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Federal Documents for Everyday Living - 2015 Winter Holidays
WSL Updates for December 3, 2015
Volume 11, December 03, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) EGGBOT ROBOTICS KIT NOW AVAILABLE FOR SIGN UP & CIRCULATION 2) BECOME A STATE-APPROVED CHILD CARE TRAINER 3) 2016 LIBRARY LEGISLATIVE DAY 4) REFERENCE SERVICES COURSE OFFERED ONLINE 5) IMLS FOCUS CONFERENCE 2015 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) EGGBOT ROBOTICS KIT NOW AVAILABLE FOR SIGN UP & CIRCULATION The Washington State Library is accepting signups from public and tribal lib
Glory of Trees
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” ― John Muir James Ellenwood and his co-authors have created a magnificent book, The National individual tree species atlas (Fort Collins, CO: United States Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, [2015]) This reference volume covers each tree species in the United States and precisely where each species is likely to grow and not grow.
WSL Updates for November 19, 2015
Volume 11, November 19, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) DECEMBER FIRST TUESDAYS WEBINAR 2) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CONTEST 3) STAR LIBRARY EDUCATION NETWORK 4) NO WSL UPDATES NOVEMBER 26, 2015 5) NCCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK & WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) DECEMBER FIRST TUESDAYS WEBINAR Preserving the Future: Special Collections as Part of 21st Century Library Planning presented by Sean Lanksbury, Washington S
WSL Updates for November 12, 2015
Volume 11, November 12, 2015 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) PROGRAM IN A BOX WEBINARS 2) VIRTUAL REFERENCE CONFERENCE PLANNING 3) DIGITAL LITERACY SERVICES IN ACTION WEBINAR 4) NEW AGENCY FOR HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAMS 5) MUSEUMS FOR ALL 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) PROGRAM IN A BOX WEBINARS Are you interested in starting a coding camp or hosting a coding program at your library?
Dispatches from the Newport Miner, 1907-08
From the Desk of Marlys Rudeen - Former Washington Deputy State Librarian
Let’s take a look at Newport in the early part of the 20th century through the lens of the local newspaper. Front page news articles focus on the shipping, mining and lumber industries that provide the life blood for Newport and its surrounding areas, and on the railroads that allow that lifeblood to flow freely.
The lives of the residents are usually chronicled further back in the paper.
Federal Documents for Everyday Living: Thanksgiving
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