Dancing through the stacks

This  prize winning tap dancing video was filmed at the Mill Creek branch of the Sno-Isle libraries. Enjoy!

Did you miss out on the live Ref22 webinar this week? Never fear! All Ref22 sessions are archived and available on the website at Ref22: Archived Sessions.

For our October session we had Christa Werle  from Sno-Isle Libraries talking about mastering the reference interview. Check it out!

Whatever our official status, our users think of us all simply as “the librarian.” Join us during October’s Ref22 to discuss how library staff of all levels can engage (and sometimes disengage) our users to best meet their information needs.

Sno-Isle Libraries offers this training quarterly to all staff that work at a public information or customer service desk. The training is a mix of “Reference 101″ (for paraprofessionals) and “Reference Refresher” (for librarians).

With a focus on working as a team, this training reminds us of our best practices in how to be a community doorway to reading, resources, and lifelong learning.

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These media mentions are compiled by Brian Zylstra, Deputy Communications Director for the Office of the Secretary of State, and passed along to us.

The following links cover Media Clips provided June 01, 2009 – June 26, 2009.

Rediscovering the library (Yakima Herald-Republic, May 30)

Timberland OKs late-book fees (Olympian, May 30)

Grand library road trip starts here (Columbian, May 31)

Mind your manners at the library (Seattle Times editorial)

Free audiobook options for great roadtrips with kids (Examiner)

Library measure trails; service cuts are likely (Olympian)

Fines become fact of life for library system (Olympian editorial)

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Clippings, June 17, 2009

Library News

The goal of the Friends of the Library, organizers of the “I Topped the Rock to Save the Library” event, is to raise $12,000 to keep the Castle Rock Library open through next April.  A library levy failed in November by just nine votes, another levy is on the August 18 ballot.  (Photo) (Daily News [Longview], 5.23.09) http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/23/top_story/doc4a17500d23b26387147931.txt

Despite the objections of one of its members, the Camas City Council approved $550,000 in library bond interest expenditures.  The designated expenditures will be for books and materials, land acquisition, and machinery and equipment.  (Camas-Washougal Post Record, 5.26.09)

The Digital Bookmobile owned by OverDrive Inc., a major supplier of online audio books visits the Everett Public Library and Monroe Sno-Isle Libraries branch.  The Digital Bookmobile is an 18 wheel big rig equipped with broadband Internet connections, six big screen HDTVs, and 11 computer stations.  (Photo)  (The Daily Herald [Everett], 5.26.09) http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090526/NEWS01/705269869

The Seattle Public Library Board of Directors voted May 27 to alter the rules of conduct for the Central Library and its neighborhood branches.  (Real Change [Seattle], 6.3.09) http://www.realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/2577/

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Clippings, June 5, 2009

The Clark County Historical Museum – housed in a former library – is heading up “Mr. Carnegie’s Grand Tour of Washington.”  The tour is designed as a theme for family road trips and to bring visitor traffic to heritage sites around the state.  Washington’s Carnegie library cities include: Auburn, Anacortes, Burlington, Edmonds, Goldendale, Pasco, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Ritzville, Seattle (six sites), Snohomish, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, and Walla Walla.  (Photo)  (Columbian [Vancouver], 5.31.09) http://columbian.com/article/20090531/NEWS02/705319970/

Elections:

Malden voters will be asked this November whether or not they want the town annexed into the Whitman County’s Rural Library District.  If voters approve the annexation, a library tax will be levied against property owners.  This year the library levy was just over $.45 per $1,000 assessed value.  (Whitman County Gazette [Colfax], 5.14.09)

Buildings:

The Burien Library (King County Library System) opens June 13 at the Burien Town Square.  (Highline Times/Des Moines News [Burien], 5.13.09)

With a construction project looming to expand the Coupeville Public Library (Sno-Isle Libraries), Sno-Isle Library officials are finishing up a deal for a temporary home starting this summer.  (Whidbey News-Times [Oak Harbor], 5.13.09) http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/wnt/news/44838997.html

Battle Ground celebrates its new library (Fort Vancouver Regional Library) with a grand opening.  At 13,000 square feet, it’s more than three times bigger than the library it’s replacing, a 50-year old facility on the campus of Battle Ground High School.  (Photos)  (Columbian [Vancouver], 5.30.09) http://columbian.com/article/20090530/NEWS02/705309964/

