Volume 5: January 22, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) LIBRARY SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY DURING TIMES OF CRISIS

2) CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS AT TRIBAL CONFERENCE

3) ALA’S “ADVOCATING IN A TOUGH ECONOMY” TOOLKIT AVAILABLE ONLINE

4) OUTSTANDING BOOKS WITH NORTHWEST SETTINGS

5) NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR BCR BOARD REPRESENTATION

6) BRIEFLY NOTED—WASHINGTON READS POSTERS; FIRST TUESDAYS

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1) LIBRARY SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY DURING TIMES OF CRISIS

Did your library serve an extraordinary community function during the December snowfall events or the January floods? If so, we need your stories about how the library served the community. We will post this information on our Serving Washington Libraries blog and use this information when we meet with other officials within the state.

We’ve heard that some of you opened your doors to other community functions such that they could operate out of your library. Your library may have served as a command center for instance. Some of you may have opened your doors to the local business community when they flooded and allowed them to continue to operate in some limited fashion. Others of you may have opened your doors and welcomed many who had no place to spend the day. These are the stories we are hoping that you will share with us.

You may post your response to the blog at blogs.sos.wa.gov/libdev/ or send your response to Rand Simmons, Library Development Program Manager at [email protected]. If you have pictures that support your story, those are welcome as well.

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2) CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS AT TRIBAL CONFERENCE

Call for Proposal applications for presentations and pre-conferences are now being accepted for the 2009 National Streams of Language, Memory, and Lifeways Conference for Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums. The conference will be held in Portland, Oregon October 19-22, 2009. Visit the www.tribalconference.org website to view the application, which can be submitted online or to the mailing address shown.

The deadline for submissions for Keynote Proposal applications is February 2, 2009. Pre-Conference & Conference Session applications are due February 28, 2009. Watch the website for further details about the conference, a very special opportunity for Northwest libraries.

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3) ALA’S “ADVOCATING IN A TOUGH ECONOMY” TOOLKIT AVAILABLE ONLINE

A new web-based resource has just been released by ALA that will help library advocates make the case for libraries during times of economic downturn. The “Advocating in a Tough Economy” toolkit is available at www.ala.org/tougheconomytoolkit.

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4) OUTSTANDING BOOKS WITH NORTHWEST SETTINGS

Looking for some outstanding and fun books with Pacific Northwest settings? Carolyn Petersen and Kathryn Hamilton Wang gave a book talk devoted to this topic Nov. 13 as part of WSL’s Brown Bag lunchtime programs. Handouts from this event are now available on the WSL Web site. Visit www.sos.wa.gov/library/wa_collections.aspx and scroll down to “Presentations and Events” and look for Outstanding and Fun books with Pacific Northwest Settings where you will find the handouts. The “Combined book list” is arranged alphabetically by author, while the “Pacific NW Reads full list” is arranged by such topics as Call of the Sea, Murder and Mayhem, First People, Northwest Characters, and the like.

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5) NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR BCR BOARD REPRESENTATION

The 2009 BCR Nominating Committee is looking for candidates to run in this spring's Board of Trustees election. The committee is developing a slate of candidates to run for four positions on the Board of Trustees: school library trustee, special library trustee and two at-large trustees. Among other qualifications, candidates should have significant knowledge and interest in BCR and its activities, experience with making policy level decisions, experience with financial oversight for a significant budget and an understanding of the role of a governing board.

Anyone wishing to be considered for the election slate should contact BCR's Sharon Hoffhines at [email protected]. For more information, visit www.bcr.org/membership/elections/boardelections.html. Nominations are due Jan. 30. As a reminder, all Washington libraries are BCR members by virtue of a statewide membership paid by the Washington State Library.

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6) BRIEFLY NOTED—WASHINGTON READS POSTERS; FIRST TUESDAYS

New Washington Reads posters for Twilight and for Logan Olson and Logan Magazine are now available. Details next week on how to order copies.

First Tuesdays guest speaker on Feb. 3 at 9:00 a.m. will be Martha Shinners of WSL, talking about the 2009 Summer Reading program. Tune in at http://webj.horizonwimba.com. More details in next week’s WSL Updates.