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Giving New voice to Thomas Handforth, a Northwest artist with global perspective

Giving New voice to Thomas Handforth, a Northwest artist with global perspective

With grant support from the Washington State Library, the Tacoma Public Library (TPL) recently completed a year-long digitization project to preserve and share the work of artist Thomas Handforth (1897-1948). Best known for his children’s book Mei Li, which won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration, Handforth was born in Tacoma, and studied art at the University of Washington. Some of his early etchings and anatomical drawings stem from when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1918, serving in…

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Congrats to Teeler and the Tacoma Public Library, winners of the 2012 Teen Video Challenge!

Congrats to Teeler and the Tacoma Public Library, winners of the 2012 Teen Video Challenge!

The winner of the 2012 Teen Video Challenge for the state of Washington has been announced!  Own the Night by Teeler brought home first place this year.  His video was created at the Story Lab at the Tacoma Public Library.  He will win $275 and his library will receive $150 from the Collaborative Summer Library Program(CSLP), the organization sponsoring the contest. The video and accompanying song were created by Teeler.  The beat was provided by PeonBeats and remixed by Teeler.    Teeler would like to…

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Ask-WA(tch): Stats, Kudos and Comments for Oct 2009

Ask-WA(tch): Stats, Kudos and Comments for Oct 2009

Ask-WA Statistics – October, 2009 Ask-WA picked up significantly in October, beating September and August in every category. Except Qwidget requests, which remained about even, percentage-wise. In numbers: Email questions received: 4287 Chat sessions requested: 5303 Chat sessions accepted: 4343 Qwidget requests (% of total): 1282 (24.2%) As a cooperative we maintained an answering percentage of 81.9% for the month, which is down nearly 5% from September (probably because of the increased traffic), but remains well over the goal rate…

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Clippings, June 17, 2009

Clippings, June 17, 2009

Clippings, June 17, 2009 Library News The goal of the Friends of the Library, organizers of the “I Topped the Rock to Save the Library” event, is to raise $12,000 to keep the Castle Rock Library open through next April.  A library levy failed in November by just nine votes, another levy is on the August 18 ballot.  (Photo) (Daily News [Longview], 5.23.09) http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/05/23/top_story/doc4a17500d23b26387147931.txt Despite the objections of one of its members, the Camas City Council approved $550,000 in library…

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