December 10th, 2015 Marilyn Lindholm Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, News, Updates Comments Off on Clippings November 20, 2015 (published December 10, 2015)
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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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December 3rd, 2015 Shirley Lewis Posted in For Libraries, News, Training and Continuing Education, Updates Comments Off on WSL Updates for December 3, 2015
Volume 11, December 03, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) EGGBOT ROBOTICS KIT NOW AVAILABLE FOR SIGN UP & CIRCULATION
2) BECOME A STATE-APPROVED CHILD CARE TRAINER
3) 2016 LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE DAY
4) REFERENCE SERVICES COURSE OFFERED ONLINE
5) IMLS FOCUS CONFERENCE 2015
6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
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December 2nd, 2015 Marilyn Lindholm Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, News, Uncategorized, Updates Comments Off on Clippings November 13, 2015 (published December 2, 2015)
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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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November 19th, 2015 Shirley Lewis Posted in For Libraries, News, Technology and Resources, Updates Comments Off on WSL Updates for November 19, 2015
Volume 11, November 19, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) DECEMBER FIRST TUESDAYS WEBINAR
2) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CONTEST
3) STAR LIBRARY EDUCATION NETWORK
4) NO WSL UPDATES NOVEMBER 26, 2015
5) NCCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK & WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30
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November 10th, 2015 Marilyn Lindholm Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, News, Uncategorized, Updates Comments Off on Clippings November 6, 2015 (published November 10, 2015)
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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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November 5th, 2015 Shirley Lewis Posted in For Libraries, News, Training and Continuing Education, Updates Comments Off on WSL Updates for November 5, 2015
Volume 11, November 5, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE
2) FREE BOOKS FOR WASHINGTON LIBRARIES
3) NN/LM PNR WEBINARS
4) LIBRARY AS PUBLISHER: FROM GATEKEEPER TO GARDENER
5) HIRING THE RIGHT CONSULTANT WEBINAR
6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK
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November 4th, 2015 Marilyn Lindholm Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, News, Updates Comments Off on Clippings October 23, 2015 (published November 4, 2015)
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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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November 3rd, 2015 Marilyn Lindholm Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, News, Updates Comments Off on Clippings October 9, 2015 (published Nov. 3, 2015)
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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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November 2nd, 2015 Marilyn Lindholm Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, News, Updates Comments Off on Clippings October 2, 2015 (published November 2, 2015)
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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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October 30th, 2015 Marilyn Lindholm Posted in For Libraries, For the Public, News, Updates Comments Off on Clippings September 25, 2015 (published October 30, 2015)
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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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