Work is under way to clear the lot in downtown Vancouver for the future 83,000-square foot, $38 million main library (Fort Vancouver Regional Library).  It is set to open mid-2011.  (Vancouver Business Journal, 5.29.09) http://www.vbjusa.com/stories/2009-05-29/like_a_good_neighbor.html

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Clippings, June 3, 2009

When all was said and done, the vision of Ferndale’s future came down to green and red dots.  Those dots made a swimming pool, downtown revitalization and a new Ferndale library (Whatcom County Library System) unofficial winner’s during the fourth annual community Coordinating Association meeting Thursday, May 7. (Bellingham Herald, 5.8.09) http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/901958.html

This month, Pierce County Library System (PCLS) will hold 16 public meetings in Pierce County for residents to hear proposed improvements and give comments on recommendations for how PCLS can best meet future community needs. [Milton-Edgewood Signal [Tacoma], 5.7.09)

Library News from the Cathlamet Library, circulation increased by 75% in March when compared to March of 2008, Library volunteers continue work on labeling and sorting materials, a WHS English Composition class made a field trip to the library in March, Long-time library volunteer, Mary Watkins was honored.  (The Wahkiakum Co. Eagle [Cathlamet], 5.7.09)  

When Stimson Bullitt died in April, he was lauded for his many contributions, including his philanthropy. As it turned out, he arranged for additional donations after his death.  This included 20 percent of his estate to the Seattle Public Library Foundation. The contributions are unrestricted and can be used in any way. (Photo) (Puget Sound Business Journal [Seattle], 5.29.09)

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Clippings, May 29, 2009

The Seattle Public Library has expanded its Web site to offer more information for its Vietnamese, Russian, Chinese, and Spanish-speaking readers. The site will also contain information, written in different languages, about programs and materials that the library offers.  (Northwest Asian Weekly [Seattle], 5.2.09)

The Maple Valley Library (King County Library System) invites you to join the Library Guild.  The Guild’s mission is to support programs for children, teens, and adults at the Maple Valley Library.  If interested, attend a monthly meeting on the first Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. at the library.  (Voice of the Valley [Maple Valley], 5.5.09)

The deaf and hearing impaired can now place a free call at the Monroe Library (Sno-Isle Libraries) using a videophone.  (The Daily Herald [Everett], 5.5.09) http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090505/NEWS01/705059870

Buildings:

The Hilborn Studio is to be torn down to make way for the new Vancouver Community Library.  (Photo)  (Columbian [Vancouver], 5.21.09) http://columbian.com/article/20090521/NEWS02/705219946/-1/NEWS

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Clippings, May 20, 2009

Buildings:

Construction plans for a new Kenmore Library (King County Library System) are  still on hold, stuck in neutral until the local branch of the U.S. Post Office vacates the building library leaders want to demolish to make way for a new facility.  (Bothell Reporter, Kenmore Reporter [Kent], 4.22.09) http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/north_king/bkn/news/43351512.html

Letters & Editorials:

The Vashon Island Library (King County Library System) that we now have is, a silk purse, and we’re being offered a remodeled pig’s ear.  And the numbers don’t add up.  (Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber [Vashon], 4.22.09) http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/vashon/vib/opinion/43378247.html

Islanders want the Vashon Island Library (King County Library System) at Ober Park.  (Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber [Vashon] 4.22.09) http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/vashon/vib/opinion/43377777.html

When faced with pushy decisions of a benevolent dictator (King County Library System Executive Bill Ptacek), a group of dedicated individuals took time out of their lives to draft and mail an excellently balanced and open survey to everyone on this Island!  (Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber [Vashon], 4.22.09) http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/vashon/vib/opinion/43377777.html

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Clippings, May 15, 2009

Contract negotiations continue for Mid-Columbia Library and Othello Library.  (The Outlook [Othello], 4.16.09) http://othellooutlook.com/?p=1014

Sno-Isle Libraries and the Everett Public Library host the Big Read, a community reading of the “Maltese Falcon”.  For more information check www.sno-isle.org.  Nate Cushman, librarian at the Snohomish Library uses geocaching during the series of library events.  To learn more about the hobby of geocaching, go to the website www.geocaching.com.  (Photos)  (The Daily Herald [Everett], 4.21.09) http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090421/LIVING/704219962

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