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Protecting the treasures of Washington State, or a peek into the vault.

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The Washington State Library has a collection of very special books we keep in our “vault”. This includes the Territorial Library Collection, as well as many other beautiful and rare books. These books are old and fragile and special considerations need to be used to view them. If you make an appointment and travel to Olympia during the library's open hours, we would love to help you view these rare books. However thanks to the wonders of modern digitization many of these titles are available in digital format through the internet archive.

OCLC features Washington Rural Heritage maps and timelines

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From the desk of Evan Robb The Washington Rural Heritage project was recently featured in a piece by OCLC—the company behind CONTENTdm. The piece highlights our use of interactive maps, geo-referenced digital objects, and timelines, using free tools from Northwestern University's Knight Labs.

WSL Updates for December 10, 2015

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Volume 11, December 10, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) VIRTUAL REFERENCE CONFERENCE 2) TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE 3) BUILDING BRIDGES CONFERENCE 4) DECEMBER PNR RENDEZVOUS 5) EARLY LEARNING PLAN UPDATE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) VIRTUAL REFERENCE CONFERENCE Does your library have a VR program? Have you considered adding virtual reference to your library’s toolkit?

Clippings November 13, 2015 (published December 2, 2015)

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Dispatches from the Newport Miner, 1907-08

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From the Desk of Marlys Rudeen - Former Washington Deputy State Librarian Let’s take a look at Newport in the early part of the 20^th century through the lens of the local newspaper. Front page news articles focus on the shipping, mining and lumber industries that provide the life blood for Newport and its surrounding areas, and on the railroads that allow that lifeblood to flow freely. The lives of the residents are usually chronicled further back in the paper.