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WSL Updates for March 17, 2011

Volume 7, March 17, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) CONNECTING GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN

2) ASSIST IN SELECTING DATABASE PRODUCTS FOR WA LIBRARIES

3) SEQUIM GAZETTE MICROFILM AVAILABLE

4) APRIL IS THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD

5) COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANTS WEBINAR

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) CONNECTING GRANT CYCLE NOW OPEN

Clippings for the week of March 4, 2011

Library News The public is invited to join the fifth-birthday celebration of the Benton City library building, a part of the Mid-Columbia Library System, from 10-2pm, Saturday, February 19. A non-perishable food item is asked as donation to the Benton City Food Bank as a memorial to Bill Brazelton, a staunch library supporter who recently passed away. (Benton City Bulletin, 2.2011) The Edmonds Carnegie Library, a part of Sno-Isle Libraries, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary with a free event at 5 p.m., February 17 at the Edmonds Historical Society.

WSL Updates for March 10, 2011

Volume 7, March 10, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS RENEWAL & RECRUITMENT

2) MANAGING REFERENCE SERVICE IN A SMALL LIBRARY

3) CELEBRATE PRESERVATION WEEK 2011

4) SPRING AHEAD TO PREPARE FOR DISASTERS

5) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS RENEWAL & RECRUITMENT

Clippings for the week of February 25, 2011

Library News The East Side Library was on the list of Spokane Public Library branches threatened to close last year, partly because it has one of the lower usage rates in the city. One reason for the low attendance could be the 2,296 blocked library cards issued from that branch. A card is blocked if there is more than a $10 fine on it. The East Side Library is owed $27,568 in outstanding fines from library cardholders.

Help Review Database Products for WA Libraries

The Statewide Database Licensing (SDL) project requests your assistance in reviewing database products to help determine which products will be available to Washington libraries for the next several years. Reviews will need to be completed between March 14 and March 31, 2011. Scoring from these reviews is crucial to the selection process, and will contribute significantly to the overall scores assigned to each vendor's proposal(s).

Vendors can propose products in one or more of three categories:

WSL Updates for March 3, 2011

Volume 7, March 3, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) WASHINGTON RURAL HERITAGE GRANT CYCLE OPENS

2) NEW SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS GRANT CYCLE OPENING

3) HELP REVIEW DATABASE PRODUCTS FOR WA LIBRARIES

4) CELEBRATE NATIONAL BOOKMOBILE DAY

5) MONEY SMART WEEK IN WASHINGTON

6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK

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1) WASHINGTON RURAL HERITAGE GRANT CYCLE OPENS