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WSL Updates for March 24, 2011

Volume 7, March 24, 2011 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON’S LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE WINNERS 2) RESOURCE SHARING GRANT Q&A SESSION 3) BASIC WEB-BASED REFERENCE (LIBRARYU) 4) YES TO LIBRARIES! 5) COPIES OF TOBIAS WOLF’S OLD SCHOOL AVAILABLE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WASHINGTON’S LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE WINNERS The judging for the 2010-2011 Letters About Literature contest was completed last week.

Clippings for the week of March 11, 2011

WA State Library News The 8th graders at Odessa Junior High recently completed two projects on the American Revolution for their history and English classes. This project was made possible by a Supporting Student Success grant that is supported with Library Services and Technology Act funding provided by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Washington State Library. (Odessa Record, 2.10.11) Can you imagine life without commodities? Pioneer Jim Crook did just that.

Clippings for the week of March 4, 2011

Library News The public is invited to join the fifth-birthday celebration of the Benton City library building, a part of the Mid-Columbia Library System, from 10-2pm, Saturday, February 19. A non-perishable food item is asked as donation to the Benton City Food Bank as a memorial to Bill Brazelton, a staunch library supporter who recently passed away. (Benton City Bulletin, 2.2011) The Edmonds Carnegie Library, a part of Sno-Isle Libraries, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary with a free event at 5 p.m., February 17 at the Edmonds Historical Society.

Clippings for the week of February 25, 2011

Library News The East Side Library was on the list of Spokane Public Library branches threatened to close last year, partly because it has one of the lower usage rates in the city. One reason for the low attendance could be the 2,296 blocked library cards issued from that branch. A card is blocked if there is more than a $10 fine on it. The East Side Library is owed $27,568 in outstanding fines from library cardholders.