STARTING SURVEYS
As we begin our new fiscal year we’ll be sending a series of quick surveys, primarily to confirm your intention to participate in our group purchases or subsidy. The current survey tallies your intent to participate in the courier service. Please respond to all surveys, even if your answer is “No, thanks!”
NETLS is providing $900 subsidies for TEXpress service to libraries that are not receiving a subsidy from TSLAC. There are two strings attached -- one is participation in sample week and the other is monthly reporting on the Amigos website.
Directors -- please invite your staff members to receive these NETLS updates by subscribing to NETLS News email list. The NETLS News list is interactive, members may post. The Directors’ list is a one-way communication from NETLS Staff to directors.
LOAN STAR AWARDS SFY2010
The list of 2010 Loan Star Awards is posted here on the TSLAC website. Funding for this project was increased in the recent legislative session.
FREE TO LIBRARIES
With more adults turning to their library for job search and resume help, Tutor.com is offering all of its clients a chance to host a FREE Resume Workshop online, Wednesday, September 30. Resume expert and author Barbara Safani will present via webinar that you can broadcast at your library* to job-seekers in your community. After you register, you’ll get tips for hosting and promoting a successful event, as well as posters and handouts to promote the workshop. Note: This Resume Workshop Webinar is only for library staff and patrons to attend as a group from your library. Please do not forward this invitation or webinar URL to individual patrons.
JOB POSTINGS
The City of Cedar Park (a suburb of
BROADBAND STIMULUS UPDATE
STRONG DEMAND FOR BROADBAND STIMULUS FUNDS from the
On August 27, the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announced that they received almost 2,200 applications requesting nearly $28 billion in funding for proposed broadband projects reaching all 50
OPPORTUNITIES…
1. “HeirLoom: Something Worth Saving, Something Worth Sharing” Project through
OPPORTUNITIES
2. The Electronic Information Working Group (EIWG) has vacancies for two public librarians. Please send your nominations to the TexShare Database Coordinator, Russlene Waukechon by September 11, 2009. You may make your nomination (may nominate yourself) by phone (512.463.7402), fax (512.936.2306) or email.
Please include:
Nominee's name
Library
Position
Full contact information
A brief statement of a nominee's qualifications.
Written assurance that the nomination has the support of the nominee's library director.
Working group members should participate in the group's meetings, generally held two to four times annually (with one of the meetings in-person and the others by conference call), and follow through with assignments. Potential members must have the support of their institution for travel to at least one in-person meeting each year. Travel costs are not reimbursed by TexShare or the Texas State Library.
Potential members should have experience or an interest in the program area, a desire to enhance multi-type library resource sharing in
OPPORTUNITIES…
3. The Gates Foundation's Opportunity Online Broadband Grant Program is looking for high-impact stories directly from patrons, commentary from library staff about the services they are able to provide or would provide if they had a broadband connection, and what patrons have done with the increased connection speed if they have gotten a high-speed connection. A video team is planning to be in the state for a week in September to try to get film stories in as many sites as possible. If you are interested in participating in this project please read this blog post and contact Dawn Vogler at (512) 936-4449.
OPPORTUNITIES…
4. The Long Island Coalition Against Censorship is selling banned book week display materials for $40.00.
OPPORTUNITIES…
5. The
Ongoing Gale database training webinars(newest products are listed first)
Ongoing E-Library training – see blog post here
Also available: Archives of SirsiDynix Institutes
August 29 FOL Book Sale 10 – 2pm,
September 1 New State Fiscal Year Begins – Happy New Year!!
September 1 New leased book contracts. Contact B&T or Brodart/McNaughton representatives for more information.
By September 11 Nominations for EIGW due (see Opportunities 1 above)
By September 14 Barbara Bush Foundation application due (links to application form)
By September 15 Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant applications due
By September 15 Humanities Texas (Major) Grant applications due
By September 15 Building Healthy Communities Grant application to Home Depot
September 17 Reaching our Spanish-Speaking Audience,
By September 18 Hooked on Hydroponics~ offers hydroponic equipment to expand exciting indoor gardening opportunities for students.
September 25 East Texas Book Fest
October 9 9th ILL Workshop DoubleTree Inn in
Below the line
Who is your Chief Happiness Officer?
Happy Learning!
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