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WSL SDL RFP released

WSL SDL RFP released

That little soupçon of alphabet soup is supposed to indicate the following: The Washington State Library (WSL), a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, announces the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Statewide Database Licensing (SDL) project. The RFP seeks vendors to provide databases in one of three categories: A database package of primarily full text magazine and journal articles covering a wide variety of subject areas and topics providing a minimum of 2500…

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Tax the Unmarried, Pay for Social Security

Tax the Unmarried, Pay for Social Security

From the pages of the Tacoma Times, Sept. 30, 1910. In September of 1910, officials from the Finance Ministry in Paris were scrambling to come up with ways to pay for the French Old Age Pensions bill, a compulsary insurance plan similar to social security.  The Minister of Finance, M. Cochery, asked clerks to come up with ideas and was bombarded with suggestions, some ideas were “decidedly original” and some that were “highly impracticle.” Among the proposed subjects of taxation: “Bachelors and old maids;…

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WSL Updates for November 24, 2010

WSL Updates for November 24, 2010

Volume 6, November 24, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FACT SHEETS RELEASED 2) MISSING NEWSPAPER ISSUES 3) STEPHEN ABRAMS – LIBRARIES AT THE TIPPING POINT 4) LAURA BUSH GRANT PROVIDES BOOKS FOR K-12 LIBRARIES 5) GETTING READY IN INDIAN COUNTRY 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

WSL Updates for November 18, 2010

WSL Updates for November 18, 2010

Volume 6, November 18, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) NEW DIGITAL COLLECTION – WAHKIAKUM COUNTY HERITAGE 2) FIRST TUESDAYS – DOES YOUR AUDIENCE HEAR YOU? 3) WSL HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS ADDS ARGUS 4) 2010 ADULT SUMMER READING SURVEY 5) ONLINE CONFERENCE – SERVING THE 21ST CENTURY PATRON 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

New Classics in Washington History

New Classics in Washington History

From the desk of Judy Pitchford Volume 5, # 2 –  November 2010   Historical Newspapers in Washington   The Puget Sound Argus of Port Townsend (1882-1883) has been added to Washington State Library’s Online Historic Newspapers, available at http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers_detail.aspx?t=44. The collection now includes approximately nine years of Port Townsend newspapers, ranging from 1875 to 1883. The collection also contains newspapers from ten other Washington cities. Additional newspapers will be added as soon as indexing is completed. Our volunteer indexers…

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WSL Updates for November 11, 2010

WSL Updates for November 11, 2010

Volume 6, November 11, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 2) FREE MICROSOFT ONLINE COURSES FOR JOB SEEKERS 3) IMLS ACCESSIBILITY WEB PAGE 4) IF YOU LOVE THEM, LET THEM FLOAT! 5) BUILDING THE DIGITAL BRANCH 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

WSL Updates for September 30, 2010

WSL Updates for September 30, 2010

Volume 6, September 30, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) SDL NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEYS 2) WSL CONTRIBUTES 115,000 PAGES TO CHRONICLING AMERICA 3) FIRST TUESDAYS PRESENTS SUMMER READING PREVIEW 4) FREE PRESERVATION WORKSHOPS 5) LAURA BUSH 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN GRANTS 6) STRETCH DONATIONS FOR NOLO BOOKS 7) TRAVEL GRANTS TO ATTEND ALA MIDWINTER 8) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

State Library Contributes 23 Newspaper Titles to Chronicling America

State Library Contributes 23 Newspaper Titles to Chronicling America

The Washington State Library recently contributed another 23,000 historic newspaper pages from seven newspapers to Chronicling America, making Washington State’s contribution to the program a total of 23 titles and over 115,000 pages. Read and research issues from these and other newspapers around the U.S. for free at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.  There are now 23 newspapers from Washington State currently included in Chronicling America:   Cayton’s Monthly, 1921 Cayton’s Weekly, 1917-1921 Colfax Gazette, 1900-1912   Colville Examiner, 1907-1922 Commonwealth (Everett), 1911-1914 Co-operative News, 1917-1921 Daily Republican (Seattle),…

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WSL Updates for August 19, 2010

WSL Updates for August 19, 2010

Volume 6, August 19, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) JAN’S FINAL WASHINGTON READS 2) APPLY FOR A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON 3) HISTORICAL PORT TOWNSEND PAPER GOES ONLINE 4) BOOKS FOR BABIES MATCHING GRANTS 5) ARE YOU READY? COMES TO SPOKANE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK 7) LSSC OFFERS COURSE SUBSIDIES