Clippings for the week of May 6, 2011
News
Library Legislation Tracker - May 6, 2011
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries.WSL Updates for May 12, 2011
Volume 7, May 12, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE – NATIONAL WINNER 2) TIPS AND TRICKS FOR COMMUNITY READS 3) WTBI TRAINING – LAST CHANCE FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON 4) CELEBRATE ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 5) SHARPEN YOUR WEBSITE – HTML, CSS, AND BEYOND 6) ONLINE CLASSES IN PRESERVATION 7) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE – NATIONAL WINNER The Washington State Library is very pleased to a
SDL Chooses ProQuest Again
Clippings for the week of April 29, 2011
Washington Library News
Critics Thursday focused on the plan’s potential effect on the State Library, which would be removed from Reed’s office and consolidated into the new department. His agency says the library has already seen its budget cut by more than a third and its staff cut by more than half.
WSL Updates for May 5, 2011
Volume 7, May 5, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE WORKSHOP – DO IT YOURSELF PAPER REPAIR 2) SDL CHOOSES PROQUEST AGAIN 3) MAY IS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH 4) TRANSFORMING OUR IMAGE 5) SPRING CLEAN YOUR WEBSITE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE WORKSHOP – DO IT YOURSELF PAPER REPAIR Learn basic repair techniques with local book artist and paper conservator, Gudrun Aurand.
Clippings for the week of April 22, 2011
Washington Library News
The Columbia County Rural Library District is announcing their participation in the Washington State Library’s ‘Libraries at Light Speed’ project. The project will enable the library to receive high speed fiber optic connectivity with the potential of transmission speeds of 100 megabits per second (100 mpbs). (Dayton Chronicle, 3.23.11)
Supporters of the threatened state history museums in Tacoma, Spokane and Olympia have found money that might keep them open.
WSL Updates for April 28, 2011
Volume 7, April 28, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WANTED – DIGITAL PROJECTS LIBRARIAN 2) BOOK ARTS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS 3) FIRST TUESDAYS – WASHINGTON CONNECTION 4) PROVIDING LIBRARY SERVICES ACROSS CULTURES 5) GRANTS FOR HUMANITIES COLLECTIONS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WANTED – DIGITAL PROJECTS LIBRARIAN The Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Library is recruiting for a permanent, full-time Digital Projects Librarian
Library Legislation Tracker - April 22, 2011
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. The Washington Library Association (WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries.