From Our Corner

Wyman honors companies that give back to communities

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Secretary Wyman with Corporations for Communities Award winners and honor roll recipients in the Capitol Rotunda.

Four Washington companies have been honored for giving back to their local communities. They received the 2016… Read more

`Who are We?' contest ends Nov. 30

Image Washington students in grade 6-12 have until the end of November to take part in a contest sponsored by our Legacy Washington program. Legacy Washington’s contest asks… Read more

Dogs in the library, normalizing life for inmates.

From the desk of Jean Baker - Library Associate, Washington State Penitentiary Image I was sitting in the office yesterday and someone pointed to the hallway and said, “Look at all of the puppies”. I went out in the hallway and found about a dozen puppies spilling out of a basket and climbing over each other. Standing around in a circle were about 10 grown men some with tattoos and ponytails cuddling, petting and cooing at the little canines thus… Read more

'17 Teen Video Challenge under way

Image The Washington State Library and the Collaborative Summer Library Program have launched the 2017 Teen Video Challenge, a national video competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public library's summer reading program. Teens… Read more

WSL Updates for November 10, 2016

Volume 12, November 10, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE 2) NEW STEM RESOURCES FOR LIBRARIES 3) PROQUEST TRAINING IN NOVEMBER 4) LGBT ELDER CARE WEBINAR 5) OSPI SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENTS 6) BUILDING BRIDGES TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 7) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE The Washington State Library and the… Read more

WA 2016 Election: The count goes on

Image As Washington's vote tally continues through the week, voters were re-electing most incumbents and siding with Hillary Clinton in her losing White House bid. Before Wednesday's updates, more than 2 million votes had been counted,… Read more

Stay on top of election with election results app

Image Once the General Election voting period ends Tuesday at 8 p.m., candidates, voters, the media and political junkies can use our free election results mobile app to get the latest results on statewide races or ballot measures. The app has been a huge hit since debuting a few years ago. If you have a smartphone, just download the app for your iPhone,… Read more

2016 Mock Election nearly breaks turnout record

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6th graders at Frontier Middle School in Pierce County who voted in Mock Election. (Photo courtesy Bethel School District)

Washington’s adult voters apparently aren’t the only ones energized by the white-hot General Election. Judging by last week’s Mock… Read more

“Technology has a way of bridging language barriers”

Image No matter what type of library you work in or what your role, we all have something in common. We care about the people we serve, we care about providing excellent resources and we care about connecting those two things. Library Development is the branch of the state library which administers federal (LSTA) funds. We create programs to support the libraries of the state which we hope in turn will benefit the residents of Washington state. We… Read more

WSL Updates for November 3, 2011

Volume 12, November 3, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) PROQUEST TRAINING IN NOVEMBER 2) DPLA METADATA TRAINING VIDEO 3) 2015 WASHINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICAL REPORT – NOW AVAILABLE! 4) USING THE BEA INTERACTIVE DATA TOOL 5) E RATE TRAININGS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) PROQUEST TRAINING IN NOVEMBER ProQuest’s WA trainer, Jeff Cutler… Read more

Remembering Sen. Andy Hill

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State Sen. Andy Hill gives a floor speech on the opening day of the 2015 legislative session. (Photo courtesy Washington State Archives)

Washington's legislative community and many others around the state were saddened by the… Read more

Legacy Washington releases book of World War II profiles

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(Image courtesy of Legacy Washington)

A new book featuring a dozen gripping profiles of Washingtonians who served in World War II has just been released by the Office of Secretary of State’s Legacy Washington team. “… Read more

Student Mock Election is under way!

Image Washington voters have until Nov. 8 to vote their General Election ballots, but the state’s K-12 students this week have their own voting experience by taking part in the annual State Mock Election. Now in its 12th year, The Mock Election began Monday morning and ends this Friday… Read more

Another facet of the Green River Killer story unfolds as a graphic novel

Image From the desk of Sean Lanksbury. PNW & Special Collections Librarian Green River Killer: A True Detective Story. By Jeff Jensen; Illustrated by Jonathan Case; Lettering by Nake Piekos. (Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2011. 233 pp. Illustrations, map.) Recommendation by PNW & Special Collections This graphic novel provides an often neglected perspective to the Green River Killer investigation by recounting the ordeal that his father,… Read more

WSL Updates for October 27, 2016

Volume 12, October 27, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WHAT’S NEW IN THE CENSUS WEBINAR 2) 2015 WASHINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICAL REPORT – NOW AVAILABLE! 3) NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEE TRAINING GRANTS 4) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CONTEST OPEN 5) LOCATING INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WEBINAR 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WHAT’… Read more

Fall colors at the Capitol

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(Photo courtesy of Benjamin Helle)

Nothing says it's autumn like leaves changing colors. That's definitely the case here at the Capitol, as trees have transformed into brilliant shades of orange and yellow. Gotta love fall!

Washington celebrating Get out the Disability Vote Week

Image Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman on Monday launched the state's first Get out the Disability Vote Week to bring attention to accessible voting information and ballots to the disability community and encourage them to participate in the upcoming General Election and learn… Read more

Last survivor of Watergate’s “Saturday Night Massacre” profiled

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William Ruckelshaus with President Nixon. (Photo courtesy of Legacy Washington)

Thursday marked the anniversary of a pivotal moment in one of the most shocking political scandals in American history. On Oct. 20, 1973, two key U.S. Justice Department… Read more

WSL Updates for October 20, 2016

Volume 12, October 20, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEE TRAINING GRANTS 2) APPLY FOR A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON 3) ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR MICROSOFT IMAGINE ACADEMY 2016-2017 GRANTS 4) WSL COLLECTIONS FROM PROQUEST 5) MARK THOSE CALENDARS – TEMPUS FUGIT 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) NEW… Read more

`Watershed year’: WA voting season under way!

Image Washington’s voting period for the 2016 Election is under way, with counties mailing about 4.2 million ballots and awaiting a robust turnout of at least 80 percent. A handful of counties sent ballots on Tuesday and nearly all the rest were scheduled to go… Read more