Clippings February 26, 2016
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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, 1/27/16)
Camas library will remain independent (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas, 2/2/16)
Council OKs library reciprocal agreement (Anacortes American, Anacortes, 2/3/16)
Buildings
White Salmon Library closing Feb. 1 for remodeling (Hood River News, Hood River, 2/3/16)
Letters & Editorials
Don’t give away S-W library (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 2/6/16)
Quirky Nest Houses Are Killing Birds and They Also Remind Us Why the Beacon Hill Library Is So Bad (The Stranger, Seattle, 2/19/16)
People
Cowiche native’s book the subject of latest Yakima Valley Community Reads (Yakima Herald, Yakima, 2/16/16)
Programs & Displays
Art center comes to Chelan library
A new Art Center and Makerspace, the first of its kind in North Central Washington, was the topic of a meeting on February 9 at the Chelan Library. A makerspace is a facility where people come together to share tools, resources, knowledge, and ideas for products and projects they want to build, market, or learn more about. It’s a place where inventiveness is nurtured and skillsets are acquired. A website, Justmakestuff.org, provides more detail about the Makerspace project. (Lake Chelan Mirror, Chelan, 2/3/16)
King County Library System starts student library accounts project (Federal Way Mirror, Federal Way, 2/5/16)
The Seattle Public Library to host Shakespeare’s First Folio exhibit for Washington State, March 21 to April 17 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, 2/7/16)
League of Teen Advisors help drive successful teen program (The Herald, Puyallup, 2/17/16)
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[This summary of library news represents a selection of current newspaper clippings about Washington libraries received from Washington newspapers. The summary is created by Marilyn Lindholm of the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. For further information about this summary or the clippings listed, contact Shirley Lewis at 360-570-5567 or [email protected].]
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