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The impact of IMLS on Washington: A story told in maps

The impact of IMLS on Washington: A story told in maps

Here at the State Library we love maps.  We have a large number of maps in our collection, some which have been digitized and many, many more in our stacks. In recent years we’ve fallen in love with something called Storymaps, which is a web platform that allows you to create maps to tell a story.  As our service area includes the entire state we’ve found it to be a fun and different way to tell the State Library’s story. …

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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS 2011

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS 2011

The new year started off with a bang. On 1/11/11 we hosted Library Snapshot Day at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. The day really highlighted who we are and what we do everyday. Inmates had their photos taken in the library and were told how their friends and families could access their pictures on Facebook. Jump to March and the hot issue became library expansion. Laura and I met with our Associate Supt to talk about expanding the library…

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