Volume 5, September 24, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) SEPT – OCT DATABASE TRIALS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS

2) STATE LIBRARY EVENTS VIA STREAMING VIDEO

3) WTBBL GALLERY OF TACTILE ART

4) POET LAUREATE APPLICATIONS SOUGHT

5) BCR ONLINE WORKSHOPS

6) FREE INFOPEOPLE WEBINAR WITH GEORGE AND JOAN

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1) SEPT – OCT DATABASE TRIALS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS

The Statewide Database Trials for September – October 2009 are now available. Trials will run through October 30, providing about six weeks to check out some interesting resources. This batch of trials focuses on “current events” resources, and includes some great information on government, controversial issues, world news, environmental and energy issues, and much more. Check them out at www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/Trials09a.

Please remember when checking out these current events resources to take the time to fill out an Interest Form on those products you’d like to learn more about. By filling out these forms you also make it possible for us to arrange group purchases on products of interest and potentially save money for participating libraries. The interest form can be found at www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/DBTrials2009InterestForm.

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2) STATE LIBRARY EVENTS VIA STREAMING VIDEO

Many of Washington State Library’s series of events, evening and brown bag, are now available online via streaming video! Thanks to the hard work of WSL’s Multi-Media Services these are now available to view online.

Search the WSL catalog (www.secstate.wa.gov/library/catalog.aspx) using keywords ‘Educational Outreach Event’ and you will find a list of events to choose from. Many include a link to the flyer announcing the event. These and our upcoming events can also be found at: www.secstate.wa.gov/library/events.aspx.

Select from events such as “Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps” with Mary Matsuda Gruenewald, “Mary Sam: Basket Weaver, Visionary, Provider, and Survivor” with Harvest Moon, “Tracking Kurt Cobain Through Washington Vital Records” with WSL Genealogy staff, or learn about Uppity Women, Lewis and Clark, Galloping Gertie, Ice Age Floods and many others.

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3) WTBBL GALLERY OF TACTILE ART

For a week in October, the meeting room at WTBBL (Washington Talking Book & Braille Library) will be transformed into a gallery of tactile art created by patrons of the Library. The show is called “An Expression of Touch” and features art in many formats from both children and adult patrons. An opening reception will be held on Friday, October 16th from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. and then the art will be on display Monday – Friday, October 19 – 23, from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

If you are in Seattle, you are invited to the reception or to stop by and see the art during the week. The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library is located at 2021 9th Avenue, Seattle. For more information about WTBBL, visit: www.wtbbl.org.

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4) POET LAUREATE APPLICATIONS SOUGHT

The Washington State Arts Commission and Humanities Washington are seeking applications for Washington’s poet laureate, to promote poetry throughout the state for a two-year term. Applications are due October 23, 2009.

The poet laureate will engage in activities to encourage the writing, reading, and appreciation of poetry within the state, including but not limited to readings, workshops, lectures, and presentations. Over a two-year term, these programs will take place in a variety of communities and settings across Washington. The poet laureate will be announced by Governor Chris Gregoire this December.

Qualified applicants must be current residents of the state of Washington and have had at least one full-length book of poetry published. The application form is available at www.arts.wa.gov/projects/poet-laureate-application.shtml.

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5) BCR ONLINE WORKSHOPS

BCR is offering a series of WebLive workshops in September and October. Here is a partial listing:

· September 22-24, 9-11 a.m. PDT – Introduction to Metadata for the Digital Environment

· September 29, 1-3 p.m. PDT – Searching WorldCat in FirstSearch

· September 29-30, 9-11 a.m. PDT – Libraries Helping Job Seekers in Hard Times

· September 30, 1-3 p.m. PDT – FirstSearch Administrative Module

· October 1, 1-3 p.m. PDT – Empower the Patron: Unmediated Requesting in WorldCat Resource Sharing

· October 5-6, noon-3 p.m. PDT – WorldCat Collection Analysis

· October 7-9, 9 a.m.-noon PDT – WorldCat Resource Sharing Basics

· October 13-15, 9-11 a.m. PDT – Local Holdings Record Maintenance with the Connexion Browser

· October 26-27, 1-3 p.m. PDT – Interlibrary Loan Copyright Issues

· October 27-29, 9-11 a.m. PDT – Introduction to Dublin Core Metadata

For more information, including descriptions of these workshops, visit www.bcr.org/training. Register at: www.bcr.org/training/workshops/register.html. All Washington libraries and their staffs are eligible for BCR member rates.

Learn about all the learning opportunities available from BCR by subscribing to the BCReview online newsletter and Continuing Education RSS feed: www.bcr.org/rss.html. The BCR Trailhead Blog provides a forum between the BR training team and you: blogs.bcr.org/training.

Workshops that meet the LSTA criteria are eligible for WSL scholarship support, although applications must be received 30 days prior to the event. Visit www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/CE for more information and to apply.

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6) FREE INFOPEOPLE WEBINAR WITH GEORGE AND JOAN

You have a terrific idea for improving your library’s service. You excitedly share this fantastic new idea, only to have your enthusiasm deflated by picky questions, managerial indifference, or passive/aggressive resistance from your colleagues.

This webinar will describe techniques that prepare library staff members at any level to present new ideas effectively. This webinar will last approximately one hour. There is no charge and pre-registration is not required.

The speakers are Joan Frye Williams and George Needham. Date and time are September 29, 2009, 12 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT. For more information and to participate, go to

infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/328/index.html.

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