Digital Collections

Volume 13, March 16, 2017 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) WASHINGTON RURAL HERITAGE GRANTS 2) USER EXPERIENCE JUMPSTART 3) METADATA CLEANUP GRANTS 4) ONECLICK 2017 RENEWAL 5) LIBRARY 2.017 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) WASHINGTON RURAL HERITAGE GRANTS Would your library like to digitize its historical materials and special collections? Create an online community archive of unique materials from local family collections?

The meagre lighthouse all in white, haunting the seaboard, as if it were the ghost of an edifice that had once had colour and rotundity, dripped melancholy tears after its late buffeting by the waves. ~Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

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Volume 12, December 1, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) FINDING SOMETHING TO READ NOW WEBINAR 2) MORE TITLES IN WASHINGTON DIGITAL NEWSPAPERS 3) FREE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH WSL 4) GALE PUBLIC LIBRARY RENEWAL 5) REFERENCE SERVICES COURSE ONLINE 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) FINDING SOMETHING TO READ NOW WEBINAR This free First Tuesday webinar will explore ways to improve the reading experience for your online readers, such as the ad

Volume 12, November 17, 2016 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) UPCOMING PROQUEST TRAINING 2) WASHINGTON RURAL HERITAGE NAMED A BEST SITE 3) LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE CONTEST 4) 2^ND ANNUAL HISTORICAL ZINE CONTEST 5) NEA BIG READ ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) UPCOMING PROQUEST TRAINING ProQuest’s Washington trainer, Jeff Cutler, is offering in-person training sessions at several Washington locations.