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Library News Voters are to decide whether to increase their property taxes so the Whatcom County Library System can buy more books, better serve Sudden Valley readers, and keep its branches open for the same number of hours. “It’s up to the voters; they’re going to tell us what kind of library services they want us to provide,” said Joan Airoldi, director for the library system that is comprised of nine branches in unincorporated parts of the county and its cities, as well as the Bookmobile.

Clippings, October 30, 2009

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Library News Whitman County Library Director Kristie Kirkpatrick reported to the Palouse City council on the Palouse Library and praised the community’s dedication, support, and patronage of the branch as the reason the library excels in performance measures. (The Eagle & Boomerang [Moscow ID/Palouse WA], 10.15.09) Use of public libraries in local cities has increased dramatically since last fall and, in response, librarians are now asking for more funding from Kittitas County government in 2010.

Sending Out an SOS: New Emails and URLs

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If you've received an email from anyone at the State Library this week, you may have noticed that our email addresses have changed, and pretty significantly. No, we're not sending out a cry for help, but we are changing all our email addresses and URLs from sos.wa.gov over to sos.wa.gov.

WSL Updates for November 3, 2009

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Volume 5, November 3, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Special Grant Opportunities Issue Topics include: 1) AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITY 2) SCHOOL LIBRARIES – BOOKS ACROSS AMERICA AWARDS 3) SUSTAINING CULTURAL HERITAGE COLLECTIONS 4) LAURA BUSH 21ST CENTURY LIBRARIAN PROGRAM 5) SUPPORT FOR K-12 LIBRARIES FROM LAURA BUSH FOUNDATION 6) WE THE PEOPLE BOOKSHELF OPPORTUNITY 7) BANK OF THE WEST CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS PROGRAM 8) APPLY NOW TO BECOME A PRESERVE AMERICA STEWARD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ask-WA Goes Primetime

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Ask-WA had its television debut last Friday night on Komo News! All the video they took was from the UW, but they covered the service well, and in a very good light, and mentioned all the key points.

Internet Librarian, Day 4 – Wednesday, Oct 28 2009 – #IL2009

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Day 4 of the conference started with another great keynote: a panel of two high school students and one college student talking about how they view technology, education, and their own research habits.

Internet Librarian, Day 3 – Tuesday, Oct 27 2009 – #IL2009

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Day three started off with a funny and interesting keynote with Paul Holdengraber (who had interviewed Vint Cerf the previous day), and continued in good form with some great sessions.