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 bond interest expenditures. The designated expenditures will be for books and materials, land acquisition, and machinery and equipment. (Camas-Washougal Post Record, 5.26.09)
The Digital Bookmobile owned by OverDrive Inc., a major supplier of online audio books visits the Everett Public Library and Monroe Sno-Isle Libraries branch. The Digital Bookmobile is an 18 wheel big rig equipped with broadband Internet connections, six big screen HDTVs, and 11 computer stations. (Photo) (The Daily Herald [Everett], 5.26.09) http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090526/NEWS01/705269869
The Seattle Public Library Board of Directors voted May 27 to alter the rules of conduct for the Central Library and its neighborhood branches. (Real Change [Seattle], 6.3.09) http://www.realchangenews.org/index.php/site/archives/2577/