From Our Corner

How books inspired letter-writing state champions

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2013 Letters About Literature state champions (from left): Cora Tessaro, Jordyn Tonkinson and Julia Batson.

Inspiration can come from anywhere. This year’s Letters About Literature state… Read more

Giving to Oklahoma Relief Campaign

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(Photo courtesy of American Red Cross.)

This week’s tornado-related disaster in Oklahoma is causing people to consider donating money to help those affected. Our Combined Fund Drive… Read more

Archives’ classic photos of I-5 bridge over Skagit River

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(Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives.)

Following Thursday’s collapse of the Interstate 5… Read more

The boundaries of free speech are tested, Tacoma, 1916

Image From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: I stumbled across a legal case in Washington State history that deserves to be revisited. The following news nugget was found at random in the… Read more

WSL Updates for May 23, 2013

Volume 9, May 23, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LAST CHANCE TO FILL THE BASKET FOR WTBBL 2) DIGITAL LITERACY HELP FROM WSL 3) OCLC ILL MIGRATION UPDATE 4) GRANTS FOR STEM EARLY LEARNING 5) SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMMING COMPETITION 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) LAST CHANCE TO FILL THE BASKET FOR WTBBL The You Pick for Charity Game, a free… Read more

Staff Spotlight: Danielle Miller

[caption id="attachment_10982" align="alignleft" width="196"] Image Danielle Miller, Manager, Washington Talking Book & Braille Library[/caption] Danielle Miller is the Manager of the Washington Talking Book & Braille… Read more

Living in a Virtual World

Image Time-traveling back to 1995.... My introduction to the virtual classroom was almost 2 decades ago! One of my undergraduate professors decided that he would have us meet virtually for a class session. In 1995, internet was still a novelty… Read more

Ellensburg teen wins library video contest

Image Photo courtesy of Ellensburg Public Library Will she end up being the next Steven Spielberg or Kathryn Bigelow? Hard to say, but 16-year-old Serah Manning already has a nice accomplishment under her director’s belt. Manning, a… Read more

Clippings for the week of May 10, 2013

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Washington State Library News LibraryScienceList.com has rated the Washington State Library as one of the most social media-friendly state libraries in the U.S. The website ranks Washington No. 9 out of 46 state libraries that make use of social media… Read more

Remembering Mount St. Helens & May 18 eruption

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(Photo courtesy of Washington State Library.)

For many Washingtonians, the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, is one of those moments forever ingrained in collective memory.… Read more

Classic gov bill-signing photos: Locke and Gregoire

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(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives.)

We’ve reached the fifth and final in a series of blog posts featuring classic State Archives photos of Washington governors signing bills into law. Closing it… Read more

Spooky Spokane Falls Enjoys the Luxury of a Haunted House

Image From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Three mysteries emerge from an episode back when Spokane was known as Spokane Falls, one of them concerns a ghost, another is geographic, and the… Read more

Classic gov bill-signing photos: Gardner and Lowry

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(Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives.)

Latest in our series of blog posts featuring classic State Archives photos of previous Washington governors signing bills into law. Today we’re focusing on the… Read more

WSL Updates for May 16, 2013

Volume 9, May 16, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE AT THE 2013 WALE CONFERENCE 2) WTBBL NEEDS YOU TO FILL THE BASKET! 3) OUTREACH GRANTS FOR DISASTER HEALTH INFORMATION 4) HELP CELEBRATE TWO GREAT BIRTHDAYS 5) SURVEY FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE AT THE 2013 WALE… Read more

One of our own receives military promotion

Image Patrick McDonald's ceremonial promotion to Army Sergeant Major drew dozens of friends, colleagues, three Washington secretaries of state, and officials of all three branches of government. McDonald, who was assistant to… Read more

Secretary Wyman honored as a 'woman of distinction'

Image Secretary of State Kim Wyman was honored Wednesday as a "woman of distinction" by the Girl Scouts of Western Washington. At a crowded Olympia hotel ballroom, she joined fellow honorees… Read more

Classic governor bill-signing photos: Ray and Spellman

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(Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives.)

It’s Day 3 of our weeklong series of blog posts featuring classic State Archives photos of previous Washington governors… Read more

Wyman throws first pitch at M's game

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(Secretary Wyman and her family and Assistant Secretary of State Ken Raske (right) with the Mariner Moose. Photos courtesy of Heather Lucas.)

On a warm… Read more

Classic governor bill-signing photos: Rosellini and Evans

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(Photos courtesy of Washington State Digital Archives.)

It’s Day 2 of our weeklong series of blog posts featuring classic Digital Archives photos… Read more

Reed returns to WSU to give commencement speech

Image Like most other proud and loyal Washington State University graduates, former Secretary of State Sam Reed is always happy to return to his alma mater and set foot on the hilly campus… Read more