Volume 13, November 9, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include (hunt for them: child care and daycare): 1) WEBJUNCTION AND SKILLPORT 2) EARLY ACHIEVERS 3) OPEN DATA IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES 4) CONSUMER GUIDES TRANSLATED 5) TWO FROM NNLM 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK… Read more
Each year, students across Washington get to participate in a mock election to show how they would vote on candidates and measures if given the chance in real life. The Mock Election is a non-partisan, educational event that teaches kids to be informed voters. Nearly 180,000 students have voted in Washington's annual Mock Election since 2004. Students vote on the same measures and candidates adults will decide. Not surprisingly, the student results were very similar to those of Washington's… Read more
Volume 13, November 2, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Note: WSL Updates is on partial hiatus because of the Washington Library Association Conference this week, with only the CE events calendar provided. Normal publication will resume next week. Topics include: 1) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE CE… Read more
If you’ve ever been interested in learning braille, what better place to learn it than at the state’s premier braille-service library? Earlier this October, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library kicked off its annual braille transcribing course. (Sorry, it’s too late to join the class this year. But it’s likely the class will be offered next October.) The free class started with 21 enrollees, the second-highest number since the class was… Read more
Volume 13, October 26, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) BASIC LEGAL REFERENCE 2) READING LIST GRANTS 3) OSPI GRANTS INCLUDE LIBRARIES 4) CREATE A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN 5) FOLLETT CHALLENGE CONTEST 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK… Read more
Volume 13, October 19, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2) THINK, DO, SHOW – LAST CHANCE 3) ORDERING FREE BOOKS FROM WSL 4) ALA POLICY CORPS 5) MORE IMLS MUSEUM GRANTS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------… Read more
For several years, Capitol visitors have been treated to some amazing exhibits in our front lobby, courtesy of our talented and creative Legacy Washington team. The latest is “Korea 65: The Forgotten War Remembered.” The exhibit, along with a series of online profiles, focuses on Washingtonians who experienced the Korean War in different… Read more
Washington students in grades 6-12 have until the end of November to take part in a contest sponsored by our Legacy Washington program. Legacy Washington’s Korea 65 contest encourages students to explore the question of how the Korean War affects Washington state today. Entries can be submitted as writings, film projects or two-dimensional art. The contest ends Nov. 30. Go… Read more
Volume 13, October 12, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON STATE BOOK AWARDS 2) 2016 PUBLIC LIBRARY STATS 3) LSTA 5-YEAR PLAN APPROVED 4) HEALTH IN THE HEADLINES 5) © IS COMPLICATED 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK… Read more
The Washington State Library has launched a fun contest for Washington students and adults that allow them to express themselves about some part of state history. The Historical Zine Contest is in its third year. For those wondering what are Zines (rhymes with beans), they are basically self-published magazines – often via a photocopier – that give the creator’s point of view on a subject. Contest participants are asked to create a Zine about… Read more
The Washington State Library recently hosted the first ever face-to-face User Group Meeting for members of the Washington Digital Library Consortium, a group of 44 (soon to be 45) of the state’s mid-sized and smaller public libraries that provide the OverDrive-powered Washington Anytime Library to their patrons.
61 people (including Cindy Aden, State… Read moreVolume 13, October 5, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) DISASTER RECOVERY RESOURCES 2) MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING VIDEOS 3) STAND UP FOR HEALTH 4) IMLS MUSEUM GRANT PROGRAMS 5) THE ARTS STRONG CONNECTION 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK… Read more
Volume 13, September 28, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) SENSORY STORY TIMES 2) REGISTER FOR THINK, DO, SHOW 3) PAVE THE WAY 4) MAKE BETTER DECISIONS 5) IMLS RELEASES PUBLIC LIBRARY DATA 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK… Read more
The Washington State Archives is celebrating its annual Archives Month in October by making “Strange Washington” this year’s theme. Three events related to Archives Month will be held in Olympia over the coming weeks:
Over the years, many former elected officials in Washington have given their papers and other documents to the State Archives for safekeeping and making them available for public viewing. The latest former official to turn over papers to Archives is one of my predecessors, Bruce Chapman, who served as Secretary of State from 1975 to 1980. Bruce’s papers cover his years on the Seattle City Council, as Secretary of State, and when he was U.S.… Read more
Everyone thinks of libraries as the place to read or check out books. But a summer day camp program in three Eastern Washington communities demonstrated that local libraries are much more. For six weeks this summer, kids in Harrington, Lind and Reardan took part in the Stimulating Summers Enriching Young Minds day camps in the communities that were supported by their libraries. Camp attendees explored different themes through crafts, games and reading. Themes included space camp, art… Read more
Volume 13, September 21, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include 2 last chances: 1) LAST CHANCE FOR LCW 2) LAST CHANCE – CREATE A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN 3) NNLM OFFERS CHIS FROM MLA 4) IMLS MUSEUM AWARDS 5) HEALTH LITERACY TOOLKIT 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK… Read more
