Library Legislation Tracker – February 22, 2010
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.
Updates
WSL Updates for February 18, 2010
Volume 6, February 18, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) FREE EARLY LITERACY TRAINING FROM WSL
2) EFFECTIVELY SERVING PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES
3) FREE WEBJUNCTION COURSES FOR ALL WA LIBRARY STAFF
4) R U REDY? NEW WESTPAS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP
5) PUBLIC LIBRARIANS IN TECHNICAL SERVICES – E-FORUM DISCUSSION
6) CATALOGING ICKY THINGS – ALCTS WEBINAR
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Library Legislation Tracker – February 15, 2010
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.
The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.Clippings, February 12, 2010
Washington State Library News
Whitman Library director Kristie Kirkpatrick visited with legislators from the 9th District in Olympia last Friday to discuss Governor Gregoire’s proposed budget for 2010. The budget proposal contains deep cuts to the Washington State Library that would impact many of the programs and services now offered by Whitman County Library. Kirkpatrick asked the legislators to support restoring $987,000 to Washington State Library’s budget in order to preserve federal funds that last year amounted to $3,328,627.
Library Legislation Tracker – February 12, 2010
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.
The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.Library Legislation Tracker – February 10, 2010
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.
The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.Clippings, February 5, 2010
Washington State Library News
Governor Christine Gregoire proposed cuts of $2 million in the next two-year budget cycle for the Washington State Library. While it may seem like a local story for Olympia, it really is local for the entire state. The cuts mean a loss of 31 jobs and elimination of work to preserve many of the state’s oldest historic documents, according to Washington State Librarian Jan Walsh.
Clippings King County Elections Special Edition, February 5, 2010
Elections
Simple economics mean that Valley libraries keep seeing increased business in a recession. After all, patrons can check out a book, free of charge. But libraries themselves don’t operate for nothing. The King County Library System goes before voters February 9 with Proposition 1, a requested levy lid lift, boosting the tax revenues that libraries receive.
WSL Updates for February 11, 2010
Volume 6, February 11, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list
Topics include:
1) FIRST TUESDAYS – TOP WEBSITES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
2) DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS OCLC ORDER FORM
3) TAX UPDATE – DIGITAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
4) WORLDCAT LOCAL QUICK START WEB INFORMATION SESSIONS
5) WEBINAR – LOOKING BEYOND LIBRARIES FOR INNOVATION AND INSPIRATION
6) LIBRARY LAWS FOR THE WEB ENVIRONMENT – THE MOBILE USER
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Library Legislation Tracker – February 08, 2010
Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest.