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WSL Updates for May 2, 2013

Volume 9, May 2, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – SPOTLIGHT ON FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES 2) PUT SOME APPLES IN THE BASKET FOR WTBBL 3) SDL PROQUEST RENEWAL 4) REGISTER FOR THE FREE OLYMPIA DISASTER WORKSHOP 5) CAYAS SPRING WORKSHOP COMES TO SEATTLE AND SPOKANE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – SPOTLIGHT ON… Read more

Special anniversary for a NW climbing icon

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(Photo courtesy of State Archives’ State Governors’ Negative Collection)

You don’t need to be a mountain climber to recognize and appreciate Jim and Lou Whittaker. The twins and Seattle natives are… Read more

2013 Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 04/28/2013

Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. 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, see the WLA site referenced above. And here is what survived… Read more

Clippings for the week of April 19, 2013

[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Library News King County Library System subscribes to Science Online, a database filled with diagrams, conversion calculators, articles and experiments covering topics such as forensics, weather, chemistry, biology and more. The articles are from… Read more

April special election ballot-counting winding down

Image Voting in the April special election ended on Tuesday, and the 21 counties that had measures or races have been busy counting ballots. For those of you wondering how certain races or bond or levy measures are faring, go… Read more

Summer Reading and Puppets!

Image Washington State representatives attended the Collaborative Summer Library Program's annual meeting in Atlanta, GA this month. Pictured above: Meredith Hale, Martha Shinners, Josephine Camarillo, and the little red hen at the Center for… Read more

Talking cattle and wolves at State Library

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(Jack Field of the Washington Cattlemen's Association. Photo courtesy of Sean Lanksbury.)

Raising cattle when wolves are nearby is a challenge for ranchers, especially nowadays with the latter being a protected species. That was one of points… Read more

Giving to Boston Marathon Support Campaign

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(Image compilation courtesy of American Red Cross and freeimages.com)

Last week’s Boston Marathon bombings shocked everyone and has moved many people to consider donating money to help those affected. Our… Read more

Eyman files 'Super Bowl' of anti-tax initiatives

Image UPDATE: Note that last paragraph recasts the original language... Initiative activist Tim Eyman has filed what he called the "Super Bowl" version of his long… Read more

Blossom time at the Capitol

Image Need an excuse to come to Olympia this week? Just check out the blossoms on the rows of cherry trees on the east side of the Legislative Building. Seeing the cherry trees in bloom during a sunny spring day is… Read more

WSL Updates for April 25, 2013

Volume 9, April 25, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) THE NEW LIBRARY TRUSTEE MANUAL 2) FIDUCIARY DUTIES? COME TO FIRST TUESDAYS 3) CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY 4) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ARSL FALL CONFERENCE 5) CELEBRATE WASHINGTON POETS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) THE NEW LIBRARY TRUSTEE MANUAL Next week, the Washington State… Read more

A Bounty on Flies in Pasco

Image From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: A bounty for flies? The very thought brings a smile. It makes my Boomer brain recall the Monty Python skit of big game hunters hauling out the… Read more

Inslee signs bill boosting electors' compensation

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Secretary Wyman stands with legislative intern Nate Hauger (middle) and Rep. Steve Bergquist outside the Governor's Office prior to Gov. Inslee signing the presidential electors' compensation bill into law.

Gov. Jay… Read more

SNAPSHOT: A Day in the Life of the Washington State Library

[caption id="attachment_10783" align="alignright" width="300"] Image Local author Kevin O'Brien spoke at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library for Library Snapshot Day.[/caption] On Thursday, April 18, 2013 the Washington State… Read more

Bonanzas & Borrascas

Image Bonanzas & Borrascas. By Richard E. Lingenfelter. (Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2012. 2 vols., 1056pp.)… Read more

Free Noontime Event at State Library, 4/25/2013

Raising Livestock in Washington & the State Wolf Management Plan Thurs. April 25th, 2013 @ 12 p.m.; Washington State Library Point Plaza East 6880 Capitol Blvd., Tumwater, WA. Room 221 - doors at 11:45

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Washington Cattlemen's Association (… Read more

Lawmakers OK General Election for judges, SPI Top 2

Image The Legislature has sent Gov. Jay Inslee a Top 2 elections bill that requires the two primary favorites for each race for Supreme Court, Appeals Court, Superior Court and state school superintendent… Read more

Newspaper Discussion: Preservation and Access Issues

From the desk of NDNP Coordinator, Shawn Schollmeyer: In our NDNP Office located in the basement of Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington we share this insight into the world of newspaper digitization and preservation by guest writer Casey Lansinger. Casey participated as an intern in our program and will be graduating with an MLIS in June 2013. Image In July of 2012, I left my sunny and dry hometown of Denver, CO for wet and… Read more

Today's your Earth Day

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(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives)

Since 1970, April 22 has been observed as Earth Day. Over the years, the environment-themed celebration has meant a… Read more

College Civics tour: Kim heads to WSU

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(Photos courtesy of JulieAnne Behar)

Secretary Wyman continued her statewide College Civics tour with a trip east to Pullman to Washington State University. Wyman and state Elections Director Lori Augino (center upper… Read more