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Clippings for the week of March 25, 2011

Library News Spokane County Library District users have been able to check out electronic books for the last year. But now the district has added access to more than 15,000 free titles that don’t have to be checked out with a library card or given back. The district is partnering with Project Gutenberg, a volunteer effort to digitize older books with expired copyrights. The titles available range from census reports to classic novels by Mark Twain.

WSL Updates for March 31, 2011

Volume 7, March 31, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT Q&A SESSION

2) FIRST TUESDAYS - SEARCH THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

3) FUNDING FOR LIBRARY SUPPORT STAFF CERTIFICATION

4) NEW YORK TIMES AVAILABLE THROUGH LIBRARIES

5) MAKING SENSE OF THE CIVIL WAR

6) CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK (SOME FREE, SOME NOT)

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1) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT Q&A SESSION

Library Legislation Tracker – March 25, 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. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.

For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above.

WSL Updates for March 24, 2011

Volume 7, March 24, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON’S LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE WINNERS 2) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT Q&A SESSION 3) BASIC WEB-BASED REFERENCE (LIBRARYU) 4) YES TO LIBRARIES! 5) COPIES OF TOBIAS WOLF’S OLD SCHOOL AVAILABLE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WASHINGTON’S LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE WINNERS The judging for the 2010-2011 Letters About Literature contest was completed last week.

Clippings for the week of March 11, 2011

WA State Library News The 8th graders at Odessa Junior High recently completed two projects on the American Revolution for their history and English classes. This project was made possible by a Supporting Student Success grant that is supported with Library Services and Technology Act funding provided by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Washington State Library. (Odessa Record, 2.10.11) Can you imagine life without commodities? Pioneer Jim Crook did just that.

WSL Updates for March 17, 2011

Volume 7, March 17, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) CONNECTING GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN

2) ASSIST IN SELECTING DATABASE PRODUCTS FOR WA LIBRARIES

3) SEQUIM GAZETTE MICROFILM AVAILABLE

4) APRIL IS THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD

5) COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANTS WEBINAR

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) CONNECTING GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN