Connecting Washington School Libraries to Washington State Library Programs and Grants

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Connecting Washington School Libraries
to Washington State Library Programs and Grants

• OASL-WLMAConference
• October 10, 2008

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LSTA Goals/Purpose

• Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
  funding must be used to support the following
  federal priorities
• (1) expand services for learning and access to
  information and educational resources in a
  variety of formats, in all types of libraries,
  for individuals of all ages
• (2) develop library services that provide all
  users access to information through local, state,
  regional, national, and international electronic
  networks
• (3) provide electronic and other linkages among
  and between all types of libraries

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LSTA Goals/Purpose

• (4) develop public and private partnerships with
  other agencies and community-based organizations
  
• (5) target library services to individuals of
  diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic
  backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities,
  and to individuals with limited functional
  literacy or information skills and
• (6) target library and information services to
  persons having difficulty using a library and to
  underserved urban and rural communities,
  including children (from birth through age 17)
  from families with incomes below the poverty.

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Library Council of Washington

• The Library Council of Washington is composed of
  15 members representative of the library
  community. Two members specifically represent
  school libraries. They are

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Library Council of Washington

• Roles of the Library Council of Washington
• Two of the major roles for the Library Council
  are to advise the State Librarian and the Office
  of the Secretary of State on
• Statewide areas of need in library service, and
  on library development in Washington State
• The use of federal LSTA funds
• Gathering Ideas for Future Statewide Projects
• Each year the Washington State Library and the
  Library Council of Washington ask to receive
  ideas about how federal Library Services and
  Technology Act (LSTA) funding should be used in
  Washington State. All library staff are invited
  to participate in this process.
• For more information on the Library Council of
  Washington http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libr
  aries/dev/council/

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Continuing Education Grants

• Members of Washington States Library Community
  who need financial assistance to attend or
  receive instruction (individuals) or provide a
  workshop (organizations) may be eligible for
  grants.
• Who is eligible for CE grants?
• Individuals Librarians and all categories of
  support staff working ten or more hours per week
  (paid or volunteer) in a library or library
  consortia which is eligible to receive LSTA
  funds.
• Organizations institutions whose primary role is
  to provide or support library and information
  services and who are eligible to receive LSTA
  funding may hire a trainer to present a CE event
  to their own staff or another group whose
  primarily duties are working in libraries.
  Organizations may also complete an application to
  cover multiple staffs' attendance at the same
  outside CE event that fits one or more of the six
  national priorities.
• Eligible programs and events must fit within at
  least one of the six LSTA goals and have a direct
  benefit on the end user.

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Continuing Education Grants

• How are funds awarded?
• CE grants work on a matching basis they can be
  used to match up to 50 percent of the total cost
  of the CE event. Thus the grantees contribution
  must be at least 50 of the total cost this may
  be a combination of an individuals personal
  contribution and that of their employer.
• Funds are paid on a reimbursement basis pending
  receipt of claim with supporting documentation
  within 60 days after the CE event. Grant claims
  not received within 60 days after the CE event
  has ended will be cancelled if no extension has
  been granted. It is the responsibility of the
  grantee to request an extension to the 60 day
  deadline, if needed.
• Claim reimbursements cannot exceed the original
  granted amount.
• Individuals are allowed 1000 per year in CE
  funds, with a maximum of 750 per event.
  Organizations are allowed 3000 per calendar
  year. These amounts are based on the amount
  actually reimbursed to the grantee (not award
  amounts).
• What expenses are eligible for reimbursement?
• Event registration, trainer fees, travel,
  lodging, substitutes, and required workshop
  materials (workbook, texts).
• Applications are due at least 30 days before the
  CE event (and preferably not more than 3 months
  prior) and all final documentation and receipts
  are due within 60 days following the completion
  of the CE event.

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WebJunction Washington

• WebJunction, an online library community,
  unveiled a new platform which is now more
  interactive and personalized. Library staff
  throughout Washington can take free online
  courses through WebJunction Washington.
• http//wa.webjunction.org

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Washington Rural Heritage

• Washington Rural Heritage is a new initiative
  undertaken by the Washington State Library to
  establish a statewide digital repository and
  provide the infrastructure and training to both
  digitize and serve historically unique
  collections from small and rural communities to a
  widespread audience.
• A large number of small and rural public
  libraries (defined as serving a population of
  less than 25,000) and other heritage institutions
  in Washington are in possession of unique,
  irreplaceable material highlighting the history
  of their communities. In the majority of
  instances, these institutions lack staffing,
  expertise, and resources to make these treasures
  widely available to the public, schools, and
  research communities. The infrastructure to
  ensure long-term access to online collections is
  often a major stumbling block for small
  institutions.
• http//wrh.statelib.lib.wa.us/

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Supporting Student Success

• Supporting Student Success is a new project
  designed to assist school and public libraries to
  work together for the success of K-12 students in
  completion of Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs).
• Two grant cycles in support of this project are
  currently open deadline November 7, 2008
• http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/Suppo
  rtStudentsSuccess.aspx

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Washington State Library Grants

• Each year the Washington State Library offers one
  or more grant cycles specifically for libraries
• In 2009 look for
• Another round of Supporting Student Success
  grants
• Targeted Competitive grants
• All grants that become available will be listed
  at
• http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/grant
  s/

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• The Wayfinder catalog provides a single search
  for locating materials owned by the major
  Washington libraries, with the eventual goal of
  including all of Washingtons libraries.
• The Wayfinder catalog contains information on the
  collections of over 250 Washington public,
  academic, government, law, medical, corporate,
  special and tribal libraries. Combined, these
  libraries hold over 17.8 million items in all
  formats books, periodicals (magazines,
  newspapers and journals, etc.), movies, CDs and
  DVDs, digital objects (such as electronic
  documents, subscription research databases, or
  historical items that have been scanned and made
  available on the Web), books in audio and large
  print formats, and much more.
• http//www.secstate.wa.gov/quicklinks/searchwayfin
  der

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WTBBL Washington Talking Book Braille Library

• The Washington Talking Book Braille Library
  provides a free public library service which
  includes easy access to the informational and
  recreational reading materials needed by
  individuals in the State of Washington who are
  unable to read standard print material.
• http//www.wtbbl.org

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More Services to Libraries

• Summer Reading http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library
  /libraries/projects/summer_reading.aspx
• SDL http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library/libraries/
  projects/sdl/
• QuestionPoint http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library/
  ask.aspx
• Downloadables
• WSL Updates http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library/li
  braries/lists/aspx
• http//www.secstate.wa.gov/library/

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Thank You!

• Rand Simmons rsimmons_at_secstate.wa.gov
• Jeff Martin jmartin_at_secstate.wa.gov
• Jennifer Fenton jfenton_at_secstate.wa.gov