Clippings, July 1, 2009
Clippings, July 1, 2009
Library News
District Technology Manager Josh Westbrook will deliver a special report to the Walla Walla County Rural Library District board meeting on the district’s 2009-2012 technology plan. The plan has been approved by the Washington State Library and will allow the District to receive reduced telecommunications costs at the Burbank Library. (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, 6.14.09)
The dedication of the Ephrata Library, a part of the North Central Regional Library System, as the W. Gayle Matthews Library Building will take place Wednesday June 17, 2009 at the Library Building. Matthews, operator of the Grant County Title and Abstract Office, was an Ephrata and Grant County pioneer who was instrumental in the 1909 formation of Grant County out of Douglas County and the incorporation of Ephrata as a city the same year. (Grant Co. Journal [Ephrata], 6.15.09)
Letters & Editorials
Cool is the operative word here (for the Federal Way 320th Street branch). KCLS is light years ahead of many other systems in a lot of ways. Kudos to the King County Library System (KCLS) for making our libraries practical meccas. Thanks, too, to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for their largesse in helping to fund the system. (Federal Way Mirror, 6.13.09) http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/fwm/community/48105707.html
People
Children’s entertainer, Nancy Stewart, plans a tour of four Whitman County Library branches as part of Summer Reading 2009. A well regarded musician who has been writing and performing for young children and their families for 20 years, she features original and traditional songs. (Whitman County Gazette [Colfax], 6.11.09)
After leaving the business world for libraries in Arizona, California and her hometown of Seattle, Lauren Dahlgren has joined the North Olympic Library System as the Sequim Library’s newest manager. (Sequim Gazette Online, 7.9.09) http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2009-07-08_sequims_new_librarian_welcomes_changese
Awards
Edmonds City Council member Peggy Pritchard Olson was recognized on June 4 at the annual Sno-Isle Libraries Friends Celebration for her years of service to the Edmonds Library. The Sno-Isle Libraries also recognized the Friends of the Snohomish Library for 50 years of service and the Friends of the Lynnwood Library for 30 years of service to their community libraries. (Photo) (Edmonds Enterprise [Lynnwood], 6.17.09) http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20090617/ETP03/706179838&template=ETPart
Sarah Dilts, a junior at Shorecrest High School is an art student and the winner of a county-wide contest to create a new design for King County Library Cards. The new library card will be available in the fall. (Photo) (Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Enterprise [Lynnwood], 6.17.09)
Programs & Displays
West Sounds Reads, a collaboration among area independent booksellers, Kitsap Regional Library and the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with readings by authors Rebecca Wells, Philippa Gregory and Barbara Kingsolver this summer and fall. (The Kitsap Sun [Bremerton], 6.14.09)
The Friends of the Stevenson Community Library, a part of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, hosts a Memoir Writing Workshop with local author Kim Antieau. Through short guided writing and memory exercises, gain the confidence you need. (The Skamania Pioneer [Stevenson], 6.17.09)
Learn more about cooking simple, everyday foods in this new economy. The Stevenson Community Library, a part of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, hosts Portland cookbook author Jean Johnson Wednesday June 24, 2009. Enjoy samples as she prepares tasty dishes from local foods. (The Skamania Pioneer [Stevenson], 6.17.09)
Join members of the Friends of the Mill Creek Library, a part of the Sno-Isle Library System, for a discussion of Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” on Thursday June 18, 2009. (Millcreek Enterprise [Lynnwood], 6.17.09) http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20090617/ETP04/706179832&template=ETPZoneMCart
Seattle Public Library patrons can now chat with their local librarian – en espanol. The free service, a collaboration by the Seattle Public Library, the Washington State Library and the Online Computer Library Center, can be accessed at www.spl.org. Click the “Ask a Librarian” icon and then choose the “Chat with a Librarian in Spanish” link. (Seattle Times, 6.28.09) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009393507_librarians28m.html
Summer Reading
The White Salmon Valley Community Library, a part of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, has started their Summer Reading program and it runs through the end of August. Some of the programs offered include: A Family Movie Matinee, Puppet Theater, T-shirt Silk screening, a Juggling Show, Mexican Legends, A Creature Feature and an Outdoor Concert. (The Enterprise [White Salmon], 6.11.09)
The Roslyn Public Library has started their Summer Reading Program. Some titles the library recommends are: Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard, The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer, Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham and Unbowed by Richard Llewellyn. For more recommendations visit their website at www.roslynlibrary.org. (Northern Kittitas County Tribune [Cle Elum], 6.11.09)
The Woodinville Library, a part of the King County Library System, has started their Summer Reading Program. Some titles the library recommends are: Outliers: the Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, Fatally Flaky by Winifred Watson, Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley, Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen and Reality Check by Peter Abrahams. For more recommendations visit your local library. (North Lake News and Woodinville Weekly, 6.15.09)
Hard Times/Economy
The Quincy City Council is making another attempt at trying to gather money for a new library. The city applied for a Community Development Block Grant in November to help pay for about $850,000 of the cost but the state rejected the grant. They are now looking to apply for federal stimulus money to help them get the new library built. (Columbia Basin Herald [Moses Lake], 6.9.09)
The Whatcom County Library System board of trustees will decide Tuesday, June 16, whether to ask voters for more property tax dollars for the Whatcom County Library System. A great deal of effort has been put into the request that trustees will consider next week, this includes a citizen’s advisory committee, focus group meetings and surveying library users. If voters don’t approve a lift, new cuts will be put in place beginning January 1. (Bellingham Herald, 6.14.09) http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/948824.html
[This summary of library news was created by Bobbie DeMiero and Leanna Hammond of the Washington State Library Division of the Office of the Secretary of State. It represents a selection of newspaper clippings about Washington libraries from all Washington newspapers received in the packets on the dates shown. For more information about any of these stories, contact Carolyn Petersen at 360.570.5560 or [email protected] ]