WSL Updates, June 11, 2009

Volume 5, June 11, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE WORKSHOPS: LIBRARY 2.0 AND BEYOND GOOGLE 2) FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR KIDS – FIND SITES IN YOUR COMMUNITY 3) ATTENTION LSCA TITLE II GRANTEES 4) 2009 DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARIES 5) NEH HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES GRANT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE WORKSHOPS: LIBRARY 2.0 AND BEYOND GOOGLE Are hard times catching up with your library? Do you need some tools to help you keep up? The Washington State Library is offering a series of workshops to help you help your customers. Here are some upcoming classes presented by Shelly Drumm of BCR to be held in multiple locations: Library 2 Point . . . OH! Now I get it: Practical Applications of 2.0 tools: By now most librarians are familiar with a host of 2.0 tools, but many are still wondering how best to take advantage of them. This presentation will demonstrate a few ways that librarians can harness the power of RSS to broadcast quality information into the places that matter most to our patrons: library Web sites, patron iPods, or other community-centered sites. Tools explored will include RSS-enabled sources such as blogs, podcasts, and Web 2.0 favorites like del.icio.us, Twitter, plus JavaScript converters such as Feed2JS or Widgetbox.

  • August 31: Longview Public Library, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
  • September 2: Pierce County Library System Processing & Administrative Center, Tacoma, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • September 28: North Central Regional Library Administrative Center, Wenatchee, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • September 30: Spokane Public Library, Downtown Branch, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
More Than Just Googling: Of course you know about–and probably use–Google's search engine, but are you familiar with the collection of other great tools that Google offers? We briefly explore a few of these tools and how they may help you work a little more efficiently, and even perhaps allow you to extend new services to your patrons.
  • August 31: Longview Public Library, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • September 2: Pierce County Library System Processing & Administrative Center, Tacoma, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
  • September 28: North Central Regional Library Administrative Center, Wenatchee, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Register at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/calendar. For questions or more information, contact Jennifer Fenton, [email protected], 360-570-5571 or toll free 866-538-4996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) FREE SUMMER MEALS FOR KIDS – FIND SITES IN YOUR COMMUNITY A federal school nutrition program provides free meals and snacks during the summer in select locations to ALL kids (18 years and younger – regardless of income). WithinReach can help your patrons find available Summer Meals Sites across Washington. Use a zipcode search tool online at www.parenthelp123.org/resources/summer-meals or call the Family Food Hotline (1-888-436-6392) for help in any language. WithinReach’s information and referral specialists can screen individuals and families for other Food Resources on the Family Food Hotline that may improve economic stability including Food Stamps, WIC (the Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children), and local Food Banks. ParentHelp123.org users can screen themselves and apply online for state food and health insurance benefits while callers can be screened for program eligibility over the phone and receive state benefit applications by mail. For more information about how WithinReach can help patrons in your library with health and food resources, please contact Sue Waldin, Outreach Specialist, at [email protected]. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) ATTENTION LSCA TITLE II GRANTEES Were Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title II funds used to support construction of all or part of your library facility? If so, federal regulations provide for a continuing federal interest in the library facility for a period of 20 years following the completion of construction. That means if construction of the library facility which used LSCA funding was completed in 1989 or later, a federal interest remains. It appears from the listing provided by IMLS that 16 public library systems (municipal and district) and 24 separate construction projects are potentially affected by these regulations. Should the facility cease to be used as a library facility, the recipient of the federal assistance or the recipient's successor shall repay to the United States, on request, an amount that equals the current federal interest in the facility. The federal government has the option to approve, for good cause, the release of the recipient from its obligation. The provisions of this section apply to any facility constructed with assistance under Title II of the Act. If you have questions about the possible disposition of a library facility that was constructed in whole or in part with LSCA Title II funds, please contact Jeff Martin, LSTA Coordinator, Washington State Library at [email protected] or 360.704.5248 for more information. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) 2009 DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON LIBRARIES The 2009 Directory of Washington Libraries is now available at: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/directory. This year marks the first year that the publication will only be available online. The Directory has been designed so that users may print the entire file or just a particular section that they wish to have at their desk. Individual names or branch locations can be searched using the query box on the toolbar of the file. For quick library location lookups, users are reminded that they may also access the same data base through a different website: libraries.wa.gov. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) NEH HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS AND RESOURCES GRANT The NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant program supports projects that provide an essential foundation for scholarship, education, and public programming in the humanities. Any U.S. nonprofit organization is eligible, as are state and local governmental agencies and tribal governments. The maximum award is $350,000, for up to three years. Applications may be submitted for projects that include such activities as:
  • arranging and describing archival and manuscript collections
  • cataloging collections of printed works, photographs, recorded sound, moving images, art, and material culture
  • implementing preservation measures, such as basic rehousing, reformatting, deacidification, or conservation treatment
  • digitizing collections, or preserving and improving access to born-digital resources
  • developing databases, virtual collections, or other electronic resources to codify information on a subject field or to provide integrated access to selected humanities materials
Applications may address the holdings or activities of a single institution or may involve collaboration. In all cases, projects should be designed to facilitate sharing, exchange, and interoperability of humanities information and products. Grant guidelines are available at www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/HCRR.html. Applications must be submitted at Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time), Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number for this grant is 45.149. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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