Volume 6, February 4, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) MARCH 1 LAUNCH FOR OCLC DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS

2) BTOP & BIP – HOW TO CONNECT WEBINAR

3) SINGLE-SEARCH ACCESS THROUGH WORLDCAT LOCAL

4) TECHTRENDS – ALA MIDWINTER 2010

5) FREE WILL JAMES BOOK TITLES

6) FUNDING FOR HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES

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1) MARCH 1 LAUNCH FOR OCLC DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS

The WSL project, Off the Page: Downloadable Audiobooks for Washington, is pleased to announce the conclusion of the contract negotiations with OCLC NetLibrary. This means that everything is in line for a March 1 launch date for the OCLC NetLibrary Recorded Books collections.

An OCLC order form and the accompanying license (the Member/Library Audio Book Agreement) will be made available very soon. These documents will need to be completed and returned to OCLC by each participating library. These documents will be posted on the project web site: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/audiobook as soon as they become available.

For additional information, visit the website (link above) or contact Will Stuivenga at [email protected] or 360.704.5217.

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2) BTOP & BIP – HOW TO CONNECT WEBINAR

John Windhausen, consultant to ALA’s Washington Office and president of Telepoly, and Christopher McLean, principal of e-Copernicus and former Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), will provide more in-depth information about Round II of BTOP and BIP — the federal broadband stimulus programs at the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture. Included will be a brief discussion of key suggestions for making your application successful made at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Denver workshop.

Friday, February 5, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., PST. Space is limited. Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/531394042. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

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3) SINGLE-SEARCH ACCESS THROUGH WORLDCAT LOCAL

WorldCat Local is the single search that connects people to all your library’s materials—physical, electronic and digital—as well as to the delivery services that get them what they need. Built on decades of work done by member libraries worldwide, WorldCat Local helps your users discover unique local resources alongside those of the entire OCLC cooperative, delivered in a single, integrated set of results.

With WorldCat Local, your library also gains Web visibility through OCLC’s partnerships with leading search engines (such as Google and Yahoo!), social networking services and other popular sites. Recent enhancements expand the reach of WorldCat Local searches to include articles indexed in JSTOR, SCOPUS and Science Direct plus remotely indexed resources from a growing number of popular content providers. WorldCat Local works with Wayfinder: The Catalog of Washington Libraries. For information on Wayfinder, a project of the Washington State Library, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Wayfinder.

To learn how your library can offer single-search access to your print, electronic and digital resources through WorldCat Local, attend one of these upcoming free Web information sessions:

• February 10, 10:00 a.m. PST
• March 10, 11:00 a.m. PST
• March 24, 11:00 a.m. PST

To register, use this shortcut link: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/singlesearch.

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4) TECHTRENDS – ALA MIDWINTER 2010

Looking back at the 2010 ALA Midwinter meeting from a library technology perspective, a panel of experts will analyze and discuss what they learned and what trends stood out at the conference. A Q&A session will follow the panelists’ presentations.

Panelists include:

• Jason Griffey, Head of Library Information Technology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, ALA TechSource and American Libraries blogger
• Kate Sheehan, Open Source Implementation Coordinator, Bibliomation Inc., and ALA TechSource blogger
• Greg Landgraf, Associate Editor, American Libraries
• Sean Fitzpatrick, Associate Editor, American Libraries

Thursday, February 11, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. PST. To register for this free webinar, visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/357398507.

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5) FREE WILL JAMES BOOK TITLES

If your library is interested in obtaining books by Will James for free, you can contact the Will James Society Book Gifting program at www.willjames.org. For further inquiries or to have a donation of books provided to a school or public library of your choice, contact Barbara Warwick, Director of the Will James Book Gifting Program, at [email protected] or 514 W. Laredo Loop, Payson, AZ 85541.

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6) FUNDING FOR HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES

The National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR) is currently accepting proposals for three different funding opportunities. If you provide health information services in the Pacific Northwest, the NN/LM PNR would love to work with you. They welcome applications from medical libraries, public libraries, school libraries, special libraries, and community-based organizations.

A brief description of the first of these funding opportunities is below. For details about all three, go to nnlm.gov/pnr/funding or call 800.338.7657.

Technology Improvement Awards (up to $5000; proposals due 2/26). Purpose: To enhance the capacity of a library or organization to offer electronic health information services by supporting the purchase, installation, and/or upgrading of hardware and software.

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