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Month: June 2013

OCLC WorldShare ILL Update & Training Information

OCLC WorldShare ILL Update & Training Information

As a reminder, all libraries currently using OCLC’s WorldCat Resource Sharing (WCRS) service need to plan a migration to the new WorldShare® Interlibrary Loan service between now and the end of the calendar year, when WCRS will no longer be available. Academic libraries that belong to Washington Group Services (sos.wa.gov/q/waywho) are encouraged to migrate as a group in July and August. Members of Washington OCLC Group Services have the unique opportunity participate in a managed migration from WCRS to the…

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Patriotism in every stitch

Patriotism in every stitch

Currently being hung in the Secretary of State’s lobby in the State Capitol are 13 “Quilts of Valor”. Each quilt has been beautifully handmade by residents of Washington and will be proudly displayed for the month of July. The lobby is being transformed to a patriotic display of red, white, and blue. The project is part of the Quilts of Valor program that has awarded over 80,000 quilts to veterans and current service members affected by war. These quilts bring color to the Office…

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Dry Utopia in Mason County

Dry Utopia in Mason County

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: We are in the upper lefthand corner. We are on the edge. We are an experiment. Compared to the rest of the Lower 48, Washington State has always been an inviting place to start anew and try out ideas that would not be allowed elsewhere. The book Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915 by Charles Pierce LeWarne outlines the collective settlements of Freeland, Home, and Equality….

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New video focuses on military voting

New video focuses on military voting

We’ve just finished a cool new video that chronicles efforts on behalf of our office to assist military voters. Watch the video here. Entitled “Serving Those Who Serve – A Guide to Military Voting in Washington State,” the approximately 10 minute video aims to educate military members living in Washington or overseas, a group of voters who represent one of the most mobile demographics. Washington has a large military population, and almost 50,000 registered military voters. The state enjoys a…

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WSL Updates for June 20, 2013

WSL Updates for June 20, 2013

Volume 9, June 20, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list WSL Updates will be on hiatus next week. Have a safe and happy July 4th! Topics include: 1) EVENTS FOR (ALMOST) EVERYONE 2) IPAD TABLET LAB GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE JULY 12 3) FREE DISASTER PLANNING WORKSHOP 4) CALL FOR PROPOSALS – ONLINE NORTHWEST 5) WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE – DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO? 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES ————————————————————————————————————— 1) EVENTS FOR (ALMOST) EVERYONE Events can be an excellent…

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Budget leaders: 320 million reasons to avert shutdown

Budget leaders: 320 million reasons to avert shutdown

Relieved budget writers say Washington should be able to avoid a government shutdown, after getting the year’s best revenue news, new, more robust revenue projections and a $90 million reduction in expected caseload costs. State budget Director David Schumacher and budget writers from both houses and both parties said the $320 million one-day windfall should break the Olympia logjam that had threatened to trigger a partial government shutdown if no budget were produced by June 30.  Senate budget Chairman Andy…

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Farewell to Native exhibit, hello to Quilts of Valor

Farewell to Native exhibit, hello to Quilts of Valor

Staff carefully remove panels from the Native Indian tribe exhibit. The Office of the Secretary of State has packed up the Northwest Indian tribe exhibit and soon will be hanging the new exhibit, “Quilts of Valor,” honoring our veterans. The Northwest Indian tribe exhibit, created by the Washington State Heritage Center, part of the Office of the Secretary of State, will continue to be displayed throughout Washington state. Starting in August, the exhibit, “We’re Still, Here, The Survival of Washington…

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Clippings for the week of June 14, 2013

Clippings for the week of June 14, 2013

Library News It’s time again for Orcas Library to plan for next year’s magazine and newspaper collection. We strive to have the best collection for local interests that space and funding will allow. You can be a part of this process by submitting suggestions of any magazines you feel would be of general interest for our community. (The Island Sounder [Eastsound], 5.1.13) http://www.islandssounder.com/news/204904211.html The Fall City Elementary School Library was packed with students and adults, and a nervous tension was…

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It’s Flag Day

It’s Flag Day

(Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives) For many schoolchildren here in Washington, June 14 is the first day of summer vacation or the last day of school. It’s also Flag Day, the holiday when we celebrate the birthday of the U.S. flag. The “Stars and Stripes” originated as a result of a resolution offered by the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress at Philadelphia and adopted on June 14, 1777. The resolution read: “Resolved: that the flag of the…

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Graduation Day for new State Patrol troopers

Graduation Day for new State Patrol troopers

(Photo courtesy of Patrick McDonald) With several hundred family members, friends and veteran troopers watching, 27 cadets with the Washington State Patrol Academy’s 101st Trooper Basic Training Class became full-fledged troopers after graduating in the Capitol Rotunda Wednesday afternoon. They are shown here taking the oath of office from State Supreme Court Justice Mary Fairhurst. State Patrol Chief John Batiste and Governor Jay Inslee spoke during the ceremony.