From Our Corner
Western State Hospital Museum Open-House
[caption id="attachment_6075" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Frances Farmer Room"] Image [/caption] At that first meeting in 2000, hospital staff, patients and citizens organized themselves into a group they called the… Read more
Small Hunch Pays Big Results!
Image Some months ago, two ILS staff decided to write to some publishers of mental health resources and ask them about the possibility of receiving donated materials. National Recovery Month is every September and their collections were sadly depleted from the… Read more
Clippings for the week of September 23, 2011
[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] Image [/caption] Washington State Library News The six libraries in Lincoln County, Davenport, Reardan, Sprague, Harrington, Odessa, Wilbur, and the Ritzville library applied for and received a Collaborative Library Resource Sharing Grant of $5,000 from the… Read more
State Library, Archives websites among nation’s best
Image Family Tree Magazine released its list of “75 Best State Websites” for 2011 and our State Library and… Read more
WSL Updates for September 29, 2011
Volume 7, September 29, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) INPUT NEEDED ON EARLY LEARNING GUIDELINES 2) FIRST TUESDAYS – SUMMER READING FOR 2012 3) TAKE THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF INTERNET USE AND FUNDING 4) GRANTS – LAURA BUSH 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN PROGRAM 5) INFOCAMP SEATTLE 2011 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) INPUT NEEDED ON EARLY LEARNING… Read more
From Your Corner: Quinault’s name
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Photo courtesy of Roger Blain
If you drive up Highway 101 from Hoquiam to Kalaloch on the coast side of the Olympic Peninsula, you’ll eventually go past picturesque Lake Quinault, which is located between the… Read moreWA parties set caucus dates for 2012
Image The Washington GOP and Democratic caucus dates have been set for 2012. The Republican gatherings will be on Saturday, March 3, very early on the national nominating calendar. The Democrats, with no apparent challenge to… Read more
Clippings for the week of September 16, 2011
[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] Image [/caption] Washington State Library News The Odessa Public Library and Odessa Historisches Museum recently completed work on a digital collection celebrating the history of Odessa and neighboring communities of southwest Lincoln County. The collection… Read more
Reed awarded top open-government honor
Image Secretary of State Sam Reed, who has made government transparency and access to public records a signature issue during his three terms, is the 2011 winner of the James Madison Award of the Washington Coalition for… Read more
New at Apostilles: e-Register and Certificate Authenticity Search
Image Our cutting-edge IT crew has come up with another cool service for Washington residents and others who want to use our Apostilles service. It’s an e-Register/Apostille look-up service. Check it out by going to the Apostilles page… Read more
Lights…camera…register to vote!
Traditionally, college students have had the lowest voter turnout figures of any voting age group. In the 2010 General Election, Washington’s 18-24 voting age group had only a 40.44 percent turnout, compared to the overall… Read more
Governor calls emergency budget session for Nov. 28
Image Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has called the Legislature into emergency special session, beginning the Monday after Thanksgiving, to deal with a gaping $2 billion hole in the two-year state operating budget. The… Read more
WSL Updates for September 22, 2011
Volume 7, September 22, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE WORKSHOP – BASICS OF ARCHIVES 2) SUSTAINING CULTURAL HERITAGE COLLECTIONS 3) NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK GRANT 4) FOCUS ON COLLECTIONS CARE WORKSHOP SERIES 5) CONNECTING DONORS TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE WORKSHOP – BASICS OF ARCHIVES Do you… Read more
Walking to Lake Union
Image While he was in Seattle for meetings on Wednesday, Secretary Reed took time during the noon hour to walk with some staffers and volunteers at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library. The group strolled to South Lake Union Park and back to the library.Spotlight on Staff: Melisa Gilbert
Melisa Gilbert, in addition to managing the largest Institutional Library Service (ILS) branch, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CCRC) in Connell, Washington, with the utmost professionalism, exhibits leadership among the program. Melisa volunteered to maintain and update the critically important Re-Entry Resources Notebooks used by all ILS branches. She is working to move everything from the ILS Public Folders in Outlook to a shared wiki for greater ease of updating and finding information… Read more
Western State Hospital Museum Open-House
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="WSH Museum"][/caption] Ten years ago, I had a library visit from a hospital staffer who excitedly asked me to provide him information about the "dead people in the park." Although I've received some odd questions during my years in the library of a state psychiatric hospital, this request was something unusual even for me. I suppressed a grin and asked him to give me more details. He told me he had… Read more
Happy birthday to U.S. Constitution
Image Saturday marks the 224th anniversary of that historic day in 1787 when the United States Constitution was signed by 39 men in Philadelphia, although… Read more
Secretary of State
Steve Hobbs
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