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WSL Updates for April 21, 2011

Volume 7, April 21, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FEED YOUR BRAIN 2) EARLY LEARNING EXCHANGE 3) MAYDAY! MAYDAY! 4) OUR AUTHORS, OUR ADVOCATES 5) WEBWISE 2011 WEBCASTS NOW AVAILABLE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FEED YOUR BRAIN Feed your brain at the College Librarians and Media Specialists (CLAMS) spring conference, jointly sponsored by CLAMS and the Library Media Directors Council (LMDC).

Clippings for the week of April 8, 2011

WA State Library News The Odessa Public Library has partnered with the Odessa Historic Museum and the Odessa High School to identify and research items housed at the museum that pertain to the founding fathers of Odessa and earliest history of the Odessa Township and surrounding area. Evan Robb is in Odessa for several days courtesy of the Washington State Library, to help with the museum project that partnered with the State Library.

WSL Updates for April 14, 2011

Volume 7, April 14, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 2) 2011 IS DÍA’S BIG YEAR! 3) LOVE. TALK. PLAY. 4) ENRICH YOUR LIBRARY 5) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WASHINGTON NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM The Washington State Library routinely microfilms Washington newspapers as part of its mission to preserve and make accessible materials on the history and culture of the state.

Clippings for the week of April 1, 2011 - MINI EDITION

FULL SERVICE WILL RESUME ON FRIDAY, APRIL 15TH WA State Library News One way or another, budget writers in the Legislature are moving closer to saving the Washington State History Museum in downtown Tacoma, along with the state’s other history museums, from cuts laid out by the governor. 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.

WSL Updates for April 7, 2011

Volume 7, April 7, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) MATH AND SCIENCE LITERACY TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANS

2) TARGET STORE GRANTS SUPPORT READING PROGRAMS

3) IFFLA SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY

4) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) MATH AND SCIENCE LITERACY TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANS