For Libraries
WSL Updates for January 17, 2013
Volume 9, January 17, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – BUILD SUPPORT WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY 2) FREE ONLINE TRUSTEE TRAINING 3) 2013 WLA AWARD NOMINATIONS 4) ASCLA AWARD NOMINATIONS EXTENDED 5) CITIZENS-SAVE-LIBRARIES GRANTS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FIRST TUESDAYS – BUILD SUPPORT WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY Would you like your library to be perceived as an asset to the local economy?
2013 Proposed Legislation Affecting Libraries 01/18/2013
Courtesy of the Legislative Planning Committee, Washington Library Association Library Related Legislation. 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. For information on the legislative process or becoming involved, see the WLA site referenced above.
Spotlight on Staff: Sean Lanksbury
Upon his arrival at the Washington State Library, Sean Lanksbury became a member of the Washington State Heritage Center planning and design team, the Washington State Connecting to Collections project, and acted as historian and presenter on two
WSL Updates for January 10, 2013
Volume 9, January 10, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FREE COPIES OF RAILROAD STATIONS 2) A SPECIAL INVITATION TO COME OUT OF THE RAIN 3) LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR PNLA 2013 4) COME TO THE CELEBRATION 5) APPLY NOW FOR BOOKS FOR CHILDREN 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FREE COPIES OF RAILROAD STATIONS Through a donation to the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division’s Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering, the Wash
WSL Updates for January 3, 2013
Volume 9, January 3, 2013 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) IT’S A NEW YEAR – RECHARGE WITH FIRST TUESDAYS 2) FREE BOOKS FOR DISCUSSION KITS OR COMMUNITY READS 3) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP GRANTS FOR LIBRARIES 4) SPARKS!
WSL Updates for December 27, 2012
Volume 8, December 27, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) 2013 TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE 2) ALKI CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 3) MARK YOUR CALENDARS – FREE PRESERVATION SERIES 4) ONLINE LEARNING AND LIBRARIES 5) APPLY NOW FOR A BIG READ GRANT 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITY NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) 2013 TEEN VIDEO CHALLENGE Washington State will participate in the 2013 Teen Video Challenge, a national video competition for teens to get involved with reading and their public l