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Library News Miniature Santa hats and holiday scarves adorn the bronze statues of woodland animals in front of the Mukilteo Library last week. Assistant managing librarian Chris Hoffman-Hill said for the past 12 years, the hats and holiday decorations just “magically appear during the night” on the statues about a week before Christmas. (Photos) (Snohomish County Tribune, 12.29.10) The Friends of the Library is seeking to expand its membership. The group was formed to support the Ritzville Public Library District No.

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Washington State Library News Librarian Cathy Miller spent last Monday and Tuesday in Tacoma with a group of library directors, as well as Washington State Library and NoaNet employees, discussing how to make the most effective use of high-speed broadband connections that are being made available through stimulus funds. Five libraries in Lincoln County are eligible for enhanced broadband connections. All expenses of this conference were paid for by the Gates Foundation.

Courtesy 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.

The Washington State Library's Institutional Library Services (ILS) team hosted their very own Library Sna

Library News Spokane’s endangered Eastside Library will remain open at least another year. After a library board of trustees meeting Thursday evening, board members and library administrators said they were certain that the branch was safe for another year. (Spokesman Review (Spokane), 12.10.10) http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/dec/10/budget-preserves-library/ Sno-Isle Libraries has earned praise for its 25^th straight problem-free audit from the state.