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Volume 8, July 12, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) NEW PROQUEST CONTENT 2) NEED STATS? POPULATION ESTIMATES AVAILABLE NOW 3) KNOWLEDGE IS POWER – JOIN THE C2C COMMUNITY 4) PROGRAMMING LIBRARIAN IS HERE TO HELP 5) CIVIL WAR 150 GRANT DEADLINE EXTENDED 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) NEW PROQUEST CONTENT The Statewide Database Licensing (SDL) project announces content changes in the ProQuest package.

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WSL Updates Special Edition for Friday, June 29, 2012 Topic: NEW – WEB PAGE FOR MYVOTE PROMOTIONAL FLYERS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW – WEB PAGE FOR MYVOTE PROMOTIONAL FLYERS Yesterday’s issue of WSL Updates featured MyVote (www.myvote.wa.gov), a convenient web portal created by the Elections Division of the Washington Secretary of State that makes it easy for voters to:

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Volume 8, June 28, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Note: WSL Updates will be on hiatus next week.

From the desk of Carolyn Petersen, Assistant Program Manager, Library Development. Recently I had occasion to visit the newly remodeled downtown branch of Yakima Valley libraries. To quote Fats Waller “The joint is jumpin'”. Folks were streaming in and out of their newly repainted, updated and light filled central library on a Thursday noon hour, not necessarily a prime patron time. Attached is a view of their renovated Young Adult area. If you are in the area, stop by.

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Volume 8, June 21, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) THERE’S STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR NW ILL 2) PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDING AND TECHNOLOGY STUDY 3) TIPS ON INTERNET SAFETY 4) LOOKING FOR COURSES IN PRESERVATION? 5) GET READY FOR BOOK LUST REDISCOVERIES 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) THERE’S STILL TIME TO REGISTER FOR NW ILL Registration is still open for the 11^th Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference (NWILL 2012

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