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What is the Future for Library Subscription Databases and the SDL Project?
Back in early December, Google made a significant announcement that may have been overlooked by many librarians. Certainly I didn’t hear about it at the time; in fact, I didn’t learn about it until a week or two ago. What was the announcement? Here’s a brief excerpt:
Inaguration Day
Like any institution, the psychiatric hospital at Western State Hospital functions on routine. Meals are served, patients are given medications, and everyone participates in educational classes.
But Inaguration Day was different. On this day, staff and patients came together as a community of Americans. All classroom TVs were fixed upon this historic moment in the U.S.
Coyote Ridge Library—coming soon
I can proudly say that I have visited all of our Institutional libraries here in Washington, or at least I used to be able to. Now I have one new one that I need to visit and from the pictures I would have to say this will be one of the more impressive ones that we have. The pictures show the work in progress as the library is being set up by the dedicated staff at Coyote Ridge. They have their work cut out for them as they unpack thousands of books and CDs. Then comes the fun part, organizing everything in the most efficient and effective manner for such a large space.
Patrons: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Really, they are not all bad. Yes they have done bad things and they have gotten caught. They are now incarcerated, but occassionaly one of them might surprise you. Working in a prison library I see it all when it comes to patron types. We all have them, the quiet one that comes in every week or couple of weeks. Wouldn't really notice him or her, except that they are just like clockwork. Then there are those that when they walk in the door you cringe, you may even look for a place to hide, because you really just can't deal with them today.
Language challenge
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Walking into the Seattle Public Library you will find several floors of books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, and newspapers with many of them in different languages. This is because the library serves a diverse population and many languages are spoken by its patrons.
Inauguration Day
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| Photograph of Lincoln taken by Alexander Gardner, 1863. |
Say good-bye Seattle PI?
As part of the State Library's participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) we've been researching Washington's historic newspapers. In the process we take a chronological snapshot of the life of a paper. It is a bit like doing genealogy work.
IMLS/AAM Offer Museums Opportunity to Assess
Application deadline are due February 15, 2009
Announcement taken from GrantStation Insider; provided by GrantStation in partnership with the Washington State Legislature, Governor Gregoire, and the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED)