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WSL Updates for October 29, 2009

Volume 5, October 29, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list

Topics include:

1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2009-2010

2) FIRST TUESDAYS PRESENTS THE CHARITABLE TRUST DIRECTORY

3) ADVOCATE FOR WASHINGTON LIBRARIES AT ALA

4) NEW ADDRESS FOR WSL BLOG

5) WESTPAS RECOVERY TEAM HEADS FOR AMERICAN SAMOA

6) FREE WEBINAR – HELPING JOB SEEKERS IN THE LIBRARY

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1) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 2009-2010

Clippings, October 23, 2009

Library News The Timberland Regional Library Board of Trustees will honor retiring TRL Executive Director Jodi Reng at a public open house on Sunday October 18th. Reng has served as executive director for six years and has spent nearly 20 years as the director of multi-branch library systems in Washington state and Minnesota. (Nisqually Valley News [Yelm], 10.9.09) The City of Quincy has $1 million earmarked for the construction of a new library. It’s planning on applying for a Community Development Block Grant to acquire another $1 million.

Clippings, October 19, 2009

Library News A group of municipal and county leaders proposed dramatic ideas for consolidating government services during a meeting about how Cowlitz County and its five cities can save money. Officials recommended that cities surrender control of libraries and parks to new metropolitan organizations that would oversee them. The also suggested the adoption of new technologies and sharing staff to reduce costs. (Daily News [Longview], 9.24.09) Woodinville High School has a new library.

WSL Updates for October 22, 2009

Volume 5, October 22, 2009 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – CHARITABLE TRUST DIRECTORY 2) ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION 1909 – 2009 3) KAREN RETURNS 4) NEW CIVICS RESOURCE – SIMPLY WASHINGTON 5) ALA 2.0 ADVOCACY WEBINAR 6) WEBJUNCTION WEBINARS FOR SERVING SPANISH SPEAKERS 7) BCR ONLINE WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – CHARITABLE TRUST DIRECTORY On November 3rd join the First Tuesdays webinar at 9 a.m.

Clippings, October 12, 2009

Library News Renovations to the Kent Regional Library, promised on a $172 million library bond in 2004 have begun, closing the building for the next four to six months. Library patrons will still be able to access a few of the library’s features at a temporary branch, but the majority of the 1,000 or more people who visit the library each day will just have to wait until the improvements are complete.
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