Volume 8, March 15, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) APPLY FOR A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON 2) MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD 3) PROMOTE PRESERVATION WEEK 4) GET READY FOR DÍA 2012 5) HELP FOR ONE MILLION AMERICANS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) APPLY FOR A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON The Library Council of Washington (LCW) advises the State Librarian and the Office of the Secretary of State on statewide library issues and the expenditure of federal LSTA funding. Applications are currently being accepted for two positions on the Council – one representing Special Libraries, the other representing Public Libraries serving fewer than 100,000 persons. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, April 6, 2012 to be considered. The term for both of these positions is anticipated to begin in September 2012. More information on the vacancies is available at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/vacancy. For general information on the LCW, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Council. If you have questions, please feel free to contact, Jeff Martin, at 360.704.5248, [email protected], or Anne Yarbrough at 360.704.5246, [email protected]. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD In partnership with Robbin Seeberger, State Youth Coordinator for the Washington National Guard Family Programs, the Washington State Library offers the following resources to honor and thank military families in communities throughout the state during April, the Month of the Military Child:

• “Resources for Military Children Affected by Deployment” – Compiled by the U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Command: Child and Youth Services; provides a list of suggested books for children; deployment kits for both children and adults; and web sites for children, parents, and teachers at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/deploy;
• “Libraries support military families” – A series of posters that can be used as flyers, displays, and welcome signs, available at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/milflyers;
• “Military KidsConnect” – Age-targeted information for children, elementary grades through high school, at www.militarykidsconnect.org. Select “Parents & Caregivers” on the bulletin board graphic for a number of useful resources including the “Parent Resource Guide”;
• “Military Families Learning Network” – Cooperative Extension family specialists and military family service professionals from the Department of Defense, branch services, and non-governmental organizations, offer professional development opportunities for military family service professionals. This blog offers direct tips to military families: blogs.extension.org/militaryfamilies;
• “Coming Together Around Military Families® (CTAMF)” – A variety of resources from the Zero to Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, including CTAMF Training Opportunities for Professionals Serving Military Families, the “Duty to Care” e-learning course, and the CTAMF e-newsletter, available via this shortcut link: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/0to3military;
• “Military Connections” – Pierce County Library’s new web page, designed especially for military families, at military.mypcls.org.

• Create a display about preserving and collecting personal, family, or community heritage;
• Offer a preservation workshop or event;
• Highlight Preservation Week on your web site with a link to ALA’s Preservation Week resources designed for library users at www.atyourlibrary.org/passiton;
• Tweet about Preservation Week (hashtag: #preswk);
• Get 2012 Preservation Week event updates on Facebook at www.facebook.com/preservationweek.

• A Resource Guide, intended to help librarians interested in creating Día programs and celebrations in their public or school libraries;
• An interactive map that enables searching for Día events by state or by zip code;
• The Día! Book List, which includes suggestions for children’s books available in several languages, as well as tips to share with parents and caregivers to help their children learn to read;
• Register your Día activity; those registering will receive complimentary stickers and buttons, while supplies last, to promote their library’s events.

• Create a Parkinson’s Awareness Month display in your library using free educational materials available from the PDF by visiting www.pdf.org/parkinson_awareness_tools;
• Spread the word about the PDF’s print or online searchable database of national Parkinson’s resources at www.pdf.org/en/resourcelink;
• Host a Parkinson’s-themed book fair, or dedicate sections of your newsletter, website, and/or bulletin board to Parkinson’s Awareness Month;
• Distribute free copies of PDF’s Parkinson’s Awareness Month action calendars for April 2012;
• Display PDF’s Parkinson’s Awareness Month Poster in your library;
• Sign up to host a Parkinson’s quilt display from the Parkinson’s Quilt Project.

• ProQuest Administrator Module (ProQuest); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ232;

• OneClickdigital Platform Introduction (Recorded Books); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/OneIntro2;
• The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: What’s New for 2012 (Booklist); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT;
• Digital Preservation: Audio and Video Formats (Infopeople); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• Using LiveText Successfully (LSSC); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• LinkedIn a Powerful Tool for Nonprofits (Nonprofit Webinars); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• The Information Diet: How to Control What You Consume (O’Reilly Community); 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PDT;

• eBooks/eReaders: The Techy Stuff You Need to Know (WSL); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT;
• Mind Matters! Getting Results Through Psychology (AMA); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT;
• So You Want To Be A Social Entrepreneur? (Nonprofit Webinars); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT;
• OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing – Borrowing (WiLS); 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• Being Customer Focused: New and Emerging Trends in Customer Service (Infopeople); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• Collaborating with Partners on Joint Grants: Do’s and Don’ts (Nonprofit Webinars); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• Expand Your Horizons: New Roles for Information Professionals (SJSU SLIS); 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. PDT;

• OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing – Lending (WiLS); 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PDT;
• Introduction to the New ProQuest Platform (ProQuest); 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ233;
• My Research (ProQuest); 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ234;
• Spring Mystery Announcements (Library Journal); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;

• Tech Tools With Tine: 1 Hour of LibraryThing (Texas State Library); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT.

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