[caption id="attachment_6989" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Western State Hospital Library"] [/caption] The last few years have been difficult for all due to the state of the economy. In spite of shrinking budgets and the uncertainty of the future, the staff in… Read more
Volume 8, February 16, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) TWO WTBBL WEBINARS: YOUTH SERVICES AND DIGITAL DOWNLOADS 2) FREE BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION KITS OR COMMUNITY READS 3) DOES YOUR LIBRARY NEED A MAKEOVER? 4) IT’S ALMOST TIME TO TURN THE PAGE 5) HAS YOUR LIBRARY’S FACEBOOK PAGE FLATLINED? 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) TWO WTBBL WEBINARS: YOUTH… Read more
You can occasionally take the girl out of the northwest or the library, but you can't take the northwest libraries out of the girl. After growing up across the northwest in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, Shawn's travels to the east coast, Great… Read more
Joseph Backholm pays the $5 filing fee as he files R-73 Monday afternoon.
Feb. 14 UPDATE: The referendum number has been changed to R-74. Challengers of Washington’s newly signed gay-marriage bill have filed a referendum… Read moreCourtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog. For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above. Those bills in the… Read more
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) released its report on the State Library Survey for fiscal year 2010. The data collected through this… Read more
Volume 8, February 9, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) RFP FOR SERIALS SUBSCRIPTION AGENT 2) PRISONERS CONTACTING PUBLIC LIBRARIES 3) MOVING AHEAD WHEN THERE’S NO MONEY IN THE BUDGET 4) DIGITAL CONTINUITY – CALL FOR PAPERS 5) SERVING DEAF PATRONS IN THE LIBRARY 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) RFP FOR SERIALS SUBSCRIPTION AGENT The Washington… Read more
[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] [/caption] Library News Dayton Memorial Library, a part of the Columbia County Rural Library District (CCRLD), is one of the best places to download e-books. CCRLD hosted an e-reader “Show and Tell” in January. (Blue Mountain News, [Dayton] 1.2012.) North Olympic… Read more
Photo courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives
If you created a short list of great photographers from the Pacific Northwest,… Read moreIn the Office of the Secretary of State, we’re fond of putting things up to a vote. Two weeks ago we asked what your favorite “Archives treasure” was, and now we'd like to know which “… Read more
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog. For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above.
Friday 02-03-2012… Read moreIn July of 2007, Washington lawmakers created the domestic partner registry within the Office of the Secretary of State. In 2008, the rights and responsibilities of domestic partners were expanded, and in 2009, the “everything but marriage” law was adopted and withstood a referendum challenge. From 2007 through 2011, 9,659 couples (19,318 individuals) have filed for Domestic Partnership through the Office of… Read more
Laurie Fortier leads a team of individuals that receive, retrieve, catalog, and maintain our federal and state publications. Acting State Librarian, Rand Simmons, describes Laurie as "passionate about her work and very knowledgeable."
