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 August 06, 2009 – September 04, 2009.

Children’s Literature 101: How to peruse your library’s collection at home? (Examiner.com)

Ritzville residents submit first entry in Carnegie library state tour (Ritzville Journal, August 6)

Library groundbreaking to open next chapter for Vancouver (Columbian)

Castle Rock library levy too close to call (Longview Daily News)

‘Hungry Monkey’ author at Ballard branch of Seattle Public Library (Seattle Times)

Voters OK Columbia County library measure (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, August 19)

CR library levy appears to have passed (Longview Daily News)

Budget gap to shut down Seattle libraries for a week (The Big Blog/Seattle P-I)

Library seeks to replace retiring director (Olympian)

Seattle libraries close, city employees furloughed (AP/Seattle Times)

Seattle is shrewdly minimizing budget pain for library patrons (Seattle Times editorial)

“Wayfinder” aims to connect Washington libraries’ millions of items (Tacoma Daily Index)

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