Libraries on the Radio
Libraries vs eBooks? Check out this great radio show from Baltimore Public Radio's Midday with Dan Rodricks.
With entire books just a download away, the old fashioned library needs to work to keep up with the times.
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Libraries vs eBooks? Check out this great radio show from Baltimore Public Radio's Midday with Dan Rodricks.
Digital Updates - Volume 5, #1 - March 2010
Historical Newspapers in Washington
From the desk of Judy Pitchford
The Washington State Library has added an early Snohomish newspaper to its online offerings.
All Your NetLibrary Are Belong to EBSCO
Evidently neither OCLC nor EBSCO have any problems with secrets leaking out from their companies, because this comes as a huge shock (and us just getting our big statewide NetLibrary thing going)!Timeless Cowboy Appeal
A recent issue of the Blue Mountain News includes this delightful picture of young library patrons at the Columbia County Rural Library District library in Dayton, WA, along with CCRLD director Janet Lyon, and Will James Society member Don Britain, who presented eleven books written and illustrated by the well-known 20th-century cowboy author Will James to the library.
Washington State has Two New "Movers and Shakers"
Anyone who works in libraries in Washington State knows that there is a whole lot of moving and shaking going on.WSL hails broadband grant's impact on libraries
News Release
The Washington State Library and the library community are celebrating the approval of an $84 million grant award that will provide high-speed broadband Internet access to 57 public libraries where broadband connections are limited.
WRH 2010 Grants Now Open
Century-old flood photos from Colfax, Washington
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Gotta Keep Reading!
Ocoee Middle School in Florida put together an amazing video tribute to reading, based on the Black Eyed Peas / Oprah flash mob event in Chicago. Something inspiring for your Friday morning!