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The Statewide Database Licensing Project at the Washington State Library has had a long-term relationship with the ProQuest company, as ProQuest has held the contract for the SDL project since its inception in 1997.

Last month, we polled the state's public library directors on how the economic downturn has affected them. Almost all respondents claim that, though they are not in immediate peril of closing their doors, they are dealing with serious cutbacks in a time of even greater need.

A topic that comes up a lot in the prison system is the voting rights of inmates once they are released. Many of them wish to vote upon their release but there have been some conditions that they have had to meet in order to be able to vote. However, all of that changes for Washington ex-convicts with a new bill that passed this week. Check out more information on From Our Corner.

[caption id="attachment_535" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="McNeil Island Corrections Center Library"][/caption] According to Concise Oxford English Dictionary a library is "a building or room containing a collection of books and periodicals for use by the public or the members of an institution." With this definition I have to think that every institution in Washingto

I've been tracking news and posts about digital newspapers and came across this post (from the E-media Tidbits blog at PoynterOnline): First Electronic Daily Newspaper Published in 1939?