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Reed awarded top open-government honor

Reed awarded top open-government honor

Secretary of State Sam Reed, who has made government transparency and access to public records a signature issue during his three terms, is the 2011 winner of the James Madison Award of the Washington Coalition for Open Government. Reed, who leaves office after his term ends in early January, 2013, was honored at the non-partisan group’s annual awards event in Seattle on Friday, a day when he was also the acting governor. The award honors Reed’s “appreciation for, and dedication…

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Walking to Lake Union

Walking to Lake Union

While he was in Seattle for meetings on Wednesday, Secretary Reed took time during the noon hour to walk with some staffers and volunteers at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library. The group strolled to South Lake Union Park and back to the library.

More national recognition for WTBBL

More national recognition for WTBBL

The award-winning Washington Talking Book & Braille Library continues to receive well-deserved recognition and praise. The latest example is a feature piece about WTBBL and the Kentucky Talking Book Library that is found on the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ website. WTBBL also will be featured in the IMLS newsletter, Primary Sources. And check out this blog post by WTBBL Program Manager Danielle Miller about her library being mentioned on the IMLS website. WTBBL is part of the Washington…

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Tea and Ten-Squared

Tea and Ten-Squared

Photo courtesy of Washington Talking Book & Braille Library The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library hosted its seventh annual Ten-Squared event last weekend, celebrating its patrons who are 100 years or older.  WTBBL currently has 50 patrons who have reached this milestone. Four centenarians and their guests attended the event, along with staff from Washington State Library, WTBBL and the Office of Secretary of State. The photo features in the front row, from left: Faith Callahan (age 106), Edna…

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Check out Library Snapshot Day Tuesday

Check out Library Snapshot Day Tuesday

Washington State Library staff member Laura Robinson works with a volunteer indexing historic newspapers of Washington State. Whether you regularly use a library or just occasionally visit one, you know and appreciate what libraries have to offer – books, magazines, newspapers, Internet access, reference info and tips, and much more. And of course, there are those helpful librarians ready to help you use a computer, research your family history or assist you with whatever informational quest on which you’re embarking….

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Oooh, that’s a scary cassette player!

Oooh, that’s a scary cassette player!

Photo courtesy of Washington Talking Book & Braille Library Pumpkins are so passé. The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle celebrated Halloween by decorating its soon-to-be-obsolete C-1 cassette players for talking books. Now, THAT is being resourceful.  Besides, how many jack-o’-lanterns can play tapes? WTBBL is part of the Washington State Library, which is a division of the Office of Secretary of State.

Celebrating in Seattle …

Celebrating in Seattle …

Friends of the acclaimed Washington Talking Book and Braille Library will gather at the Seattle facility on Wednesday to celebrate the service receiving the best-in-the-country award from the Library of Congress. Danielle Miller, program manager, and Jan Walsh,  State Librarian at the Office of Secretary of State, were in Washington, D.C., last week to receive the award and will headline the celebration at WTBBL headquarters (2021 9th Avenue in downtown Seattle) at 10 a.m.   Patrons, staff and volunteers will be…

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