Volume 7, August 4, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) NEW LEGACY PROJECT FEATURE “MAKES HISTORY” 2) LAST CHANCE TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE 3) CONNECT THE DOTS PRESENTATIONS ONLINE 4) DIGITAL PRESERVATION – WHAT’S NOW, WHAT’S NEXT? 5) DOES YOUR LIBRARY USE TWITTER OR FACEBOOK? 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
Several of our office’s divisions (namely, the State Archives, State Library and Legacy Project) specialize in digging up nuggets from Washington’s state and territorial history and highlighting them for the public to learn and enjoy. The latest example is a new feature called HistoryMakers. Our Legacy Project created it, and it’s found on our website. HistoryMakers is a free online biographical database of Washington elected officials and activists from territorial times to the present. There are about 300 entries so…