LMDC Update - July 20, 2011Washington State Library

Introduction of Kirsten Furl

Online Resources Coordinator Ask-WA Manager

State Library Budget Update

2010 LSTA award – approx $3.58 million

2011 LSTA award – approx $3.35 million (roughly $230,000 less)

2012 LSTA award is expected to be flat at best

For reporting on 2010 LSTA - MOE will be insignificantly short

For reporting on 2011 LSTA – MOE may be substantially short (we are scrambling to find other expenditures that may be eligible)

LSTA & Maintenance of Effort

Project Jalisco

Newsbank Newspapers on Microfilm

Purpose – supports planning for future trainings

Open until the end of July Access at

www.surveymonkey.com/s/HW5SKSK For questions:

Jennifer Fenton, WSL CE/Training Coordinator at jennifer.fenton@sos.wa.gov 360.570.5571 or

Kate Laughlin, WLA Program Coordinator at kate@wla.org 206.948.5301.

Training Needs Assessment

WebJunction now offers unlimited courses for Washington library staff

More than 300 courses available through WSL membership

All courses are free of charge

Must have WebJunction Washington account

Create account at www.webjunction.org/accounts/#create_account

Must affiliate with Washington

Unlimited WebJunction

Help IMLS prioritize their work over the next five years Uses IdeaScale by SurveyAnalytics,

Seattle, WA Uses crowdsourcing concepts Users can submit ideas, vote and discuss

what has already been listed Voting up or down changes the position of the

idea relative to other ideas Register at http://imls.ideascale.com/ to

participate

IMLS Strategic Planning and IdeaScale

Update on the Acting State Librarian position