Rand giving Sharon her 30 year pin 2012 Sharon has worked for Washington State Library for 30 years. She has been shuffled around several times as lay offs impacted her positions, but she has never lost heart. She contines to do her best work now at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton.
When I first came to the Washington Corrections Center Library in 2010 I went through a little bit of a culture shock. I had worked in other facilities, but nothing like WCC. This library serves a small population of inmates who are housed here on a long term basis, but the institution has the unique aspect of being the receiving center for all male inmates in the state of Washington. In 2011 I asked if the library could provide service to…
In these tough times it can be hard to stay positive. We wait for budget cuts to decide our fates and hope that book budgets will not disappear and libraries will not close. However, there are encouraging things that are happening. Not only did the inmates from Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) donate $1000 to their library, we received a $3000 donation from the Muckleshoot Native American Tribe for the library at Washington Corrections Center (WCC). This donation has…
Librarians at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, Washington Corrections Center Shelton, and Washington State Penitentiary, have started using kiosks at their local institutions to send overdue notices and hold pickup notices to offenders. We are also answering questions submitted by offenders. The result has been even better than expected! At Coyote Ridge, we have drastically reduced our paper usage by sending the notices over the kiosk. The new system is a win-win for staff and offenders alike; correctional officers don’t have…
Ask-WA Statistics – August, 2009 Ask-WA maintained a busy service during the month of August, with email again outpacing chat service. In numbers: Email questions received: 3821 Chat sessions requested: 3067 Chat sessions accepted: 2599 Qwidget requests (% of total): 789 (25.7%) As a cooperative we maintained an answering percentage of 84.7% for the month, which is lower than in July but remains well over the goal rate of 75%. Keep up the good work! The email aspect of the…