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Too rainy out there for ya? Seattle eccentric Robert W. Patten is shown wearing his umbrella hat, the invention that made him something of a local celebrity in the early 1900s. Time to bring it… Read more
Too rainy out there for ya? Seattle eccentric Robert W. Patten is shown wearing his umbrella hat, the invention that made him something of a local celebrity in the early 1900s. Time to bring it… Read more
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A group of Local Records Grants recipients from throughout the state recently visited the Capitol and met with Secretary Reed, who noted the grant program’s key role in protecting Washington’s history. For more info about the 2009-2011 grant program, go here .
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.
The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog. For information on the legislative process or becoming involved… Read more
Sure, sometimes it seems like the screamers and the insult artists are winning, but Secretary of State Sam Reed and the Foley Institute at Washington State University are teaming up to put in a plug for civility in public life. Reed, the state Elections Division, and the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service recently hosted a "civility summit" at the state Capitol. Reed and Nick Lovrich, Francis Benjamin and others from WSU were joined by longtime Democratic… Read more
I got off a long conversation with our newspaper digitization vendor and thought I should do something cathartic ... like continuing our running discussion of newspaper digitization. Washington's National Digital Newspaper Program (outsourcing): [caption id="attachment_2506" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Click to see OCR example from the Pullman Herald at 100% resolution"]… Read more
Volume 6, February 4, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) MARCH 1 LAUNCH FOR OCLC DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS
2) BTOP & BIP – HOW TO CONNECT WEBINAR
3) SINGLE-SEARCH ACCESS THROUGH WORLDCAT LOCAL
4) TECHTRENDS – ALA MIDWINTER 2010
5) FREE WILL JAMES BOOK TITLES
6) FUNDING FOR HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES
… Read morePart Ruddell family reunion and part a series of workshops on how to research your own family’s history, our “Ruddell Riddle” event attracted more than 100 people last Saturday. The event was held at the General Administration Building and hosted by the Office of Secretary of State.
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