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Volume 8, March 15, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) APPLY FOR A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON 2) MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD 3) PROMOTE PRESERVATION WEEK 4) GET READY FOR DÍA 2012 5) HELP FOR ONE MILLION AMERICANS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) APPLY FOR A POSITION ON THE LIBRARY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON The Library Council of Washington (LCW) advises the State Librarian and the Office of the Secretary of State on statewide li

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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. This posting reflects the status of bills at the end of the regular legislative session.

Volume 8, March 8, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL 2) FREE WORKSHOP – PROTECTING CULTURAL COLLECTIONS 3) CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR NORTHWEST ILL 4) CHECK OUT NORTHWEST CENTRAL ON FACEBOOK 5) ONLINE COURSE – FUNDAMENTALS OF PRESERVATION 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) DOWNLOADABLE AUDIOBOOKS SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL Announcing the annual renewal for subscriptions to downloadable audiobook collections fro

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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. This posting reflects only those bills now still technically alive - all others have been deleted.

Volume 8, March 1, 2012 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) 2012 LSTA GRANT CYCLES OPENING THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 2) FIRST TUESDAYS – READERS’ ADVISORY ON FACEBOOK 3) FREE WEBINAR – EARLY BILINGUAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 4) REGISTER NOW FOR THE DÍAS DE CINE READING CLUB 5) WHAT DO TEENS WANT? 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) 2012 LSTA GRANT CYCLES OPENING THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 The Washington State Library is pleased to announce the opening of two gr

The 2011 Annual Report on Broadband in Washington, http://broadband.wa.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2011BBAnnualRptFINAL.pdf, was released in January by the Washington State Broadband Office, part of the Washington State Department of Commerce.