REMINDER―2011 GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE NEXT FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011 The application deadline for three current WSL LSTA grant cycles is Friday, April 29, 2011. The grant cycles are as follows:
Volume 7, April 21, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FEED YOUR BRAIN 2) EARLY LEARNING EXCHANGE 3) MAYDAY! MAYDAY! 4) OUR AUTHORS, OUR ADVOCATES 5) WEBWISE 2011 WEBCASTS NOW AVAILABLE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FEED YOUR BRAIN Feed your brain at the College Librarians and Media Specialists (CLAMS) spring conference, jointly sponsored by CLAMS and the Library Media Directors Council (LMDC).
Volume 7, April 14, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 2) 2011 IS DÍA’S BIG YEAR! 3) LOVE. TALK. PLAY. 4) ENRICH YOUR LIBRARY 5) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM The Washington State Library routinely microfilms Washington newspapers as part of its mission to preserve and make accessible materials on the history and culture of the state.
FULL SERVICE WILL RESUME ON FRIDAY, APRIL 15TH WA State Library News One way or another, budget writers in the Legislature are moving closer to saving the Washington State History Museum in downtown Tacoma, along with the state’s other history museums, from cuts laid out by the governor. Critics Thursday focused on the plan’s potential effect on the State Library, which would be removed from Reed’s office and consolidated into the new department.
Volume 7, April 7, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) MATH AND SCIENCE LITERACY TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANS
2) TARGET STORE GRANTS SUPPORT READING PROGRAMS
3) IFFLA SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY
4) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
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1) MATH AND SCIENCE LITERACY TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANS
Volume 7, March 31, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT Q&A SESSION
2) FIRST TUESDAYS - SEARCH THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
3) FUNDING FOR LIBRARY SUPPORT STAFF CERTIFICATION
4) NEW YORK TIMES AVAILABLE THROUGH LIBRARIES
5) MAKING SENSE OF THE CIVIL WAR
6) CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK (SOME FREE, SOME NOT)
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1) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT Q&A SESSION
Volume 7, March 24, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON’S LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE WINNERS 2) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT Q&A SESSION 3) BASIC WEB-BASED REFERENCE (LIBRARYU) 4) YES TO LIBRARIES! 5) COPIES OF TOBIAS WOLF’S OLD SCHOOL AVAILABLE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WASHINGTON’S LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE WINNERS The judging for the 2010-2011 Letters About Literature contest was completed last week.