Updates

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.

Volume 6, February 4, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) MARCH 1 LAUNCH FOR OCLC DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS

2) BTOP & BIP – HOW TO CONNECT WEBINAR

3) SINGLE-SEARCH ACCESS THROUGH WORLDCAT LOCAL

4) TECHTRENDS – ALA MIDWINTER 2010

5) FREE WILL JAMES BOOK TITLES

6) FUNDING FOR HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES

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1) MARCH 1 LAUNCH FOR OCLC DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS

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.

Washington State Library News A big round of spending cuts is coming to the Washington State Library, and agency leaders said it means 31 lost jobs and elimination of work to preserve many of the state’s oldest historic documents. “It’s over a third of our staff, if the governor’s budget goes through, which is what makes this so devastating,” State Librarian Jan Walsh says.

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.

Volume 6, January 28, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) THE FEMINIST BROADSIDE WITH ARTISTS O’LEARY AND SPRING

2) FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY – SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS

3) VALUE OF LIBRARIES SURVEY

4) SCIENCE & MATH RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

5) FREE WORLDCAT HOLDINGS WEBINAR FROM OCLC

6) WEBJUNCTION ONLINE CONFERENCE – TECHNOLOGY ESSENTIALS 2010

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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.

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 News As little as seven years ago, borrowers at the North Central Regional Library had to list, in long hand, all the books and videos they were checking out. Today library users are downloading digital books and the software to use them on a variety of devices, from iPhones and BlackBerrys to the Sony Reader. Downloadable audio books, which have been available in the system for about three years, have become extremely popular.

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.