From Our Corner

From Your Corner of Washington: Grand Coulee Motel

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Photo courtesy of Jim Nielend

If you haven’t already visited historic Grand Coulee Dam, it is a must see for everyone, and you’ll find a lot… Read more

Vancouver Community Library Opens

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="278" caption="Looking up from the first floor atrium, Vancouver Community Library"] Image [/caption] The Fort Vancouver Regional Library… Read more

Clippings for the week of July 8, 2011

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] Image [/caption] Library News As of June 1, the Richland Public Library has increased its overdue fines and fees. Materials checked out for three weeks will carry an overdue fine of .25 cents per day and materials that are allowed to be checked out for… Read more

Questions about initiatives with Co-Director of Elections

Image Katie Blinn, co-director of our office’s Elections Division, provides the lowdown on what’s happening with the three initiatives submitted recently. Q) July 8 was the last day that signatures for initiatives could be… Read more

From Your Corner of Washington: Deception Pass

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Photo courtesy of Jim Nielend

Deception Pass is most famous for its towering bridge and breathtaking view but did you know about the abundant wildlife and sights that you can find without the hassle of a ferry?… Read more

2011/2012 Washington Rural Heritage Grants Awarded

Image From the desk of Evan Robb Congratulations to the latest group of Washington libraries who will be awarded LSTA grants through the Washington Rural Heritage initiative:

• Asotin County Library.
• … Read more

WSL Updates for July 14, 2011

Volume 7, July 14, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WANTED – LCW SPECIAL LIBRARIES REPRESENTATIVE 2) FREE BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION KITS OR COMMUNITY READS 3) HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF IMLS 4) BOTTOM LINE ON VOLUNTEERS – DATE CORRECTION 5) BOOK GROUP BUZZING 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WANTED – LCW SPECIAL LIBRARIES REPRESENTATIVE Applications… Read more

Snohomish plays host to supernatural thrills in the Other series

Image Other. By Karen Kincy. Flux. 2010. 326p. Recommendation submitted by: Jill Merritt, Library Associate,… Read more

More national recognition for WTBBL

Image The award-winning Washington Talking Book & Braille Library continues to receive well-deserved recognition and praise. The latest example is a feature piece about WTBBL and the Kentucky… Read more

Not registered to vote? Monday’s main deadline before Primary

Image This year’s Primary Election is just a few weeks away, and if you haven’t registered to vote and want to take part in the Primary, you need to act soon. For qualified Washington residents, Monday (July 18) is the standard… Read more

IMLS Project Profile Features WTBBL

[gallery columns="2"] Did you know that our Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) and the Kentucky Talking Book Library were featured by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on its website, http://www.imls.gov/profiles/profiles.shtm, and will be featured in its newsletter, Primary Source? Each month IMLS profiles programs or projects that use federal funding and exemplify why funds are granted to… Read more

Preserving more of local governments’ history

Image The cities we live in, the fire districts that protect us, the school districts that educate us, the health districts that heal us when we’re sick. They all have something in common: Minutes… Read more

Let's head back to those heady days of 1962…

Image From the desk of Sean Lanksbury. PNW & Special Collections Librarian 49 years ago, Seattle’s Lower Queen Anne district was… Read more

Taking the initiative

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An elections worker counts pages for I-1183, the liquor privatization measure.

Elections Division crews will review signatures submitted for three citizen initiatives. Together, sponsors estimate they… Read more

Clippings for the week of July 1, 2011

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] Image [/caption] Library News The King County Law Library Board of Trustees has announced that it is changing its name to Public Law Library of King County and that it has appointed Rita Dermody as director, effective May 1. As director, Dermody will… Read more

From Your Corner: Okanogan County's name

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Photo courtesy of Okanogan County Tourism Council

Located along the Canadian border in north-central Washington, Okanogan is the largest county geographically in our state with nearly 5,300 square miles.

The county is home to the… Read more

WSL Updates for July 7, 2011

Volume 7, July 7, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) BOTTOM LINE ON VOLUNTEERS 2) TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT 3) UNLIMITED WEBJUNCTION COURSES 4) CHANGES COMING – NETLIBRARY, EBSCO, RECORDED BOOKS 5) SDL PROQUEST UPDATES 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) BOTTOM LINE ON VOLUNTEERS When the library budget calls for doing more with less, getting… Read more

Closing the "Oregon Trilogy" with To Build A Ship.

Image To Build A Ship. By Don Berry. Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 2004 (Copyright 1963, by Don Berry and first published by Viking Press) Recommendation submitted by: Will Stuivenga, Cooperative Projects Manager,… Read more

Clippings for the week of June 24, 2011

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227" caption="Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection"] Image [/caption] Washington State Library News By 2014, 65 percent of library customers will be between 50 and 75 years of age. If you fall into this age range, the library is looking for your help to participate in a focus group. Information gathered will… Read more

"This glorious natal day" - Independence Day in the Washington Territory

[caption id="attachment_5304" align="alignright" width="254" caption="Mr. and Mrs. Judson on their 50th Anniversary, June 20, 1899."] Image [/caption] In 1853, the enterprising Judson family set out from Ohio to start a new life in the Washington Territory. They… Read more