Volume 7, October 6, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2012 2) BUILDING COMMON GROUND 3) YOUR TABLE IS WAITING – USING 2010 CENSUS DATA 4) 2011 NATIONAL FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES WEEK AWARDS 5) FREE BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION KITS OR COMMUNITY READS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2012 The Washington State Library, in collaboration with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, and in partnership with Target Stores, is currently inviting readers in grades 4 through 12 to compete in the 2012 Letters About Literature competition, an annual national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry; contemporary or classic), explaining how that author’s work changed the student’s way of thinking about the world or themselves. There are three competition levels:

• Level I for children in grades 4 through 6;
• Level II for grades 7 and 8;
• Level III for grades 9 through 12.

• What are the top ten industries in your county in terms of number of new hires?
• Is the median age of your city trending downward or upward?
• Are you looking for demographics for your zip code, but don’t know where to start your search?
• How can you help library patrons who are seeking grant money to provide services for a particular racial group?

• Local Employment Dynamics;
• Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates;
• County Business Patterns;
• Survey of Business Owners;
• Economic Census;
• Census of Governments.

• Location: Moran Prairie Library, Spokane;
• Date: Monday, October 24, 2011;
• Morning session – Registration: 8:30 – 9:00 a.m., Workshop: 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.;
• Afternoon session – Registration: 1:00 – 1:30 p.m., Workshop: 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.;
• No cost for INCOL members; $25 for non-members, $5 for students.

• Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg – 5 copies
• Guiding Elliott by Robert Lee – 5 copies
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry – 9 copies
• The Other by David Guterson – 12 copies
• House of Sky by Ivan Doig – 3 copies
• Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher – 8 copies
• Reho Wolfe by John A. Wolfe – 5 copies
• The Control of Nature by John McPhee – 5 copies
• Fire on the Mountain by John Maclean – 8 copies
• Grassland by Richard Manning – 6 copies
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien – 13 copies
• Citizen Vince by Jess Walter – 10 copies
• The Deep Dark by Gregg Olsen – 8 copies
• Eventide by Kent Haruf – 4 copies
• The Sky Fisherman by Lesley Craig – 14 copies

• Managing Your Migration (ProQuest); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ144;

• RDA & AACR2: What’s the Difference (Wyoming Libraries); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT;
• Common Core Opportunities for Librarians: Strategies for Leading the Way (Booklist); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT:
• eLibrary / ProQuest Learning: Literature / History Study Center (ProQuest); 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ143;

• Advanced Searching: Beyond the Single Search Box (ProQuest); 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ145;
• Using SmartPhones As a Marketing and Programming Tool (Infopeople); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• Grantseeking Basics (GrantSpace); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;

• Proposal Writing Basics (GrantSpace); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT;

• Tech Tools With Tine: Google Places (Texas State Library); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT;
• My Research & RefWorks: Perfect Together (ProQuest); 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ146.