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Clippings June 26, 2015

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Library Clippings for the week of June 26, 2015 Library News Reference library opens at Lightcatcher A new reference collection of more than 500 titles focusing on art and regional history is now accessible to the community, thanks to a partnership… Read more

WSL Updates for June 25, 2015

Volume 11, June 25, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) POSSIBLE TEMPORARY FURLOUGHS ANNOUNCED 2) SERVICE ANIMALS IN LIBRARIES: A FIRST TUESDAYS WEBINAR 3) WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY CLOSED JULY 3, 2015 4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2015 ARSL CONFERENCE 5) PNLA 2015 CONFERENCE EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE ALMOST HERE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) POSSIBLE… Read more

Ready to vote on June Library Jewels?

We’ve shown off the three Library Jewels for June, so it’s time for you to choose your favorite. Your choices are an 1867 map of the northern U.S. from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean, 1890 state legislators’ signatures, and the J.W. Thompson photo collection of Washington. You can select your fave by going to our online poll (below), which is open until Friday at 5 p.m.… Read more

Library Jewel #3: J.W. Thompson photo collection of WA

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Three Indian princesses examine a camera. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Library)

Our third and final Library Jewel… Read more

Wilderness, by Lance Weller

Image Wilderness: A Novel. By Lance Weller. (New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. 293pp.) Recommendation by PNW & Special Collections April 9, 1865 was the day that General Robert E. Lee… Read more

Library Jewel #2: 1890 legislators’ signatures

Image As House and Senate negotiators try to reach a compromise on the next two-year state operating budget, our second Library Jewel for June has a nice legislative tie-in from yesteryear: an… Read more

June Library Jewel #1: 1867 map from Lake Superior to Pacific

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(Image courtesy of Washington State Library)

If you’re into maps, the State Library is for you. It has a collection… Read more

Clippings June 19, 2015

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Library Clippings for the week of June 19, 2015 Library News Sno-Isle Libraries facilities plan Sno-Isle Libraries is seeking consultant services to create a facilities planning document: Sno-Isle Facilities Plan, 2016-2025. Proposals are due by… Read more

WSL Updates for June 19, 2015 - Special Edition

Volume 11, June 19, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Special Edition – Upcoming WSL workshops Topics include: 1) WSL WORKSHOPS – REGISTRATION OPEN NOW 2) COMMUNICATE WITH CONFIDENCE WORKSHOP 3) COMMUNICATING IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE WORKSHOP 4) DIGITAL LITERACY: PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY TRAINING IN LIBRARIES 5) DISABILITY LANGUAGE AND ETIQUETTE FOR LIBRARIES WORKSHOP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WSL… Read more

WSL Updates for June 18, 2015

Volume 11, June 18, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2015 ARSL CONFERENCE 2) FREE BOOKS FOR WASHINGTON LIBRARIES 3) COMMUNICATE WITH CONFIDENCE WORKSHOP 4) COMMUNICATING IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE WORKSHOP 5) ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 2015 ARSL CONFERENCE… Read more

Docs, photos of first WA territorial prison top Archives poll

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Seatco Prison, near present-day Bucoda. (Photo courtesy Washington State Archives)

Nowadays, it seems like anything about prison is hot. First, there’s the TV series “Orange Is the… Read more

WA honors Magna Carta's 800-year legacy of liberty

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British flag flies outside Capitol. (Photos courtesy of Benjamin Helle)

As the Union Jack flew at the Washington state Capitol and inside the ornate Temple of Justice, the state joined a national and international… Read more

SOS Wyman on the road: Ellensburg

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Secretary Wyman talks about her office's programs during lunch with her Kittitas County Advisory Committee. (Photo courtesy of Toni McKinley-Camp)

From time to time, Secretary of State Wyman leaves Olympia and… Read more

Steve's last post...

Although this article was found at random in the January 23, 1914 issue of The Mason County Journal, the story actually concerns a man from Spokane, and one of the great unsolved missing persons cases in Washington State history. The subject in question had a perfect name for a Pacific Northwest character-- F. Lewis Clark: WEALTHY SPOKANE… Read more

Baseball and Golf Not Similar

From the desk of Shawn Schollmeyer: [caption id="attachment_15000" align="alignleft" width="349"] Image The Seattle star., July 26, 1919 http://1.usa.gov/1GnIPuP[/caption] With the wrap of the 2015… Read more

Clippings June 12, 2015

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Library Clippings for the week of June 12, 2015 Library News More changes for rural library… Read more

SOS panel: Wyman talks elections with Munro, Reed

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Former Secretary of State Ralph Munro (left) talks about an elections issue as current Secretary of State Kim Wyman and her predecessor, Sam Reed, listen. (Photo courtesy of Lori… Read more

Wyman honors outstanding county elections workers

During this week’s 2015 state Elections Conference in SeaTac, Secretary Wyman and many in our Elections Division are joining Washington’s county auditors and their elections employees to learn or share new ideas and practices that will allow them to run elections even better both at the county and state levels. For Wyman and state Elections Division… Read more

WSL Updates for June 11, 2015

Volume 11, June 11, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) MAKE HISTORY COME ALIVE WITH ZINES! 2) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 3) BOOK YOUR BANK PILOT PROGRAM OPPORTUNITY 4) NORTHWEST ELEARN CONFERENCE 2015 5) JUNE IS GLBT BOOK MONTH 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) MAKE HISTORY COME ALIVE WITH ZINES! Washington State Library, a division of the… Read more

WA joins MagnaCarta800 celebration

Image Washington state is joining the national and international celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the foundational document for the rule of law and individual liberties. The Washington Supreme Court is hosting the state celebration… Read more

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