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New Grant Program Proposed from TSLAC

From Deborah Littrell at the Texas State Library:

At the August 12 meeting of the commission, the agency proposed new administrative rules for a new competitive grant program,Impact Grants for Library Innovation and Improvement.This proposed grant program is designed to give the agency another option for competitive grants depending on our funding [...]

A Dozen Ways to TexShare Program

This is a reminder to register for TSLAC’s Dozen Ways to TexShare tutorial program to be entered into their weekly book drawing. Every Friday until February 25 they will be holding a drawing to win a free book! Last Friday, January 28, the winner was Mary Montgomery from Bridge City, Texas. Mary won a copy of Freedom by Jonathan Franzen; [...]

TexShare News from TSLAC

from Beverly Shirley at the Texas State Library:

Dear TexShare Member Libraries, we’ve heard from a number of libraries regarding H.B. 1 and TexShare funding. All of the TexShare and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) staff are working hard to address your concerns and reflect our commitment to providing the library community [...]

How will proposed budget for state affect libraries?

It’s a bit gloom and doom for library services. The State Library emphasized that this is only a starting point (like, worst case scenario) and TLA emphasized that we still have time to fight to keep these services alive, but here is a breakdown of the proposed budget cuts republished from TLA’s Texline (thanks, Gloria!):

I. Proposed Budget Demolishes Statewide Library [...]

Growing up WILD Workshops

The Texas State Library is pleased to announce a series of workshops on Growing Up WILD, a program of Texas Parks and Wildlife designed to build young children’s sense of wonder about nature and invite them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Participants will receive a Growing Up WILD curriculum and activity guide [...]

Free CE events in October

From the Texas State Library blog – Library Developments. As always, thanks so much for compiling this fabulous list!

October 5, 2010
Programs That Will Get Teens Involved! (TSLAC)
Anime Conventions and Creating Recorded Books are tried and true programs that teens love. Valerie Jensen of the Chambers County Library System will share logistics and best practices that will ensure [...]

Free Online CE Events for August 2010

Don’t miss TSLAC’s Library Developments Roundup of free CE events online for August. Here’s a few to whet your training appetite:

August 11, 2010
Best Practices in Library Fundraising (TSLAC)
Peter Pearson will present strategies for implementing a comprehensive fundraising program to support your library. Pearson’s program will be based on the successful activities of libraries and library organizations across [...]

“Using Social Media in the Library” TSL Webinars

from Henry Stokes at the Texas State Library

Heard of Twitter and Facebook – maybe even tried them yourself – but not sure how your library could best use these popular tools? Starting this month, TSL is hosting a series of 3 free webinars on Using Social Media in the Library! Our presenter, Meg Canada, Senior [...]

Interlibrary Loan Update

Here’s the update on the new ILL pilot program, the Texas Group Catalog. Below is a list of libraries in the first pilot group, which will go live on Monday, June 7th using the Texas Group Catalog and Navigator.

A few of the libraries that started implementation in January have run into varies problems mostly to [...]

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