Grants and Funding

WSL UPDATES SPECIAL EDITION FOR MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2013 Note: The next regular edition of WSL Updates will appear on Thursday, March 7, 2013. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRANT CYCLE OPENS – EARLY ACHIEVERS OUTREACH PARTNERSHIP The Early Achievers Outreach Partnership (EAOP) initiative, funded by a Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge grant awarded to the Department of Early Learning (DEL) by the U.S. Department of Education, is designed to:

Volume 9, February 28, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – LIBRARY AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER 2) LOOKING FOR EXAMPLES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY POLICIES? 3) OLA/WLA 2013 – EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION STILL AVAILABLE 4) CIVIL WAR READ-IN 5) EARLY LEARNING GRANTS FROM BOEING 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – LIBRARY AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER From 2009 to 2012, library and discipline faculty from Washington State’s Community and Tec

Volume 9, February 14, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS: SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES THROUGH COLLABORATION 2) TAKE THE YALSA 2013 READING CHALLENGE 3) 25^th ANNUAL EZRA JACK KEATS MINIGRANTS 4) TEEN TECH WEEK 5) GRANTS FOR CATALOGING HIDDEN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FIRST TUESDAYS: SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES THROUGH COLLABORATION When Washington’s State community and technical colleges received a second ro

Volume 9, February 7, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE BOOK DISCUSSION KITS 2) DIGITAL LITERACY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 3) THERE’S STILL TIME TO ENTER THE TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE 4) LIBRARY FRIENDS AND THE LAW 5) IMLS 2010 PUBLIC LIBRARY SURVEY RESULTS ANNOUNCED 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE BOOK DISCUSSION KITS If your library could use gently used copies of any of the following titles, the Washington State Library will send them to any

Volume 9, January 31, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – CONNECTING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY 2) WOLVES IN WASHINGTON 3) $1,000 AWARD FOR STUDENT AUTHORS 4) LIBRARY SERVICES IN THE DIGITAL AGE 5) WEBWISE 2013 – GET GROUP RATES BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – CONNECTING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY Reaching out to the business community can prove a worthwhile endeavor for libraries.

Volume 9, January 24, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) CORRECTION TO JANUARY 17, 2013 WSL UPDATES 2) OCLC LAUNCHES NEW ILL SERVICE 3) ALA AWARDS DEADLINES EXTENDED 4) $10,000 AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LIBRARY PR 5) LOOKING FOR A LIBRARY JOB? 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) CORRECTION TO JANUARY 17, 2013 WSL UPDATES The dates listed for the Free Online Trustee Training in last week’s WSL Updates were incorrect.

Volume 9, January 17, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – BUILD SUPPORT WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY 2) FREE ONLINE TRUSTEE TRAINING 3) 2013 WLA AWARD NOMINATIONS 4) ASCLA AWARD NOMINATIONS EXTENDED 5) CITIZENS-SAVE-LIBRARIES GRANTS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – BUILD SUPPORT WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY Would you like your library to be perceived as an asset to the local economy?

Volume 9, January 10, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE COPIES OF RAILROAD STATIONS 2) A SPECIAL INVITATION TO COME OUT OF THE RAIN 3) LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR PNLA 2013 4) COME TO THE CELEBRATION 5) APPLY NOW FOR BOOKS FOR CHILDREN 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE COPIES OF RAILROAD STATIONS Through a donation to the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division’s Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, the Wash

Volume 9, January 3, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) IT’S A NEW YEAR – RECHARGE WITH FIRST TUESDAYS 2) FREE BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION KITS OR COMMUNITY READS 3) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS FOR LIBRARIES 4) SPARKS!

Volume 8, December 27, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) 2013 TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE 2) ALKI CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 3) MARK YOUR CALENDARS – FREE PRESERVATION SERIES 4) ONLINE LEARNING AND LIBRARIES 5) APPLY NOW FOR A BIG READ GRANT 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITY NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) 2013 TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE Washington State will participate in the 2013 Teen Video Challenge, a national video competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public l