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WSL Updates for March 10, 2016

Volume 12, March 10, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) STAR_Net Webinar Series Begins 2) STATEWIDE DATABASE LICENSING RFP RELEASED 3) WASHINGTON RURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION GRANTS NOW ACCEPTING PROPOSALS 4) PREPARE FOR DISASTER 5) CONFERENCE PROPOSALS WANTED 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) STAR_Net Webinar Series Begins The… Read more

Echo Zahl that "Wild Young Female" - reporter to the Seattle Star

From the desk of Shawn Schollmeyer May 18, 1917 Echo Zahl starts work for the Star Image “Wild Young Female Person is going to tell Star readers how Seattle looks to Co-Ed fresh from University campus…” As the World War I began in Europe and… Read more

WTBBL hosting adapted gaming lab March 12

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Students at Washington State School for the Blind play with gaming lab items. (Photo courtesy of Marian Mays/WTBBL)

The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library is hosting an adapted… Read more

Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 03/04/2016

Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted weekly on this blog.

For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above.

Bill Title Sponsor Status Date Hearing… Read more

Electronic State Publications: Invasive Weeds of Eastern Washington

Image Thinking about your garden? Look to State Publications for help. This time Jeff Martin has found another beautiful and informative State Publication. Prepared by Stephen M. Van Vleet, Ph.D. Washington State University Whitman… Read more

From the Archives: When 2001 Legislature had a shake-up

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This photo shows damage to the Legislative Building caused by the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake. (Photos courtesy Washington State Archives)

Fifteen years ago this… Read more

Latest "Who are we?" profile: Disability activist Duane French

Image Secretary of State Kim Wyman’s Legacy Washington program has released the second profile in its “Who are we?” series. It’s the powerful story of Duane French, a resilient quadriplegic who remade his life and fought for the rights of the… Read more

Statewide Database Licensing RFP released

Image The Washington State Library announces the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Statewide Database Licensing (SDL) project. Proposals are solicited from firms interested in providing web-based digital products or services to nonprofit libraries… Read more

WSL Updates for March 3, 2016

Volume 12, March 3, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) STATEWIDE DATABASE LICENSING RFP RELEASED 2) WASHINGTON RURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION GRANTS NOW ACCEPTING PROPOSALS 3) FREE BOOKS FOR WASHINGTON LIBRARIES 4) ARMS OPEN WIDE: LIBRARY OUTREACH TO CUSTOMERS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES 5) STAR_Net Webinar Series Announced 6) NN/LM PNR TRAINING OFFERINGS 7) CONFERENCES, ANYONE? 8) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK… Read more

An eight hour workday for women

[caption id="attachment_16178" align="alignright" width="399"] Image Kheel Center-Flickr Account CC 2.0[/caption] On March 2, 1911 the Washington state congress passed House Bill 12/… Read more

Classic WA photos: lighthouses

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Lighthouse at Mukilteo State Park. (Photos courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives)

Lighthouses go hand in hand with Washington’s long coastline and Puget Sound shoreline. In fact, our state has about 25 lighthouses,… Read more

Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 02/26/2016

Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted weekly on this blog. For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above.

Bill Title Sponsor Status Date Hearing Date Companion Bills 2SHB 1106 Operating bdgt… Read more

Washington State Bill Books, a piece of our state’s history.

Image From the Public Services Desk Those of us who reside in the Olympia area are very aware that the Washington State Legislature is currently in the 2016 Regular Session. However, the very first session of our Legislature began shortly… Read more

Remembering WA’s first Territorial Legislature

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The House Journal entry for Feb. 27, 1854, the day the Territorial Legislature convened for the first time. (Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives)

As our state… Read more

Classic WA photos: 1908 downtown Spokane

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(Photo courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives)

Our State Digital Archives has thousands of cool, classic photos of everything Washington, especially its people and… Read more

Clippings February 26, 2016

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image 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… Read more

WSL Updates for February 25, 2016

Volume 12, February 25, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WORKING TOGETHER TO REACH THE UNDERSERVED 2) GAINING STEAM WITH LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3® 3) 2016 WASHINGTON VIRTUAL REFERENCE CONFERENCE 4) ARSL 2016 CONFERENCE SEEKS PRESENTATION PROPOSALS 5) GREAT STORIES CLUB GRANT APPLICATIONS OPEN 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WORKING TOGETHER TO… Read more

Wyman announces candidates for Presidential Primary

Image Secretary of State Kim Wyman has released the initial candidate list for Washington’s 2016 Presidential Primary, including five Republicans and two Democrats. Wednesday was the… Read more

Classic WA photos: Bonneville Dam

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(Photo courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives)

Our State Digital Archives has thousands of classic cool photos of everything Washington – especially people and places.… Read more

Gaining STEAM through Lego Robotics

From the desk of Joe Olayvar Image Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, also known as STEAM, is currently a catch phrase that personifies a push to elevate those topics into mainstream thinking (and coolness). In its effort to further… Read more