Clippings February 26, 2016

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Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Library Clippings for the week of February 26, 2016 Library News Young readers donate Little Free Library to community food bank (The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, Vashon, 1/27/16) Camas library will remain independent (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas, 2/2/16) Council OKs library reciprocal agreement (Anacortes American, Anacortes, 2/3/16) Buildings White Salmon Library closing Feb. 1 for remodeling (Hood River News, Hood River, 2/3/16) Letters & Editorials Don’t give away S-W library (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 2/6/16) Quirky Nest Houses Are Killing Birds and They Also Remind Us Why the Beacon Hill Library Is So Bad (The Stranger, Seattle, 2/19/16) People Cowiche native’s book the subject of latest Yakima Valley Community Reads (Yakima Herald, Yakima, 2/16/16) Programs & Displays Art center comes to Chelan library A new Art Center and Makerspace, the first of its kind in North Central Washington, was the topic of a meeting on February 9 at the Chelan Library. A makerspace is a facility where people come together to share tools, resources, knowledge, and ideas for products and projects they want to build, market, or learn more about. It’s a place where inventiveness is nurtured and skillsets are acquired. A website, Justmakestuff.org, provides more detail about the Makerspace project. (Lake Chelan Mirror, Chelan, 2/3/16) King County Library System starts student library accounts project (Federal Way Mirror, Federal Way, 2/5/16) The Seattle Public Library to host Shakespeare’s First Folio exhibit for Washington State, March 21 to April 17 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, 2/7/16) League of Teen Advisors help drive successful teen program (The Herald, Puyallup, 2/17/16) ************************************************************************************ [This summary of library news represents a selection of current newspaper clippings about Washington libraries received from Washington newspapers. The summary is created by Marilyn Lindholm of the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. For further information about this summary or the clippings listed, contact Shirley Lewis at 360-570-5567 or [email protected].]