Volume 10, September 18, 2014 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) INNOCENT EYES EXHIBIT OPENING 2) TOWNER AWARD FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT 3) WSL/WLA CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT 4) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) INNOCENT EYES EXHIBIT OPENING Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) presents Innocent Eyes, a photography exhibit featuring stunning portraits of people who are blind and photographs they took of things that inspire or are important to them through the use of their other senses. The exhibit will run from September 8 through December 1, 2014. WTBBL is hosting an opening reception for the exhibit on Friday, September 16 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. with a question and answer forum beginning at 7:30 p.m. WTBBL is located at 2011 9^th Avenue in Seattle. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) TOWNER AWARD FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT The Towner Award is named after Bill Towner, longtime Seattle librarian and mentor to dozens of librarians. Bill was an outstanding teacher-librarian who worked with thousands of students from all backgrounds and taught all of them his love of literature. Bill showed us how caring teachers and librarians can make a difference. The Towner Award for Informational Text is intended to complement other awards determined by student vote in the state of Washington; the Sasquatch, Washington’s Children Choice Picture Book and Young Readers’ Choice Awards. It is sponsored by the Washington Library Media Association and intended for books enjoyed by students in grades Two through Six. For the purposes of this award, Informational Text is defined as that which serves chiefly to convey factual information to the reader and may contain biography, narrative and other forms. Each year a slate of ten books is selected by a group of librarians from Washington state. This group includes public and school librarians, and members will be selected so as to provide representation for different parts of the state. This year’s nominees include:

• The Animal Book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
• Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss
• Best Foot Forward: Exploring Feet, Flippers, and Claws by Ingo Arndt
• Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch
• The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown
• Look Up! Bird Watching in Your Back Yard by Annette LeBlanc Cate
• Meat Eating Plants: Toothless Wonders by Ellen Lawrence
• Shimmer and Splash: The Sparkling World of Sea Life by Jim Arnosky
• Volcano Rising by Elizabeth Rusch
• When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill

• ProQuest Research Companion; 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. PDT

• Prepared for Digital? Successfully Integrating E-books from Your Library to the Classroom (Booklist); 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. PDT
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• Crucial Year End Giving Strategies (4Good); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Finding a Formula for Independent Reading (School Library Journal); 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PDT
• The Future of Work and HR to 2030: Do You Know What’s Coming and Are You Ready? (Training Magazine Network); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT
• SIRS Issues Researcher (ProQuest); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Regional Issues for Banned Books in 2014 (ALA); 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PDT

• Technology User’s Advisory: Guiding Consumers through the Digital Marketplace (Infopeople); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
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• Engaging Volunteers on Facebook (VolunteerMatch.org); 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PDT
• ProQuest Administrator Module; 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. PDT
• ProQuest Research Companion; 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. PDT
• Ancestry Library Edition Basics, US Focus (ProQuest); 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. PDT
• ProQuest Research Library: Mastering the Advanced Search Form; 9:00 – 9:45 a.m. PDT
• Legislative History Research for Law Clerks, Associates, Interns, and Externs (ProQuest); 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. PDT

• Social Software in Libraries, Spokane Public Library Downtown Branch, Spokane; 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

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