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2008 Grant Cycle open

A new grant cycle is now open for Washington RuralHeritage.
The purpose of this grant cycle is to provide grant funds to small and rural, public libraries to encourage the development of long-term sustainable digitization programs.
Application deadline: Postmarked or received by August 8, 2008 Overall funding to support this grant cycle is $50,000. This grant cycle has a limit of $10,000 per application.

i-Spy?

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"In June 2013, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden perpetrated the largest and most damaging public release of classified

Western State Hospital - A library newsletter story

From the desk of Kathleen Benoun It is said that there’s an opportunity during every crisis. In 2011, the branch libraries of the Washington State Library learned that their book budgets had been severely cut. Magazine subscriptions dwindled and there was no money for new materials. At the same time, several units at the Western State Hospital were restricted from certain areas on campus that included the library building. Library attendance dwindled.

Newly Received Federal Publications -- January to March 2017

The following publications were received during January - March 2017. This list is provided to create an awareness of the breadth and depth of the Washington State Library’s federal publications collection and to alert readers to specific titles available to them either online or in print (or other tangible mediums such as microfiche).
The titles included in this document represent the many valuable publications produced by the Government Publishing Office (GPO) and distributed to federal depository libraries through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).