We’re three games into the first round of our Archives Treasures’ November Nuttiness tourney. Game 3 features 1980 documents of the Mount St. Helens eruption going up against a photo of something you don’t see every day: Tenino wooden money from the Great Depression. You can vote for your favorite using the online poll below. The poll closes Monday at 9 a.m., so make sure to vote before it’s too late.… Read more
(Photo courtesy Washington State Archives)
… Read moreNow that the "first game" is in the books, it's time for the second game of the first round in our Archives Treasures' November Nuttiness tourney. Game 2 is a Baby Boomer’s delight (or nightmare): the 1971 Satsop rock festival photos facing… Read more
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Washington students in grades 8 through 11 have until Nov. 20 to take part in an essay and… Read moreVolume 11, November 12, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) PROGRAM IN A BOX WEBINARS 2) VIRTUAL REFERENCE CONFERENCE PLANNING 3) DIGITAL LITERACY SERVICES IN ACTION WEBINAR 4) NEW AGENCY FOR HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAMS 5) MUSEUMS FOR ALL 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) PROGRAM IN A BOX WEBINARS Are you interested in starting a coding camp or… Read more
College basketball has “March Madness.” And now our popular Archives Treasures blog series has “November Nuttiness.” Since January, we’ve blogged about many of the cool and historical items and collections found in our State Archives. Not long ago, an employee here suggested having a “tournament” in which the most popular Archives Treasures based on our online polls would face each other until a champion was chosen. We liked that idea, so we’ve… Read more
Rufus (left) and Wilfred Woods inside the Wenatchee World's press room. (Photo courtesy of Wenatchee World)
One of two Washington newspaper families featured in a terrific Legacy Washington-… Read more[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] 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… Read more
A shot from the NW Washington photo album. (Courtesy Washington State Library)
At a time when politicos are watching some close election races as final numbers soon emerge, it’s fitting that our… Read moreFederal Documents for Everyday Living: Image Vol. 1 no 2 November 5, 2015. Thanksgiving Resources Federal publications and web sites Civil War: Thanksgiving Foods. Terrell, E. (2013) Library of Congress. Available at WSL! http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2013/11/civil-war-thanksgiving-foods/ Congress Establishes Thanksgiving. (n.d.). National Archives.… Read more
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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE The Washington State Library and the Collaborative Summer… Read more
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Unlike this year, Washington voters in 1890 weren’t pondering initiatives on making it harder to raise taxes or protecting endangered species. (We couldn’t even vote on statewide… Read moreSince we’re all in a voting mood with the General Election ending today, how about you vote in our monthly Library Jewels poll as well? Just choose from among our three October candidates. Our online poll closes this Friday at 5 p.m.… Read more
[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] Library Clippings for the week of October 23, 2015 Library News Anacortes releases preliminary budget (Skagit… Read more
[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] 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… Read more
[caption id="attachment_4996" align="alignright" width="227"] Image Image courtesy North Pend Oreille Heritage collection[/caption] 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)… Read more
[caption id="attachment_15394" align="alignright" width="640"] Image Pentagon in Arlington, Va. View from the SkyDome, Double Tree Hotel (Arlington), FDL Conference, October 18, 2015. Photo: Rand Simmons[/caption] From the desk of Rand Simmons Crystal Lentz and Rand Simmons attended the Federal Depository Library Conference in Arlington, VA, October 19-21, 2015. Crystal manages the Central Library of the Washington State Library (WSL) and also is… Read more
