Given the current revenue situation for the state, we have speeded production of our informational factsheets for the Washington State Library. These factsheets are available for your use and provide information on how the State Library has directly benefited your libraries and the residents who use your libraries. These factsheets are arranged by legislative district.

The fact sheets for 2010 are available at: http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/libraries/projects/factsheets/.

You will note that we have used a somewhat longer format this year.  Not only do we have additional projects to showcase such as Downloadable Audiobooks, we have also added a section on return in investment in the Washington State Library.

The return on investment section notes, for instance, that $1.00 invested in Washington State Library state funding, and counted as Maintenance of Effort, returns $1.94 in federal library funding.

It shows that our partnership with libraries across the state and with NoaNet, our public utility district broadband partner, has returned over $138,800,000 in federal broadband grants to Washington.

It shows that our efforts to work closely with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has resulted in over $2,000,000 in funding for use as broadband match, and for use with our Renew Washington program.

If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.