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
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…