[caption id="attachment_9" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Some of our real estate on the State Library home page"][/caption] The Research & Development team at the Washington State Library is dedicated to building online access to the library's historical books, maps, newspapers, and other special collections. We also work to create sustainable access to Washington State's government publications and make it easier for citizens to find government information (FindIt Washington and FindIt Consumer).

We're here to reach out to the history loving public and the library community as a whole. With this blog our goal is to highlight historically significant and amusing items from our collections as well as attempt to demystify the digitization process for libraries through occasional discussions about project planning, material selection, and digital imaging resources.

Please engage in this conversation with us and stay tuned for more....