WSL Updates for October 25, 2012

October 25, 2012

Volume 8, October 25, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) MONTH OF THE MILITARY FAMILY 2) REGISTER NOW FOR MANGA WORKSHOP 3) FRANCES HENNE/YALSA/VOYA RESEARCH GRANT 4) NEW WEBINAR SERIES FEATURES TOP PROGRAMS FROM PLA 2012 5) GEORGE CUNHA AND SUSAN SWARTZBURG PRESERVATION AWARD 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) MONTH OF THE MILITARY FAMILY There are currently more than 2.2 million service members in our Armed Forces. They and their families are in your communities, schools, and neighborhoods. The Washington State Library has developed a list of resources that can be used in acknowledging and thanking Washington military children and their families. Take time to recognize the Month of the Military Family this November by visiting www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/MilitaryFamily, where you will find resources, toolkits, and downloadable fliers for both schools and libraries. For more information, contact Martha Shinners at [email protected]. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) REGISTER NOW FOR MANGA WORKSHOP CAYAS (Children and Young Adult Services), an interest group of the Washington Library Association (WLA), is pleased to open up registration for their fall workshop, Manga and Anime Workshop for Everyone! Come for an educational, interactive, fun-filled day and learn about manga and anime history, collection development, and programming. This workshop will provide information for those who are new to the anime/manga world, as well as for those who are knowledgeable and seeking information about new titles and fresh programming ideas. Workshop information:

When: Friday, November 9, 2012, 10:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.;
Where: King County Library System Service Center, 960 Newport Way NW, Issaquah, WA;
Registration: $90 (WLA member); $70 (Student); $125 (Non-Member); includes lunch; Deadline to register: Wednesday, November 7, 2012;
For more information and to register, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/CAYASmanga.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) FRANCES HENNE/YALSA/VOYA RESEARCH GRANT The Frances Henne/YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)/VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Research Grant provides $1,000 in seed money each year to support small scale projects that relate to YALSA’s National Research Agenda on Libraries, Teens & Young Adults 2012 – 2016 (www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/YASLA20122016). The Agenda focuses on four priority areas for research:

Impact of library services;
Reading and resources;
Information seeking behaviors and needs;
Informal and formal learning environments and young adults.

Applicants must be personal members of YALSA. Application deadline: Saturday, December 1, 2012. For additional information about submitting grant proposals, go to www.ala.org/yalsa/awardsandgrants/franceshenne. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) NEW WEBINAR SERIES FEATURES TOP PROGRAMS FROM PLA 2012 The PLA 2012 Conference was one of the biggest learning events for public librarians this year, offering a large number of excellent sessions. For those unable to attend (and for those who couldn’t get enough of a good thing!), PLA has developed the new PLA Conference Webinar Series, presenting the three top programs from the Conference as live one-hour webinars. Register now to take advantage of this great opportunity. Webinar Schedule:

Wednesday, October 31, 2012; Webinar 1: The State of E-Books in Public Libraries and Publishing;
Wednesday, November 7, 2012; Webinar 2: The Elusive Library Non-User: How Can Libraries Find Out What Non-Users Want?;
Thursday, November 15, 2012; Webinar 3: On Life Support, But Not Dead Yet! Revitalizing Reference for the 21^st Century.

Each webinar will be presented from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Cost for the full three-part series ranges from $69 to $89 for individuals to $289 for a group of any size. Registration is also available for individual webinars ($28 - $35, $129 group). Full series registration includes one year of access to archived recording of each webinar. The deadline to register for the full series is Monday, October 29, 2012, 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Participants may still register after this date, but will only have access to live webinars in the series still accepting registrations. For more information and to register, go to www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PLA2012Series. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) GEORGE CUNHA AND SUSAN SWARTZBURG PRESERVATION AWARD The George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award was established by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of ALA, to honor the memory of two early leaders in cooperative preservation programming and strong advocates for collaboration in the field of preservation. The award recognizes the leadership and initiative required to build collaborative networks designed to achieve specific preservation goals. Any person or group is eligible for the award, but self-nominations will not be accepted; membership in ALA is not required. The Cunha/Swartzburg Award is sponsored by Hollinger Metal Edge and includes a grant for $1,250. Deadline for nominations: Saturday, December 1, 2012. For more information, visit www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Cunha. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK Tuesday, October 30:

OneClickdigital – downloadable audiobooks from Recorded Books (OneClickdigital); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/OneClick30Oct;
Proposal Budgeting Basics (GrantSpace); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT;
Criminally Good: Cool Mysteries for Fall (Booklist); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/criminal;
Tech-Savvy Staff: Better Service for Library Users (TechSoup); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/techsavvy;
K12 eLibrary for Schools (ProQuest); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ467;
Revitalize the Library Customer Service Experience: Phone Etiquette and Call Management (Texas State Library); 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. PDT;
CultureGrams Kids and States Edition (ProQuest); 12:30 – 1:15 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/PQ468;

Wednesday, October 31:

Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: Reflections on Internet Librarian 2012 (NCompass Live); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT;
Improving the Performance of Government Employees (AMA); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT;
8+ Features You Will Love to Use in Windows 8 (O’Reilly Community); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT;
Top Seven Fundraising Tips (Nonprofit Webinars); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT;

Thursday, November 1:

Getting Started with Windows 8 (O’Reilly Community); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT: oreillynet.com/pub/e/2254;
Developing Legal Aid-Library Collaborations: Models and Replication Resources (Pro Bono Net); 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/legalaid;
Managing Difficult Volunteer Transitions (VolunteerMatch); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/difficult;
Zinio Digital Magazines – Library Staff Training (RBdigital); 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Zinio1Nov;

Friday, November 2:

Tech Tools With Tine: 1 Hour of Evernote (Texas State Library); 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/Evernote;
Using Python for Social Network Analysis Online (O’Reilly Community); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT: www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/python.

Sunday, November 4:

Standard Time begins: Remember to fall back!

For more information and to register (for those not linked above), visit the WSL Training Calendar at www.sos.wa.gov/quicklinks/training. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Washington State Library has gone social! Friend/follow us at:

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