administrator Module (ProQuest); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ273;
  • Grantseeking Basics (GrantSpace); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT;

Thursday, May 10:

  • Introduction to the New ProQuest Platform (ProQuest); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ265;
  • Ally with WTBBL (WSL); Yakama Nation Cultural Heritage Center, Toppenish, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. PDT;
  • Introduction to Finding Funders (GrantSpace); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT;
  • Research Essentials with eLibrary’s Essential Pages (ProQuest); 1:00 – 1:30 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ271;

Friday, May 11:

  • Ally with WTBBL (WSL); Richland Public Library, Richland, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. PDT;
  • My Research (ProQuest); 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ266.

For more information and to register (for those not linked above), visit the WSL Training Calendar at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/training.

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