Dear Dewey from Western State Hospital has a new name…Dewey Digest and a new format. Check out the latest issue, “Dog Days of Summer.”
WA Secretary of State Blogs
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services | Comments Off on Dear Dewey has a New Name
Dear Dewey from Western State Hospital has a new name…Dewey Digest and a new format. Check out the latest issue, “Dog Days of Summer.”
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services | Comments Off on June 2013 Dear Dewey is Out!!!
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services, Uncategorized | Comments Off on March Issue of Western State Hospital Library Newsletter Salutes Kim Wyman
American Libraries celebrate Women’s History Month!
We salute the new Secretary of State Kim Wyman—the second woman to hold that position in Washington State. Kim served as Thurston County Auditor for 12 years prior to her election.
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Dear Dewey from WSH February 2013
Latest isssue now available, check it out here. Dear Dewey February 2013
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services | Comments Off on Dear Dewey from Western State Hospital
Dear Dewey January 2013 from Western State Hospital has arrived.
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services | Comments Off on Hail to Halloween fun @ Western State Hospital. Staff and patients dress up and party the day away! There are games, treats, and quieter fare.
Kathleen Benoun
In times past, I have told tales on wards and the treatment centers for Halloween and Christmas. So I was delighted to be invited back this year! In a quiet room surrounded by giant bean-bag chairs, I told stories old and new. My first story was a hit. “Overdue Fines” by Edo van Belkom is a cautionary tale of a vengeful librarian who resorts to black magic to punish those who chronically abuse their borrowing privileges. Unfortunately, she forgot to include herself among the overdue offenders!
Monday, October 1st, 2012 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services | Comments Off on Dear Dewey Newsletter October 2012
Check out the latest issue of Dear Dewey from Kathleen Benoun at Western State Hospital!!!
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 Posted in Articles, Institutional Library Services | Comments Off on The theme for 2011 at the Western State Hospital Library was Re-New and Re-Use!
Western State Hosptial
To re-new interest in the WSH Library, we began the year by participating in ILS Snapshot Day 1-11-11 and all branches shared stories and pictures on the State Library website. A month later, a WSH Library newsletter was introduced on campus to highlight the collection’s offerings. Starting mid-year, classes at the hospital treatment centers were entertained with a weekly show-n-tell—poetry—storytelling format library programming. District #28 Rep. Troy Kelley accepted an invitation to visit the library and WSH history museum. The Library is a major supporter of the hospital’s historical heritage and hosted a WSH Museum open-house in September.
In the spirit of thrift, Eastern and Western State Hospital staff wrote to certain publishers to seek in-kind donations. The donations received were shared with all 12 ILS branches. The Forest Institute donated good quality psych education videos to the WSH Library. Branches shared equipment and materials to maximize shelf-life. WSH Staff and patients donated books, DVDs, music CDs and artwork throughout the year.