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Library Clippings for the week of February 26, 2016

Library News

Young readers donate Little Free Library to community food bank (The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, Vashon, 1/27/16)

Camas library will remain independent (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas, 2/2/16)

Council OKs library reciprocal agreement (Anacortes American, Anacortes, 2/3/16)

Buildings

White Salmon Library closing Feb. 1 for remodeling (Hood River News, Hood River, 2/3/16)
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Library Clippings for the week of February 19, 2016

Library News

Vandalized bench
A bench, donated to the Newport Library by Mary Yann in memory of her late husband, Garry Yann, was vandalized sometime between January 17 and January 19. The book drop at the library has been vandalized recently as well, with a garbage can emptied into the drop. Library officials say a group of people have been spotted hanging out in front of the library late at night. (Newport Miner, Newport, 1/27/16)

Little library that could (The Whidbey Examiner, Coupeville, 1/28/16)

Buildings

Reminder: library moving to temporary service (The Enterprise, White Salmon, 1/28/16)
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Library Clippings for the week of February 12, 2016

Library News

Mayor outlines library plan (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 1/27/16)

Clean sweep
About 20 junior high and high school students from The River Academy in Wenatchee volunteered a Friday afternoon in January to dust shelves at the Wenatchee Public Library. The school’s students try to do several service projects around town throughout the school year. (The Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, 1/28/16)

Pend Oreille County Library District officer elected
Katherine Schutte will continue as chair of the Pend Oreille County Library District for one more year as a result of elections held at the district’s November board meeting. Jane Miller Floyd will remain as vice-chair and Diane Stone will take on the secretary responsibilities. (Newport Miner, Newport, 1/20/16)
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Library Clippings for the week of February 5, 2016

Washington State Library News

The Washington State Library illuminates rural digital collections with visual mapping (OCLC, online, 1/26/16)

Library News

City Council seeks additional details about FVRL annexation (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas, 1/12/16)

Vashon Friends of the Library looking to build on success, growth (The Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, Vashon, 1/13/16)

Turning the page on independence? (The Columbian, Vancouver, 1/14/16)
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Library Clippings for the week of January 29, 2016

Library News

New Little Free Library opens to community in Snoqualmie (Snoqualmie Valley Record, Snoqualmie, 1/6/16)

Library system sets check-out record (The Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, 1/7/16)

Digital archives increase with partnership (The Daily Evergreen, Pullman, 1/11/16)

Timberland Library business manager charged in King County prostitution sting (The Chronicle, Centralia, 1/12/16)

Olympia man charged in prostitution sting (The Olympian, Olympia, 1/13/16)
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Library Clippings for the week of January 22, 2016

Library News

School winners: little libraries (The Herald, Snohomish, 12/21/15)

Stolen library DVDs worth $2,000 found (Stanwood/Camano News, Stanwood, 12/22/15)

biz bits: Good deeds
Waste Management presented a $1,500 donation on December 17 to the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation. The donation was part of a collaboration between Waste Management and the Glassybaby White Light Fund. (The Herald, Everett, 12/21/15)

Leona Clarno leaves $20,000 to library (The Times, Waitsburg, 12/24/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of January 15, 2016

Library News

Everett Public Library’s historic mural gets a makeover (The Herald, Everett, 12/16/15)

New library effort over (Spokesman Review, Spokane, 12/17/15)

LVCU donates $10,000 to Sunnyside Community Library
Lower Valley Credit Union presented the Sunnyside Community Library with a donation in the amount of $10,000 on December 8, 2015. The donated funds updated the library’s two technology work rooms which are available to students and the public alike. The donation also funded a hand painted mural displayed in the children’s section of the updated library, and contributed to purchasing various pieces of furniture that were placed throughout the building. (Record-Bulletin, Prosser, 12/23/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of January 8, 2016

Library News

Growing literacy and community (Camas-Washougal Post-Record, Camas, 12/8/15)

Library board trustee position open
The Denny Ashby Library Board of Trustees has an opening for a Garfield County resident who cares about libraries and is interested in actively promoting the library in the community. Applications were due on December 28, 2015. The library board will review the applications and make recommendations to the Garfield County Commissioners for appointment. (East Washingtonian, Pomeroy, 12/9/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of December 31, 2015

Library News

Land bought for new library (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, 11/29/15)

SCLD takes community-first approach to planning
The Spokane County Library District (SCLD) is nearing the completion of its three-year Community Engagement Plan. “The Community Engagement Plan is essentially our strategic plan for 2016-2018,” SCLD Deputy Director Patrick Roewe said. Based on the plan, areas of strategic focus will include early learning, business and career readiness, education and enrichment, and digital information and sharing. More information on the plan will be available later this year on the District’s website, www.scld.org, or at any of the library locations. (The Current, Liberty Lake, 12/–/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of December 24, 2015

Library News

Local libraries feel crunch of lower property values (The Sequim Gazette, Sequim, 11/25/15)

Local residents become naturalized citizens
Twenty-nine people from 17 nations became U.S. citizens recently in a special naturalization ceremony at the Renton Library. Gary Wasdin, King County Library System director, was the keynote speaker. (Tukwila Reporter, Kent, 12/–/15)

Sedro-Woolley votes to continue moratorium (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 12/11/15)

Letters & Editorials

Library vital during outage (Spokesman Review, Spokane, 11/28/15)
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