Library Clippings for the week of January 29, 2016

Library News

New Little Free Library opens to community in Snoqualmie (Snoqualmie Valley Record, Snoqualmie, 1/6/16)

Library system sets check-out record (The Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, 1/7/16)

Digital archives increase with partnership (The Daily Evergreen, Pullman, 1/11/16)

Timberland Library business manager charged in King County prostitution sting (The Chronicle, Centralia, 1/12/16)

Olympia man charged in prostitution sting (The Olympian, Olympia, 1/13/16)

Buildings

Library and Central Stage Theatre team up for building projects (Central Kitsap Reporter, Silverdale, 1/8/16)

Remodeled Rainier Beach branch library opens (The Seattle Times, Seattle, 1/22/16)

People

What is the price of progress? (Seattle Weekly, Seattle, 1/20/16)

Awards

Award for Mid-Columbia Libraries
Mid-Columbia Libraries received the Presidential Award from the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce during its Una Noche Caliente event in December. (Tri-City Area Journal of Business, Kennewick, 1/–/16)

Programs & Displays

New book club gets out of the library (The Olympian, Olympia, 1/1/16)

Kids learn science magic at break (Marysville Globe, Marysville, 1/2/16)

Sno-Isle Libraries launches online service Beanstack to personalize recommendations (Monroe Monitor & Valley News, Monroe, 1/12/16)

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[This summary of library news represents a selection of current newspaper clippings about Washington libraries received from Washington newspapers. The summary is created by Marilyn Lindholm of the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. For further information about this summary or the clippings listed, contact Shirley Lewis at 360-570-5567 or [email protected].]