Library Clippings for the week of February 26, 2016

Library News

Young readers donate Little Free Library to community food bank (The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, Vashon, 1/27/16)

Camas library will remain independent (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas, 2/2/16)

Council OKs library reciprocal agreement (Anacortes American, Anacortes, 2/3/16)

Buildings

White Salmon Library closing Feb. 1 for remodeling (Hood River News, Hood River, 2/3/16)

Letters & Editorials

Don’t give away S-W library (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 2/6/16)

Quirky Nest Houses Are Killing Birds and They Also Remind Us Why the Beacon Hill Library Is So Bad (The Stranger, Seattle, 2/19/16)

People

Cowiche native’s book the subject of latest Yakima Valley Community Reads (Yakima Herald, Yakima, 2/16/16)

Programs & Displays

Art center comes to Chelan library
A new Art Center and Makerspace, the first of its kind in North Central Washington, was the topic of a meeting on February 9 at the Chelan Library. A makerspace is a facility where people come together to share tools, resources, knowledge, and ideas for products and projects they want to build, market, or learn more about. It’s a place where inventiveness is nurtured and skillsets are acquired. A website, Justmakestuff.org, provides more detail about the Makerspace project. (Lake Chelan Mirror, Chelan, 2/3/16)

King County Library System starts student library accounts project (Federal Way Mirror, Federal Way, 2/5/16)

The Seattle Public Library to host Shakespeare’s First Folio exhibit for Washington State, March 21 to April 17 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, 2/7/16)

League of Teen Advisors help drive successful teen program (The Herald, Puyallup, 2/17/16)

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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].]