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WSL Updates for April 22, 2010

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Volume 6, April 22, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) WTBBL WINS NETWORK LIBRARY OF THE YEAR AWARD

2) WASHINGTON READS - TASTES OF WASHINGTON, PART II

3) PNLA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE - APPLY NOW

4) JOIN THE MAYDAY MOVEMENT

5) ALA LAUNCHES ITS FIRST PRESERVATION WEEK

6) DO YOU DEWEY 200? RELIGION & PUBLIC LIBRARIES

7) GEORGE AND JOAN ON SUCCESSFUL MIDDLE MANAGEMENT

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McSweeney’s ‘Panorama’ Says Newspapers Still Relevant

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WNYC's NPR show, On the Media, has a ten-minute story on Dave Eggers' recent one-off publication, a newspaper-style printing called Panorama. This McSweeney's publication is cited as "a celebration of the print form and a demonstration of why newspapers are still uniquely relevant in the digital era."

Clippings, April 9, 2010

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Library News Timberland Regional Library will install a major upgrade of the library catalog system in mid-May. The new system is expected to include several useful new features. In order to train all public services staff, the 27 Timberland library branches will be closed one day each between April 12 and April 30. All Timberland libraries will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, May 10 and 11 for installation. The new system is scheduled to "go live" on May 13.

The Huffington Post Celebrates National Library Week

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In recognition of National Library Week, the Huffington Post's Art Brodsky has posted a timely article decrying the all-too-frequent budget crisis in libraries across the country.

WSL Updates for April 15, 2010

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Volume 6, April 15, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS - MONEY STILL AVAILABLE

2) ASK-WA - ALL YOUR REFERENCE IN ONE PLACE

3) IN THE NEWS - RENEW WASHINGTON

4) ALA ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

5) HOW LIBRARIES STACK UP - 2010

6) NW DOCUMENTARY FILM RELEASED

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1) SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS - MONEY STILL AVAILABLE

Why Neil Gaiman Loves Libraries

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Neil Gaiman talks about why he loves libraries. Celebrating National Library Week:

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Library Legislation Tracker – April 13, 2010

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Courtesy Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association State Bills of Interest. This tracker covers the sine die special session. The Washington Library Association(WLA) tracks state legislative activity that will potentially affect Washington Libraries. Their tracker is posted to the WLA web site and we will also post it weekly on this blog.

A Photo Tour of the Camas Public Library

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Yesterday I got to drive down to Camas, WA to provide QuestionPoint training for our Ask-WA project. In typical "spring in Washington" weather fashion, it dumped rain down on me as I headed down the I-5, and the sky broke into a beautiful, sunny, warm day about 30 miles north of Camas.

Clippings, April 2, 2010

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Library News The Friends of the Mukilteo Library, a part of Sno-Isle Libraries, purchased and donated some 75 new chairs for the public meeting room. (Photo) (The Mukilteo Beacon, 3.17.10) Conner Woodruff died at age 12 last November because of complications from swine flu. Since then, his family has been taking donations to raise money to buy books for the libraries at Robert Gray and Miller Jr. High School for his classmates to enjoy. Conner was an avid reader, consuming up to three books at a time, and his family thought the donation was fitting.

Ask-WA(tch): Statistics for Q1, 2010

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The Ask-WA(tch) blog series fell off the map in 2010 due to other priorities. To make it up to you, here's a catch-up statistical analysis with our numbers for the first quarter (January - March) in 2010, and a comparison against the first quarter of 2009. Sorry, no catching up on kudos, comments, or ROCKSTAR librarians, but hopefully we can get that running again next month.