Volume 13, April 13, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LIBRARY SNAPSHOTS 2) SCRUB YOUR DIGITAL METADATA 3) LIGHTHOUSES AT THE STATE LIBRARY 4) LINCOLN CENTER LOCAL @ YOUR LIBRARY 5) COMMUNITY SALUTE HELPS LIBRARIES SERVE VETERANS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here at the State Library we love maps. We have a large number of maps in our collection, some which have been digitized and many, many more in our stacks. In recent years we’ve fallen in love with something called Storymaps, which is a web platform that allows you to create maps to tell a story. As our service area includes the entire state we’ve found it to be a fun and different way to tell the State Library’s story.
On March 18, 2017, Sue Richart, digitization technician and officer at the Stevens County Historical Society, delivered a presentation to approximately 75 members of the Northeast chapter of the Washington Farm Forest Association. She introduced them to the historical resources in the Colville National Forest Collection and the Stevens County Heritage Collection.
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Since taking the helm of the State Library on August 1, 2016 our new librarian Cindy Aden has been on the go! While Cindy is a past president of WLA and has worked in Washington for many years, it’s been a while since she visited some of the more remote corners of the state. Cindy set herself the ambitious goal of meeting every one of her employees before the year was out. While most of the State Library staff is in the Olympia area, the institutional libraries are scattered all over the state, from Walla Walla to Clallam Bay and many spots between.
