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Library Clippings for the week of December 18, 2015

Library News

Library holds 50th birthday party
The Connell Branch of the Mid-Columbia Library System put on a birthday party to honor their 50 years of service to the community on Thursday, November 5. (Franklin County Graphic, Connell, 11/12/15)

South Everett library still on wait list
The Everett City Council has resurrected plans for a larger, better provisioned Evergreen library branch in south Everett, but the project will likely be reshelved without substantial financial commitment. Mayor Ray Stephanson initially committed to its completion by mid-2018 but softened that statement last week. “The reality is that there are many projects and needs competing for limited funding, including our current challenges with homelessness, public safety, and other street issues… my hope is that we will be able to find funding for the project in the future,” Stephanson said in an email. The budget committee estimates the project cost in 2016 to be approximately $6 million. Council members will discuss the expansion and other capital projects at their January retreat. (Everett/Mukilteo Tribune, Snohomish, 11/18/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of November 20, 2015

Washington State Library News

State Library invites students to write ‘Letters About Literature’ (Snoqualmie Valley Record, Snoqualmie Valley, 11/4/15)

Library News

West Richland library agreement approved (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, 10/29/15)

Book it: A tree’s next life (The Herald, Everett, 11/3/15)

Concrete voters favor library annexation (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 11/4/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of November 13, 2015

Library News

Forks Transit Center to host Tiny Library (Forks Forum, Forks, 10/15/15)

Which of these shapes found on the ground should be the Library’s new logo? (The Stranger, Seattle, 10/21/15)

City to vote on new contract with Mid-Columbia Libraries (Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, 10/23/15)

Public libraries are a place for families to connect (Daily Record, Ellensburg, 10/24/15)

Library board rejects new name, logo after public resistance (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, 10/28/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of November 6, 2015

Buildings

Construction at The Center
The Center project, slated to be an educational, social, cultural, and business hub for Whitman County located at the Whitman County Library in Colfax, is moving along. Fundraising continues for the project which is estimated will cost $504,450. (Whitman County Gazette, Colfax, 10/15/15)

Letters to the Editor

Our library is changing, much for the better (The Leader, Port Townsend, 10/14/15)

Why change the books on hold service? (Issaquah Press, Issaquah, 10/15/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of October 23, 2015

Library News

Anacortes releases preliminary budget (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 10/8/15)

Holocaust Center has new home in Belltown (Daily Journal of Commerce, Seattle, 10/20/15)

Buildings

Uniontown Library project begins
On September 28, Mangum Construction of Clarkston began cutting out the old concrete floor of the former fire station garage which will be the main room of the new Uniontown Library. The existing library, which will remain open throughout construction, will become the new city clerk’s office. (Whitman County Gazette, Colfax, 10/8/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of October 9, 2015

Library News

Letters About Literature contest kicks off
The annual Letters About Literature writing contest is under way and Washington is again taking part. The contest encourages students in grades four through 12 to write letters to their favorite authors, living or dead, and explain how a particular book by the author changed their view of the world or themselves. The state’s winners will be announced in April 2016. The contest is co-sponsored by the Washington State Library (a division of the Office of the Secretary of State), the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, and the Library of Congress Center for the Book. (The Outlook, Othello, 10/1/15)

Two essay contests for students (Stanwood/Camano News, Stanwood, 10/6/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of October 2, 2015

Library News

Teen builds a Little Free Library, makes big impact in Spiritbrook neighborhood (Redmond Reporter, Kent, 9/25/15)

Washington program to offer more affordable legal advice (The Seattle Times, Seattle, 9/28/15)

Voters to decide on library access (Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, 10/2/15)

Buildings

Morton Council selects Class A biosolids approach; Friends of Library request
Betty Hutchison, representing the Friends of the Library, requested the Morton City Council consider the inclusion of funding in the upcoming City budget for the operation of a physical site for a library in Morton. After some discussion, the council requested Hutchison come back to a council meeting and present the council with a written proposal for the project. (The East County Journal, Morton, 9/30/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of September 25, 2015

Library News

County to fill library, planning positions (Spokesman Review, Spokane, 8/27/15)

SCLD looks to next chapter after ballot defeat
As SCLD moves forward after the recent ballot defeat, a new three-year strategic plan will pave the way, and the district’s board of trustees will look at other options for funding new libraries. In building upon the district’s current inventory, services, and programs, the strategic plan will look at various options such as a technology resource center that would be used not just to access and consume information, but also to create knowledge. The district will also look at ways to take library collections and services to the places where people gather; going beyond each library’s walls to extend services to the community. The Current, Liberty Lake, 9/–/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of September 18, 2015

Library News

Vandals shatter Highlands Library windows with shot (Renton Reporter, Renton, 8/14/15)

Sno-Isle Libraries crafting 2016-25 facilities plan (Monroe Monitor & Valley News, Monroe, 8/18/15)

Reopening of Sunnyside Library delayed (Daily News, Sunnyside, 8/20/15)

Timberland Regional Library Foundation to cease operations (The Vidette, Montesano, 8/20/15)

Timberland Regional Library Foundation dissolving; local library patrons likely won’t notice any differences (The Chronicle, Centralia, 8/20/15)
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Library Clippings for the week of September 11, 2015 (published September 18, 2015)

Library News

Centralia College leads effort toward statewide college library system (The Chronicle, Centralia, 8/6/15)

Valley library plan appears to have fallen short again
Spokane Valley voters again appear to have rejected a bond issue to build or refurbish libraries in their portion of the county. The $22 million proposal needed a 60 percent super-majority but was falling short of that mark in the election night tally. (Spokesman Review, Spokane, 8/5/15)

Library supporters take stock after bond defeat (Spokesman Review, Spokane, 8/6/15)
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