From Our Corner

Clippings, July 9, 2008

Clippings, July 9, 2008 “Having recently had to take up a collection to repair its streets, Malden (Whitman County Library) is struggling to raise $1,900 to keep library services for its citizens…Last month, Malden officials set up a collection cup at city hall for donations to fix potholes. (The mayor) said putting another cup on the counter for the library is too much to ask right now.” (Whitman County Gazette [Colfax], 6-26-08) The North Olympic Library System board is working with Clallam… Read more

Assessing, evaluating, and sustaining digital collections

So, now that you have a collection, what are some creative ways to evaluate, use, and grow your collections to better serve your customers/patrons/members?

Join us for the 2008 OCLC Western Digital Forum in Tacoma, WA, August 14-15.

It will be held at the… Read more

Whitman County Heritage is live!

[caption id="attachment_67" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Dionne Quintuplets advertisement"][/caption] Whitman County Heritage is the latest collection in Washington Rural Heritage to go live. The Whitman County Heritage collection was created… Read more

2008 Grant Cycle open

A new grant cycle is now open for Washington RuralHeritage. The purpose of this grant cycle is to provide grant funds to small and rural, public libraries to encourage the development of long-term sustainable digitization programs. Application deadline: Postmarked or received by August 8, 2008 Overall funding to support this grant cycle is $50,000. This grant cycle has a limit of $10,000 per application. It is… Read more

Working on San Juan Island

[caption id="attachment_74" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Home of Jim Crook at British Camp - now San Juan National Park"][/caption] Last week I was working on a project with Laura Tretter and her crew at the… Read more

Excuse our dust

[caption id="attachment_78" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Excuse our dust, San Juan Historical Museum"][/caption] I had to laugh at this sign that was hanging outside one of out buildings at the … Read more

Ritzville’s Wheat Legacy

Wheat has been a bumper crop in Eastern Washington--especially the last few years. As I've traveled, I've seen many miles of the golden crop--almost making it seem I've been transported to somewhere in the Midwest US. Record prices have made the crop a topic of conversation in many towns like Ritzville, WA. The large grain elevators in Ritzville "link the town to… Read more

Join us in Claremont – CONTENTdm Western Users Group meeting

It is time for the 2nd annual OCLC Western CONTENTdm Users Group. I'm on the planning committee and coordinating the presentation by Washington Rural Heritage participants about their collections so I feel I should plug the event.

It is scheduled for June 4-6, 2008, and… Read more

New WRH wiki for project participants

Some good news for project participants - we now have a Washington Rural Heritage wiki! The wiki is really just a collaborative web space for planning and discussion regarding the Washington Rural Heritage initiative. Libraries and other organizations participating in the Washington Rural Heritage initiative now have a new… Read more

Washington Rural Heritage Grants Awarded

Congratulations to the following libraries who were awarded LSTA grants through the Washington Rural Heritage initiative.

• Columbia County Rural… Read more

Finding Treasure in Ritzville, WA

This coin is an item from the Ritzville Public Library. Image It is part of the library's… Read more

Hitting the Road!

[caption id="attachment_118" align="alignright" width="288" caption="On the road somewhere between Ritzville and Colfax, WA"] Image [/caption] The… Read more