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Clippings for the week of May 11, 2012

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] 이미지 [/caption] Library News The Tacoma City Council has $16.4 million available for various construction projects. This includes $3 million to build a library at Salishan. This project has now been shifted to a third tier priority. (Tacoma Weekly, 4.20.12)… Read more

Trademarks top May’s “Archives treasures” poll

Image After several days of voting, the results are in. The winner of the May “Archives treasures” online poll is the… Read more

A birthday surprise for art contest winner

When her parents took Sophiana James to Olympia Thursday morning on her 10th birthday, they told her they were going on a field trip to tour the Capitol. She suspected nothing when they took her to the last stop, the Office of Secretary of State. When Sophiana, her parents, Andrew and Christine James, and her teacher, David Smith, were escorted into Secretary of State Sam Reed’s office, she may have figured something was up. Reed greeted the visitors and then gave the homeschool student… Read more

Grant County Goes From Abraham, Lincoln to George, Washington

이미지 From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Wilson Creek, a small settlement in east central Grant County had a newspaper called… Read more

WSL Updates for May 17, 2012

Volume 8, May 17, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE – NATIONAL WINNERS 2) CE GRANTS FOR STARTING STRONG 3) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT DEADLINE APPROACHING 4) WORKING TOGETHER TO MANAGE DISASTERS 5) GRANTS FOR LEARNING LABS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE – NATIONAL WINNERS The Washington State… Read more

Emcee at Poetry Reading at Washington Corrections Center for Women

이미지 On May 10th, 2012 the WCCW Library hosted a poetry reading. Laura Sherbo and Doug Gelis planned the event and invited 3 poets to come and read their and other poet's poems. 70 inmates signed up to attend and 35 showed up to listen to poetry read. This was… Read more

Time to vote on May Archives treasures

We’ve shown the three “candidates” for the May edition of “Archives treasures.”Now it’s up to you to vote on your favorite. The first treasure up for consideration is the 1878 version of the Washington Constitution. Next up is the… Read more

Congrats to Teeler and the Tacoma Public Library, winners of the 2012 Teen Video Challenge!

Image The winner of the 2012 Teen Video Challenge for the state of Washington has been announced! Own the Night by Teeler brought home first place this year. His video was created at the Story Lab at the Tacoma Public Library. He will win $275 and his library will receive $150 from the… Read more

And they're off and running!

Image Washington's campaign season is officially under way. Filing Week opened with a bang Monday with hundreds of candidates statewide filing for office. There are… Read more

WSL Updates Special Edition for May 14, 2012

WSL Updates Special Edition for Monday, May 14, 2012 Topics: 1) GRANT CYCLE RE-OPENS – TLA50 INITIATIVE 2) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE WINNERS ANNOUNCED --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) GRANT CYCLE RE-OPENS – TLA50 INITIATIVE The Transforming Life After 50 (TLA50) initiative is designed to help libraries better serve and engage midlife adults by positioning libraries as catalysts, resources, meeting places, and… Read more

100 reasons to celebrate this event

Image This might be a very exclusive group, but nobody complains about its criteria to join or when its members gather. In fact, it’s cause for a big celebration when they do. The Read more

May Archives treasure #3: classic trademarks

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(Image courtesy of Washington State Archives)

As many business owners know, our office’s Corporation Division is where companies register trademarksRead more

Candidates, get ready for Filing Week!

Image For candidates throughout Washington, the official start to the 2012 campaign season kicks off Monday morning with Filing Week, which runs May 14 through May 18. Online filing begins Monday at 9 a.m. and runs day… Read more

Contest winners show the power of books

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From left: Samantha Smith, Oliver Reed and Clare Doran.

If you ever wonder if books can influence and inspire students, look no further than the winning letters submitted by the three new state champions in the annual… Read more

Clippings for the week of May 4, 2012

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] 이미지 [/caption] Library News The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal recently remodeled and moved into Heron Hall on the east end of the tribal campus in Blyn. Now the library will begin the more profound undertaking of becoming a center for lifelong learning, focusing… Read more

Transplanting the Capital Campus to Tacoma

이미지 From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Although this article found on page 3 of the Feb. 24, 1905 issue of… Read more

WSL Updates for May 10, 2012

Volume 8, May 10, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) 2012 WALE CONFERENCE – REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 2) TAKE 25 FOR MISSING CHILDREN 3) ARSL CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS 4) LUCY LOVES CHILDREN! 5) A MATTER OF WHEN, NOT IF 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) 2012 WALE CONFERENCE – REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Program proposals are now being accepted for the 2012… Read more

May Archives treasure #2: Japanese internment records

Image One of the most controversial occurrences stateside during World War II was the internment of Japanese Americans following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The State Archives has a collection of documents related to internment of Washingtonians of Japanese descent. This collection is the second item featured for May’s Archives treasures online poll.… Read more

Recognizing employees: What goes around comes around

Image For years, Secretary Reed has helped lead efforts to recognize and honor public employees during Public Service Recognition Week each May. During the PSRW event on the Capitol Campus Wednesday, Reed himself was… Read more

May Archives treasure #1: Washington Constitution, 1878

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(Image courtesy of Washington State Archives)

State history buffs know that Washington officially joined the Union as the 42nd state on Nov. 11, 1889. But did you know there was an ongoing effort for many years to persuade Congress to… Read more

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